The European Association of Private International Law
On 19 April 2022, the European Commission has launched a new page on the e-Justice Portal concerning children from UkraineContinue Reading
On 23 February 2022, the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Corporate SustainabilityContinue Reading
The new issue of the Revue Critique de Droit International Privé (1/2022) is out. In an opening article, Paul Lagarde paysContinue Reading
This post was contributed by Guillaume Payan, who is Law Professor at the University of Toulon. Under the direction ofContinue Reading
The Charles De Visscher Center for International and European Law (CeDIE, UCLouvain, Belgium) will host a conference on Surrogacy andContinue Reading
The French Committee of Private International Law is looking for a part-time assistant (35 hours per year). His/her main tasksContinue Reading
The first issue of the Journal du droit international for 2022 has just been released. It contains three articles and several caseContinue Reading
Jean-Sylvestre Bergé who is a law professor at Université Côte d’Azur (CNRS GREDEG) and a former member of the InstitutContinue Reading
Marc Schmitz, President of the International Union of Judicial Officers (UIHJ) and Patrick Gielen, Chairman of the joint appointment commissionsContinue Reading
The new issue of the Revue Critique de Droit International Privé (4/2021) is out. It contains four articles and numerous caseContinue Reading
David Walker, Rapporteur of the 24th International Union of Judicial Officers (UIHJ) Congress, has edited the proceedings of the event.Continue Reading
On 17 November 2021, the French Supreme Court for private and criminal matters (Cour de cassation) issued an interesting decisionContinue Reading
The fourth issue of the Journal du droit international for 2021 has just been released. It contains two articles and several caseContinue Reading
The University of Toulouse (France) will host a conference on Notary’s Role in Private International Law (L’office du notaire enContinue Reading
The Research Center on Private International Law (EDIEC – EA 4185) of the University of Lyon III – Jean MoulinContinue Reading
On 15 October 2021, the two Rapporteurs of the European Parliament, Emil Radev and Nuno Melo (following a Joint committeeContinue Reading
A new version of the Insolvency Registers Interconnection search interface is now available on the e-Justice Portal. Background The EU-wideContinue Reading
Ghent University (Belgium) and its Center for the Future of Dispute Resolution organise an online conference titled Transnational Dispute Resolution inContinue Reading
The new issue of the Revue Critique de Droit International Privé (3/2021) is out. It contains 2 articles and numerous caseContinue Reading
The proceedings of the conferences held under the aegis of the French Committee of Private International Law for the periodContinue Reading
On 23 and 24 September 2021, the GLaw Research Network (Maastricht University) will host an “hybrid” workshop on Article 47 of theContinue Reading
The third issue of the Journal du droit international for 2021 has just been released. It contains two articles andContinue Reading
The French Committee for Private International Law will hold a panel discussion on private international law and Brexit (Le droitContinue Reading
The new issue of the Revue Critique de Droit International Privé (2/2021) is out. It contains eight articles and numerous case notes.Continue Reading
On 14 June 2021, the Research Service of the European Parliament released a briefing paper related to the proposal forContinue Reading
The second issue of the Journal du droit international for 2021 has just been released. It contains two articles andContinue Reading
Ludovic Pailler (University of Lyon 3) has just published a monograph on respect for the Charter of Fundamental Rights of theContinue Reading
On 17 May 2021 (from 5 to 7 pm CET), the French Supreme Court in civil and criminal matters (CourContinue Reading
A joint publication of the Secretariats of UNCITRAL, UNIDROIT and the HCCH, titled Legal Guide to Uniform Instruments in theContinue Reading
On 26 April 2021, the European Parliament adopted a legislative resolution on the Council position at first reading in aContinue Reading
The new issue of the AJ Contrat (12/2020) offers a series of articles (in French) compiled by Gustavo Cerqueira (University of Nîmes,Continue Reading
José R. Mata Dona (Independent Practitioner and Member of the Brussels and Caracas Bars) and Nikos Lavranos (Guest Professor atContinue Reading
As announced in this blog (here), Jean-Sylvestre Bergé (University of Côte d’Azur and French University Institute) has just published a monographContinue Reading
On 15 and 16 April 2021, the GLaw Research Network (Maastricht University) will host an online workshop on Article 47 of theContinue Reading
The new issue of the Revue Critique de Droit International Privé (1/2021) is out. It contains four articles and numerous case notes.Continue Reading
In September 2020, the First President of the French supreme court for private and criminal matters (Cour de Cassation), Ms ChantalContinue Reading
On 26 and 29 March 2021, the European Commission will host a webinar on the use of artificial intelligence technologiesContinue Reading
On 11 November 2020, the Court of justice issued a judgment on jurisdiction under Brussels I bis Regulation in respectContinue Reading
Charlemagne Dagbedji (University of Corsica) organises a webinar (in French) titled “Effective Recognition of Non-Judicial Divorce” (L’efficacité internationale du divorceContinue Reading
French Private International Law (“PIL”) has never been codified despite various proposals of codification in the last century (see forContinue Reading
Tamás Szabados (Eötvös Loránd University) published Constitutional identity and judicial cooperation in civil matters in the European Union – AnContinue Reading
The author of this post is Cecilia Rizcallah. She is visiting Professor at the Université Saint-Louis-Bruxelles and at the UniversitéContinue Reading
The first issue of the Journal du droit international for 2021 has just been released. It contains two articles andContinue Reading
Cecilia Rizcallah (ULB & University of Saint-Louis, Belgium) has just published a monograph on the principle of mutual trust inContinue Reading
The General Report on the second project led by the EAPIL Young EU Private International Law Research Network on Overriding Mandatory RulesContinue Reading
On 30 September 2020, the French Supreme Court for private and criminal matters (Cour de cassation) issued a remarkable decisionContinue Reading
2021 will be a milestone for the International Commission on Civil Status (ICCS). Driven by a powerful internationalisation movement, the newContinue Reading
Noëmie Reichling (PhD, Avocat à la Cour, France) has just published a monograph on Fundamental Principles of Civil Litigation inContinue Reading
The new issue of the Revue Critique de Droit International Privé (4/2020) is out. It contains four articles and numerousContinue Reading
Vanessa Barbé (University of Valenciennes) and Christina Koumpli (University of Avignon) are inviting abstracts on The Impact of Brexit onContinue Reading
The University of Lyon (EDIEC-CREDIP) hosted a webinar (in French) under the title Situations in Motion : Debate on the Method,Continue Reading
Carsten Gerner-Beuerle (University College London & European Corporate Governance Institute – ECGI), Federico M. Mucciarelli (Università degli studi di ModenaContinue Reading
Ronald A. Brand (University of Pittsburgh School of Law) has published a paper titled Comparative Method and International Litigation on theContinue Reading
A free webinar on Access to Justice in cross-border Litigation: Lugano v. the Hague will take place on 27 October 2020, atContinue Reading
On 2 September 2020, the French Supreme Court for private and criminal matters (Cour de cassation) issued an interesting decisionContinue Reading
Hélène Péroz (University of Nantes) has edited a commentary of Regulation (EU) 2016/1191 of 6 July 2016 on promoting the freeContinue Reading
Guillaume Payan (University of Toulon, France) edited a Compendium of the Hague Conventions and Protocols enriched by case law from Belgian,Continue Reading
The new issue of the Revue Critique de Droit International Privé (3/2020) is out. It contains three articles and numerousContinue Reading
The new issue of the Revue Critique de Droit International Privé (2/2020) is out. It contains three articles and numerous caseContinue Reading
Vesna Rijavec, Katja Drnovsek, C.H. van Rhee have edited Cross-border enforcement in Europe: national and international perspectives, published by Intersentia. TheContinue Reading
On 10 August 2020, the European Commission launched a public consultation on Regulation 805/2004 creating a European Enforcement Order forContinue Reading
Rebecca Legendre (University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas) has just published a monograph on fundamental rights and private international Law basedContinue Reading
On 13 May 2020, the French Supreme Court for private and criminal matters (Cour de cassation) issued an interesting decisionContinue Reading
Toni Marzal (University of Glasgow) has posted From World Actor to Local Community: Territoriality and the Scope of Application ofContinue Reading
On 26 May 2020, the European Commission launched a public consultation on cross-border investment within the EU. Why this initiative? First,Continue Reading
In October 2019, Vincent Richard defended a PhD thesis on default judgments in the European judicial area, written under the joint supervision ofContinue Reading
The University of Lausanne (LL.M. Programme in International Business Law and CEDIDAC), along with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ConnectionContinue Reading
Gisela Rühl (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena and Humboldt-University of Berlin) has posted Settlement of International Commercial Disputes Post-Brexit, or: United We StandContinue Reading
The European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee issued on 22 April 2020 a draft report with recommendations to the Commission onContinue Reading
Giesela Rühl (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena and Humboldt-University of Berlin) has posted Private International Law Post-Brexit: Between Plague and Cholera on SSRN.Continue Reading
Springer has recently published a new volume on Private International Law Aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility in the series Ius ComparatumContinue Reading
A free webinar on Force Majeure and Hardship under Cross-border and Comparative Perspectives will take place on 8 April 2020 at 17.00Continue Reading
Anne Peters (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law), Sabine Gless (University of Basel), Chris Thomale (Ruprecht-KarlsContinue Reading
On 27 February 2020 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) gave its ruling in BALTA, a caseContinue Reading