Yearbook of the Ravenna Summer School 2024
Michele Angelo Lupoi and Davide Castagno (both university of Bologna) have posted The Yearbook of the Ravenna Summer School on Cross-Border Litigation and International Arbitration 2024 Edition on SSRN.
The abstract reads:
This yearbook collects papers presented at the 2024 edition of the Ravenna Summer School on Cross-border litigation and international arbitration, organised by the University of Bologna, Italy.
The volume is divided into two sections, respectively dedicated to “Recent Trends and Emerging Challenges in Transnational Litigation” and “International Commercial Arbitration”.
The first section opens with a contribution by Marco Farina (European University of Rome), who explores the recovery of commercial debts in cross-border litigation from an Italian perspective. This is followed by an in-depth analysis of jurisdictional issues in trust matters by Michele Angelo Lupoi (Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna), with a focus on recent developments in Italian case law.
Maria-Fanouria Papantonaki (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) offers a critical examination of Regulation (EC) No. 1896/2006 and the challenges surrounding the European order for payment procedure. Michela Gloria Avice du Buisson (University of Pretoria, one of the winners of the 2024 call for papers for students launched within the RSS context by the ProJuRes – Promoting Junior Researchers in transnational litigation – project) presents a comparative study on corporate transnational liability, with a focus on South Africa, England, and the European Union.
Anastasia Kalantzi (Democritus University of Thrace), one of the 2024 winners of the ProJuRes call for presentations for young researchers, guides the reader through the gradual harmonization of civil procedure across the European Union, with particular attention to the doctrine of res judicata. I was also selected through the same call and contributed a comparative analysis – between the United States and Europe – on procedural remedies against forum shopping in the context of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs).
The section concludes with an engaging workshop report by Giovanni Chiapponi (Court of Justice of the European Union), addressing jurisdiction, recognition, and enforcement of decisions in cases involving a choice of court agreement concluded under a special convention in breach of the Brussels I Recast Regulation.
The second section, focused on international commercial arbitration, opens with an essay by Letizia Ceccarelli and Lorenzo Poggi (Squire Patton Boggs and Chiomenti, respectively) on the relationship between international commercial courts and arbitral tribunals, described as “fated partners”.
Edith Nordmann (ACG International) then provides a comprehensive and insightful overview of the functioning of the Netherlands Commercial Court, presented as a viable alternative to cross-border arbitration and litigation. Jurisdictional conflicts and the application of common law principles to trusts by the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts are explored in the contribution by Edoardo Piermattei (Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna), while Tea Micevska (University Ss. Cyril and Methodious in Skopje) tackles the “conundrum” of arbitration agreements.
The volume concludes with two contributions: Tatjana Zoroska Kamilovska (University Ss. Cyril and Methodious in Skopje) examines the issue of pathological arbitration clauses, and Gizem Yilmaz (Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University) investigates court-ordered consolidation in international commercial arbitration.