Benedikt Schmitz (University of Groningen)’s new monograph “Choice of Law for Consumer Contracts in Theory and Practice” has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing. Building upon Benedikt Schmitz’s doctoral studies at the University of Groningen, this book is an essential reference for both practitioners and academics. On 4 November 2026, a virtual book launch will […]
Sandrine Brachotte (University of Antwerp, UCLouvain, UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles)’s Conflicts of Worldviews and Private International Law is out. This book develops a decolonial theory of European private international law. To do so, it begins with Western court cases involving what the author terms a ‘conflict of worldviews’: a clash between the legal frameworks governing the […]
Youseph Farah (University of East Anglia) and Elisabetta Bergamini (Università degli Studi di Udine) edited the second edition of the Research Handbook on EU Private International Law. Published by Edward Elgar in its Research Handbooks in European Law series, the second edition of the Research Handbook addresses key questions and challenges in EU private international […]
The second issue of 2026 of ZEuP – Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht contains the following articles which may be of interest to the readers of the EAPIL blog: Burkhard Hess, Justizpräsenz im Internet: ein neues Forschungsfeld der Prozessrechtsvergleichung The editorial examines the digitalisation of court communication across different jurisdictions, identifying it as an emerging field […]
The Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan invites young scholars to present the outcome of their doctoral research on any topic within the field of private international law, transnational law or the law of international arbitration, at a dedicated seminar to be held in Milan (the MECSI Seminar). Each MECSI Seminar will revolve […]
As part of the DFG- and AHRC-funded Fashion’s PLACE project, a workshop on Private International Law, Sustainability and Fashion will be hosted at the Geneva Graduate Institute on 18 June 2026, from 11:00 to 13:00 CEST. The event will bring together perspectives from law, sustainability and the fashion industry, with short presentations and space for […]
This year is marked by growing discussions about revisions of the core EU private international law documents. The 2nd edition of the Riga Private International Law Conference aims to reflect on the possible changes to be encouraged and those to be discouraged. The 2nd edition of the Riga Private International Law Conference will mostly focus […]
On 9 and 10 April 2027, the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich will host the 6th PIL Early Career Researchers’ Conference on “Crises in PIL – Crises of PIL”. The organisers of the conference (Nina Benz, Biset Sena Günes, Torsten Kindt, Peter Moser, Christopher Reibetanz, Alix Schulz, Bianca Scraback, Antonia Sommerfeld and Charlotte Wendland) describe […]
Aleksandrs Fillers (Riga Graduate School of Law) and Adrian Rycerski (SWPS University in Poznan) have issued a call for abstracts in view of the international scientific conference titled Modern Problems of Private International Law. The conference will take place online on 19 November 2026. The focus will be on modern problems of private international law, with […]
On 29 May 2026, the symposium Digitalisation of Justice: Perspectives from Germany and the Netherlands will take place at the University of Groningen. Organised by Benedikt Schmitz (University of Groningen), the symposium will bring together leading and upcoming scholars to explore how digital transformation – from AI in adjudication to fully online proceedings – is […]
The University of Edinburgh is recruiting a postdoctoral research fellow in private international law to work on an exciting new research project funded by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the German Research Foundation (DFG) entitled “Fashion’s PLACE – Private (International) Law and Circular Economy”. The project explores the private law and […]
The first issue of 2026 of ZEuP – Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht contains the following articles and case note which might be of interest for the readers of the EAPIL blog: Ignacio Tirado, UNIDROIT on the Occasion of Its (first) 100 Years The editorial traces the UNIDROIT’s origins and evolution, reflects on how it has […]
A collection of essays titled The Enforcement the ESG Principles in a Transnational Dimension / L’attuazione dei principi ESG nella dimensione transnazionale edited by Stefania Bariatti (University of Milan), Olivia Lopes Pegna (University of Florence), Lorenzo Schiano di Pepe (University of Genoa), Luigi Fumagalli and Zeno Crespi Reghizzi (both University of Milan) has recently been […]
On 24 and 25 September 2026,the University of Edinburgh Law School and the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law will host the second Private International Law Festival in Edinburgh on The End of Rule-Based International Order? – Implications for Private International Law. The Festival aims to make progress on the following questions: what impact do current geopolitical shifts have […]
On 12 January 2026, the European Law Institute (ELI)’s Report on Enhancing Child Protection: Private International Law on Filiation and the European Commission’s Proposal COM/2022/695 final has been formally approved by ELI Fellows. The Report was prepared by a team consisting of Claire Fenton-Glynn, Cristina Gonzales Beilfuss, Fabienne Jault-Seseke, Martina Melcher, Sharon Shakargy, Patrick Wautelet and […]