Book Release Seminar: The Politicisation of Private International Law
On 16 June 2026, Stockholm University will host a release seminar for Scandinavian Studies in Law, Volume 72: ThePoliticisation of Private International Law.
As previously reported on the blog, Stockholm University hosted a Nordic conference last June on the politicisation of private international law. The conference presentations, together with several additional contributions, have now been collected in a volume of Scandinavian Studies in Law edited by Lydia Lundstedt, Erik Sinander and Jaan Paju.
The book will be freely available online at Scandinavian Studies in Law. Already, the table of contents is available here and the foreword is available here.
The back-cover text of the volume reads as follows:
Private international law (PIL) has long cultivated a self-image of disciplined modesty. It presents itself as technique: a set of coordinating rules identifying jurisdiction, applicable law, and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, while remaining ostensibly indifferent to the substantive merits of competing legal orders. This self-understanding has always been partly accurate and partly aspirational. The classical ambition of PIL is not to eliminate difference but to manage it by facilitating cross-border commerce and family relations without imposing uniformity. Yet the environment in which PIL operates has changed. Migration, global supply chains, strategic litigation, digitalisation, climate-related harms, regulatory competition, and renewed geopolitical antagonisms increasingly challenge the traditional role of PIL, and call for a renewed assessment of its functions in a globalised and polarised world.
This volume of Scandinavian Studies in Law originates from the Nordic Group of Private International Law’s conference in Stockholm in 2025 on “The Politicisation of Private International Law.” Bringing together Nordic scholars from diverse perspectives, the volume explores how political, economic, and societal transformations shape contemporary PIL through six thematic sections.
At the release seminar, some of the contributors will briefly present their most important conclusions. A programme for the seminar can be read here.
Both in-person and online participation are free of charge, although physical seats are limited. Registration can be completed here.
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