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EAPIL Book Series
Private International Law in an Era of Change
The first book in the European Association of Private International Law series, published by Edward Elgar, is out. Edited by Morten M. Fogt, the volume builds on the presentations delivered at the EAPIL founding conference held in Aarhus in June 2022. The authors include Marie-Élodie Ancel, Burkhard Hess, Thalia Kruger, Matthias Lehmann, Peter Arnt Nielsen, Haris Pamboukis, Marta Pertegás Sender, Gian Paolo Romano, and Burcu Yüksel Ripley.
Current activities
Working Group on the Feasibility of a European Private International Law Act
Working Group on International Property Law
Working Group on the Reform of the Brussels I bis Regulation
Working Group on the International Protection of Adults
Working Group on the Law Applicable to Digital Assets
Working Group on the Hague Child Support Convention and its Protocol
Working Group on the Hague Child Abduction and Child Protection Conventions
Working Group on Anti-SLAPP Directive Transpositions
Latest documents
Position Paper on the 1980 Child Abduction and the 1996 Child Protection Conventions (10 October 2023)
Position Paper on the private international law aspects of the UNIDROIT Draft Principles and Commentary on Digital Assets and Private Law issued (16 March 2023)
Position Paper on the 2007 Child Support Convention and the Protocol on the Law Applicable to Maintenance Obligations (11 May 2022)
Position Paper in response to the European Commission’s public consultation on an EU-wide protection for vulnerable adults (29 March 2022)
Position Paper in response to the European Commission’s public consultation on the European Enforcement order (20 November 2020)
The Association
The European Association of Private International Law (EAPIL) was created in 2019 as an independent, non-partisan and non profit organisation to promote the study and development of private international law.
Learn more about who we are and what we do.
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EAPIL has more than 550 members, from some 70 countries worldwide. If you are a practitioner or an academic with an interest in private international law, come and join us!
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