Publish date: 10 January 2022 The focus starts with the current COVID-19 pandemic, recognized as ‘the greatest challenge we have faced since World War II’ emerged in Asia in late 2019 and rapidly spread to Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania. It undoubtedly represents the major global health crisis of our time still unresolved after two years, despite the wide range of measures adopted at all levels of governance to respond to it. -- Editorial -- SECTION I ESSAYS -- China’s Legal Response to COVID-19 -- Critical Review of the Legal Measures Against COVID-19 in Taiwan -- Legal and Regulatory Measures and Responses to Prevent and Control COVID-19 in Indonesia -- Government Responses During COVID-19: a Study from India -- Legal and Regulatory Measures and Responses to Prevent and Control COVID-19 in Uganda -- Summary Report Concerning Responses to COVID-19 in the USA -- Belgian Responses to COVID-19 -- COVID-19 and Government Response in Germany. Building Resilience by Comparison of Experiences -- COVID-19 as a Global Institutional Event and Its Institutional Treatment in Greece -- Civil Rights in Times of Pandemic – A Code of Conduct for Governance -- Italian Response to COVID-19 -- Political Rights in Times of Pandemic – A Code of Conduct for City Governance -- SECTION II LITIGATION -- Global Pandemic and the Role of Courts -- Comparative Survey on Vaccination -- Case Law Survey on Data Protection -- COVID-19 and Freedom to Conduct a Business -- SECTION III REPORTS -- COVID-19 Litigation in Israel -- COVID-19 Litigation in Brazil -- Judicial Review and Restrictive Measures. How Has the Intensity and Scope of And Scope of Judicial Review Changed During COVID-19 in Italy? -- Return to the Facemask Monopoly -- US Response to COVID-19 -- Environmental Protection and Human Rights in the Pandemic -- List of Authors