First Book in the EAPIL Series: Private International Law in an Era of Change

The first book in the European Association of Private International Law series, announced in an earlier post on this blog, is out.

Edited by Morten M. Fogt (Aarhus University), the volume, published by Edward Elgar, builds on the presentations delivered at the EAPIL Founding Conference held in Aarhus in June 2022.

The chapters discuss current and future challenges of private international law.

While the focus is on the developments of European private international law, the relationship with thirds States is also considered in the various chapters.

Opened by a contribution by Peter Arnt Nielsen titled Civil cooperation in the EU from 1960 to 2024, the volume features a first set of chapters dealing with private international law and technology, covering digital platforms (Marie-Élodie Ancel), digital assets and smart contracts (Matthias Lehmann), transfer of digital assets (Burcu Yüksel Ripley), and digital judicial cooperation (Burkhard Hess).

The book goes on with a chapter on the fragmentation of European private international law in family matters (by Thalia Kruger), a chapter on family courts and inter-country arbitration on cross-border custody disputes (by Gian Paolo Romano), one on international property law and territoriality (by Marta Pertegás Sender) and one on selected challenges in international succession law (by Haris Pamboukis).

More information available here.