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 […]