Call for Internship Applications: Hague Conference on Private International Law
The Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) is offering several three- to six-month legal internshipsContinue Reading
Author: Elena Alina Ontanu
PhD in EU Private International Law at University of Antwerp
The Law Faculty at University of Antwerp is offering a full-time doctoral scholarship in EU Private International Law with aContinue Reading
Mills on Justifying and Challenging Territoriality in Private International Law
Alex Mills (University College London) published a working paper on the role of territoriality in Private International Law. This isContinue Reading
Brussels I bis: A Standard for Free Circulation of Judgments and Mutual Trust
The JUDGTUST Project (Regulation BIa: a standard for free circulation of judgments and mutual trust in the EU) conducted byContinue Reading
Karayanni on Private International Law of Class Actions
Michael Karayanni (Bruce W. Wayne Professor of International Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem) published the special course heContinue Reading
Weller on Mutual Trust
Matthias Weller (University of Bonn) has published the special course that he gave at the Hague Academy in Volume 423Continue Reading
Madaus on Cross‐Border Effects of Restructurings
Stephan Madaus (Professor at Martin-Luther-University Halle Wittenberg) has made available on SSRN an interesting paper under the title The Cross-BorderContinue Reading
Kennett on Civil Enforcement in a Comparative Perspective
A new book on civil enforcement entitled Civil Enforcement in a Comparative Perspective by Wendy Kennett (Senior Lecturer in Law atContinue Reading
Hybrid Conference on The Role of Courts and Access to Justice in the Digital Era
The Radboud University Nijmegen is organising a hybrid conference on 9-10 June 2022 dedicated to The Role of Courts andContinue Reading
Ohly on Jurisdiction and Choice of Law in Trade Secrets Cases
Ansgar Ohly (Ludwig Maximilian University Munich) wrote an interesting article addressing matters of jurisdiction and choice of law in tradeContinue Reading
Grundmann and Grochowski on European Contract Law
Stefan Grundmann (Professor of Transnational Law and Theory at the European University Institute, Florence, and Professor of Private and BusinessContinue Reading
Rühl on Cross-Border Protection of Human Rights in German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act
Giesela Rühl (Humboldt University of Berlin) has posted on SSRN a preview of her chapter on ‘Cross-Border Protection of HumanContinue Reading
Parisi, Pi and Guerra on Access to Evidence in Private International Law
Francesco Parisi (Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota, Law School and a Professor of Economics at the UniversityContinue Reading
Call for Abstracts: The Role of Courts and Access to Justice in the Digital Era
The Radboud University in the Netherlands is organising a two-day symposium on 9-10 June 2022 dedicated to The role ofContinue Reading
European Commission Proposal for a Regulation on Digitalisation of Judicial Cooperation
At the beginning of December 2021 the European Commission launched a new initiative aiming to digitalise cross-border judicial cooperation –Continue Reading
Nishioka and Nishitani on Japanese Private International Law
Kazuaki Nishioka (visiting Research Fellow at the Law Faculty of the University of Zurich) and Yuko Nishitani (Professor of InternationalContinue Reading
PAX Moot 2022 Edition
The PAX Moot is a specialised moot court competition dedicated to students interested in Transnational Law and Private International LawContinue Reading
Revue de Droit International Privé: Issue 3 of 2021
A new issue of the online Belgian Revue de droit international prive / Tijdschrift voor internationaal privaatrecht is now available.Continue Reading
Trooboff on Jurisdiction and Internet
Volume 415 of the Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law published with Brill is dedicated to Mr.Continue Reading
Hoekstra on Non-State Rules in International Commercial Law
Routledge published a new book by Johanna Hoekstra (lecturer in Law at the University of Essex, UK) on non-state rulesContinue Reading
Nederlands Internationaal Privaatrecht (NIPR) – Issue 2 of 2021
The second issue of 2021 of the Dutch journal Nederlands Internationaal Privaatrecht is published. This includes the following articles: K.Continue Reading
Svantesson on Private International Law and the Internet
The forth edition of Prof. Dan Jerker B. Svantesson’s book on Private International Law and the Internet is being publishedContinue Reading
Webinar on Commercial Courts in a Global Context
The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford will host a webinar on 27 July 2021 (12.00-14.00 BritishContinue Reading
E-Commerce Meets Justice
According to Frank Woud (e-CODEX Community and External Relations Manager, Ministry of Justice and Security, The Netherlands): The full potentialContinue Reading
Lehmann on National Blockchain Laws as a Threat to Capital Markets Integration
Matthias Lehmann (University of Vienna) has posted National Blockchain Laws as a Threat to Capital Markets Integration on SSRN. The paper,Continue Reading
Representing Future Generations: Private Law aspects of Climate Change Litigation Seminar
On 1 July 2021, the ERC Building EU Civil Justice team at Erasmus University will be organising an online seminarContinue Reading
Nederlands Internationaal Privaatrecht (NIPR): Issue 1 of 2021
The first issue of 2021 of the Netherlands Journal of Private International Law (Nederlands Internationaal Privaatrecht – NIPR) has beenContinue Reading
Position of Lecturer in Conflict of Laws at the University of Manchester
The University of Manchester Law School is seeking to recruit a Lecturer in Conflicts of Law. The new appointment isContinue Reading
Kokorin and Wessels on Cross-Border Protocols in Insolvencies of Multinational Enterprise Groups
Ilya Kokorin (PhD Researcher at Leiden University) and Bob Wessels (Professor Emeritus of International Insolvency Law at Leiden University andContinue Reading
Summer School on Transnational Litigation: Current Issues in Civil and Commercial Matters
The Department of Juridical Sciences of the University of Bologna (Italy), Ravenna Campus, is organising a Summer School on TransnationalContinue Reading
Von Hein and Kruger on Informed Choices in Cross-Border Enforcement
Jan von Hein and Thalia Kruger are the editors of a new volume published with Intersentia on Informed Choices inContinue Reading
The English Court of Appeal on Consent and Court Discretion in Child Abduction Cases
In Re G (Abduction: Consent/Discretion) judgment issued on 9 February 2021 the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) of England andContinue Reading
Third Edition of Van Calster’s European Private International Law
A new edition of Geert van Calster’s European Private International Law. Commercial Litigation in the EU has just been published byContinue Reading
Call for Panels: Transformative Effects of Covid-19 on Law and Globalisation
The University of Amsterdam in collaboration with the Open University, Maastricht University and Tilburg University are organising a conference onContinue Reading
Mevorach on Overlapping International Instruments for Enforcement of Insolvency Judgments
Irit Mevorach (Professor of International Commercial Law at the University of Nottingham and Co-Director of the University of Nottingham CommercialContinue Reading
Modernising Judicial Cooperation between EU Countries
The European Commission is carrying out a public consultation on the modernisation of judicial cooperation via digital technology (Modernising judicialContinue Reading
The Child Perspective in the Context of the 1980 Hague Convention
Marilyn Freeman (University of Westminster, London) has written an in-depth analysis on the Child Perspective in the Context of theContinue Reading
The HCCH Service Convention in the Era of Electronic and Information Technology
In December 2019 the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) convened experts and stakeholders from around the world toContinue Reading
PAX Moot’s von Mehren Round
The PAX Moot is a specialised moot court competition dedicated to students interested in Private International Law. The 2021 RoundContinue Reading
Towards a German Supply Chain Act? Comments from a Choice of Law and Comparative Perspective
Following a lecture delivered in September 2020 at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and Private International Law in Hamburg,Continue Reading
From Direct Application of European Uniform Procedures to Implementation Legislation in Romania
The European Order for Payment (EOP, Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006), the European Small Claims Procedure (ESCP, Regulation (EC) No 861/2007)Continue Reading
Rome I and Rome II in Practice
Emmanuel Guinchard (Northumbria University) edited Rome I and Rome II in Practice, just published by Intersentia. The publisher’s blurb readsContinue Reading
International Law for a Digitalised World
On 6 November 2020 (13:30 – 16:30 CET) the Royal Netherlands Society of International Law (KNVIR) will be holding itsContinue Reading