The Application of Foreign Law in the British and German Courts
A book by Alexander DJ Critchley, titled The Application of Foreign Law in the British and German Courts, has beenContinue Reading
The European Association of Private International Law
A book by Alexander DJ Critchley, titled The Application of Foreign Law in the British and German Courts, has beenContinue Reading
On 31 May 2023, the European Commission has proposed new rules aimed to ensure that the protection of adults isContinue Reading
In June 2022, this blog posted about a joint webinar between the Singapore-based Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI) and theContinue Reading
Registration is open for the 9th Journal of Private International Law Conference. The conference will be held on 3 toContinue Reading
At the request of the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament, the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights andContinue Reading
A group of German scholars, consisting of Christine Budzikiewicz (University of Marburg), Konrad Duden (University of Leipzig), Anatol Dutta (Ludwig MaximilianContinue Reading
The Swiss Institute of Comparative Law in Lausanne will host its 34th Private International Law day on 1 June 2023, underContinue Reading
The European Commission published on 13 April 2023 a study on the application of Regulation 4/2009 on maintenance obligations. TheContinue Reading
As announced on this blog, a series of webinar has been organised under the title The Future of Cross-Border ParenthoodContinue Reading
The European Commission has published, on 29 March 2023, a Study to support the preparation of a report on theContinue Reading
Erik Sinander (Stockholm University) has published an article titled The Role of Foreseeability in Private International Employment Law in the firstContinue Reading
A conference on the codification of European private international law will take place on 21 April 2023 at the UniversitéContinue Reading
Freezing orders, i.e., orders that prevent a person from disposing of their assets pending a determination as to the existenceContinue Reading
As already announced on this blog, the University of Bonn will host a two-day conference titled The HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention:Continue Reading
On 8 February 2023, the European Commission presented two proposals, the purpose of which is to pave the way toContinue Reading
A conference on The Law of Treaties as Applied to Private International Law is scheduled to take place in MilanContinue Reading
As announced on this blog, the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, in Milan, will host, on 3 March 2023,Continue Reading
Ronán Feehily authored International Commercial Mediation – Law and Regulation in Comparative Context, recently published by Cambridge University Press. InContinue Reading
Almost six years have passed since 18 January 2017, when Regulation (EU) No 655/2014 establishing a European Account Preservation Order (EAPO)Continue Reading
As reported on this blog by Marco Pasqua, the European Commission adopted on 18 October 2022 its 2023 Work Programme,Continue Reading
Shahla F. Ali, Filip Balcerzak, Adam Mickiewicz, Giorgio Fabio Colombo, and Joshua Karton have edited a collection of essays titledContinue Reading
The third edition of Talia Einhorn’s textbook on Private International Law in Israel is out, published by Wolters Kluwer. ThisContinue Reading
The UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration – A Commentary, authored by Gilles Cuniberti, has just been published byContinue Reading
Aygun Mammadzada (Swansea University) will be the main speaker at the upcoming MECSI Seminar, scheduled to take place on 22Continue Reading
Filip Šaranović (Queen Mary University of London) is the author of Freezing Injunctions in Private International Law, recently published byContinue Reading
On 9, 10 and 11 November 2022, a Special Commission devoted to the Hague Convention of 13 January 2000 onContinue Reading
Sierd J. Schaafsma (Justice of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands) is the author of Intellectual Property in the ConflictContinue Reading
On Friday, 2 December 2022, at 4 pm, EAPIL will hold an online seminar on the Rome II Regulation. TheContinue Reading
The second issue of 2022 of the Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP) is out. In addition toContinue Reading
A collection of essays in honour of Haimo Schack (Ius Vivum: Kunst – Internationales – Persönlichkeit: Festschrift für Haimo Schack zum 70. Geburtstag)Continue Reading
The International Commission on Civil Status (ICCS) will host a conference, jointly organised with the Société de Législation Comparée, underContinue Reading
GRUR International (Journal of European and International IP Law) has recently published an article by Pedro De Miguel Asensio titledContinue Reading
A conference titled The Brussels I bis Reform will take place on 9 September 2022, between 8:30 am and 4:30 pmContinue Reading
The 9th Annual International Arbitration Lecture organised by Roma Tre University and Unidroit, will be held at Unidroit, in Rome,Continue Reading
Oxford University Press has recently published the secondo edition of European Cross-Border Insolvency Law, by Reinhard Bork and Renato Mangano. The blurbContinue Reading
As announced in this blog, the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan plans to invite young scholars toContinue Reading
Elena D’Alessandro and Fernando Gascón Inchausti are the editors of The European Account Preservation Order – A Commentary on Regulation (EU)Continue Reading
The readers of this blog are already aware that the University of Bonn plans to host a two-day conference on theContinue Reading
The first issue of the Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale of 2022 is out. It features two essaysContinue Reading
The Singapore-based Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI) has been engaging in work related to judgments recognition and enforcement in AsiaContinue Reading
The General Assembly of the European Association of Private International Law met in Aarhus on 3 June 2022 in theContinue Reading
On 15 and 16 June 2022, the University of Zaragoza will host an online conference under the title Challenges ofContinue Reading
Edward Elgar has recently published the second edition of Gilles Cuniberti’s Conflict of Law – A Comparative Approach. Now inContinue Reading
The first meeting of the Special Commission on the practical operation of the 2007 Child Support Convention and on theContinue Reading
On 13 May 2022 the Faculty of Law of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid will host a conference on theContinue Reading
As reported in a recent post, Germany has on 29 April 2022 instituted proceedings against Italy before the International CourtContinue Reading
On 29 April 2022, Germany instituted proceedings before the International Court of Justice against Italy for allegedly failing to respect itsContinue Reading
On 5 and 12 May 2022 the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law will host an on-line conference titled Family Status,Continue Reading
On 30 June and 1 July 2022 the University of Amsterdam will host the 4th International Class Action Conference. TheContinue Reading
The final conference of the JUDGTRUST project on the application of the Brussels I bis Regulation will take place inContinue Reading
In February 2022, a Working Group has been established within the European Association of Private International Law. The task ofContinue Reading
In 2019 in Würzburg a group of young researchers from several EU Member States met for a comparative Private InternationalContinue Reading
As announced a few days ago on this blog, a dedicated page has been created in the website of theContinue Reading
The webinar What Measures Should the EU Adopt to Enhance the Protection of Adults in Europe? announced earlier on this blog,Continue Reading
On 2 March 2022 the US signed the Hague Convention of 2 July 2019 on the recognition and enforcement ofContinue Reading
As announced a few weeks ago, the European Association of Private International Law has set up a Working Group charged withContinue Reading
The Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan plans to invite young scholars to present the outcome of theirContinue Reading
Gilles Cuniberti (University of Luxembourg) and Sara Migliorini (University of Macau) have published a commentary in French on Regulation 655/2014Continue Reading
The editors of the European Yearbook for International Economic Law (EYIEL) welcome abstracts from scholars and practitioners at all stagesContinue Reading
The 4th German-speaking Conference for Young Scholars in Private International Law will take place on 23 and 24 February 2023 atContinue Reading
Antonio Leandro (University of Bari) has posted Asset Tracing and Recovery in European Cross-border Insolvency Proceedings on SSRN. Tracing and recoveringContinue Reading
Ilaria Queirolo (University of Genova), Salvatore Patti (University of Rome La Sapienza), Carlos Esplugues Mota (University of Valencia), Boriana MussevaContinue Reading
Ralf Michaels, Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm and Hans van Loon have edited The Private Side of Transforming our World – UNContinue Reading
The Rijeka Doctoral Conference of 2021, organised by the Faculty of Law of the University of Rijeka, features a severalContinue Reading
On 10 December 2021, from 16.30 to 19.00 CET, a webinar in English on The Recommendation of GEDIP Concerning theContinue Reading
On 15 November 2021, the JURI committee of the European Parliament held a hearing on EU Private International Law. TheContinue Reading
On 1 December 2021, at 3 pm CET, the University of Catania will host a webinar, in French, titled DifférencesContinue Reading
A webinar in English on The resolution of the Institut de Droit International on Human Rights and Private International Law willContinue Reading
Magdalena Pfeiffer, Jan Brodec, Petr Bříza and Marta Zavadilová have edited a collection of essays in honour of professor MonikaContinue Reading
Under the auspices of the project “Time to Become Digital in Law” (DIGInLaw), funded by the Erasmus+ Partnerships for DigitalContinue Reading
The University of Udine, in Italy, will host on 16 and 17 September an on-line conference under the title European UnionContinue Reading
The Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law is seeking at least three interns to work onContinue Reading
On 14 October 2021 an online roundtable will take place devoted to the private international law issues relating to theContinue Reading
The 15th Global Digital Encounter organized by Fide Foundation and TIPSA (Transatlantic Intellectual Property Academy) will take place on 8Continue Reading
The Hague Academy of International Law has made known the programme of the summer course of Private International Law ofContinue Reading
Jens M. Scherpe and Elena Bargelli are the editors of a collection of essays titled The Interaction between Family Law, SuccessionContinue Reading
The new issue of Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (Volume 57, Issue 1/2021) is out. It features threeContinue Reading
The Milan Law Review (MLR), run by the Faculty of Law of the State University of Milan, is a multidisciplinary andContinue Reading
On 7 June 2021, the Council of the European Union has adopted a political document titled Conclusions on the Protection ofContinue Reading
Tobias Lutzi (University of Cologne) and Ennio Piovesani (University of Turin) have taken over the responsibility of chairing the EAPILContinue Reading
The European Group of Private International Law, also known as GEDIP (Groupe européen de droit international privé), has just launchedContinue Reading
Daniel Girsberger, Thomas Kadner Graziano and Jan L. Neels are the editors of Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts,Continue Reading
Laura Carpaneto, Stefano Dominelli and Chiara Enrica Tuo (all University of Genova) have edited Brussels I bis Regulation and SpecialContinue Reading
Andrea Bonomi and Patrick Wautelet have authored an article-by-article commentary, in French, of Regulations 2016/1103 and 2016/1104 on the propertyContinue Reading
Based on the priorities defined for the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the area ofContinue Reading
Gustavo Cerqueira and Nicolas Nord have edited a collection of essays, mostly in French, on the ascertainment of foreign law,Continue Reading
The Universidade Portucalense, based in Porto, and its Research Center, in collaboration with the Universities of Vigo, Malaga, Salamanca andContinue Reading
Private International Law in Poland has been recently released by Wolters Kluwer. The monograph is written by Ewa Kamarad andContinue Reading
Cedric Ryngaert, Professor of Public International Law at the Utrecht University, has kindly accepted to provide a presentation of hisContinue Reading
Massimo Benedettelli (University of Bari) is the author of International Arbitration in Italy, which has just been published by WoltersContinue Reading
On 11 January 2021, the Tax and Law Department of HEC Paris will host an online workshop titled What future forContinue Reading
In December 2020, the Standing International Forum of Commercial Courts (SIFoCC), which brings together the commercial courts of several countriesContinue Reading
The latest issue of Acta Universitatis Carolinae Iuridica, a periodical edited by the Faculty of Law of the Charles University inContinue Reading
Tamás Szabados (Eötvös Loránd University) published In Search of the Holy Grail of the Conflict of Laws of Cultural Property:Continue Reading
The Italian publisher ESI has recently published a book titled EU Regulations 650/2012, 1103 and 1104/2016: Cross-Border Families, International Successions, MediationContinue Reading
The 2020 Annual Conference of the French Association for European Studies (AFEE) will focus on Family within the Legal Order ofContinue Reading
On 23 November 2020, at 9 am MET, the Université Côte d’Azur will host, via Zoom, the final conference of theContinue Reading
The fourth online public workshop on Private International Law after Brexit from global, European, Commonwealth and intra-UK perspectives, organised byContinue Reading
The Multiple Uses of the Unidroit Principles of International Commercial Contracts: Theory and Practice is the title of a bookContinue Reading
An online workshop under the title Private International Law in the UK after Brexit (Commercial focus) will take place onContinue Reading
Tobias Lutzi (University of Cologne) is the author of Private International Law Online – Internet Regulation and Civil Liability in theContinue Reading
David Hodson is the author of Family Law Leaves the EU – A Summary Guide for Practitioners, published by JordanContinue Reading
We are happy to announce that Alina Ontanu, of the University of Rotterdam, has joined the team of the EAPILContinue Reading
A webinar, organised by the Young EU Private International Law Research Network (an EAPIL activity), will take place on 16Continue Reading
A collection of essays edited by Florian Heindler (Sigmund Freud University, Vienna) has recently been published by Jan Sramek Verlag,Continue Reading
As announced earlier on this blog, the Working Group on International Property Law will hold a webinar on the suitability and feasibilityContinue Reading
Ilaria Viarengo and Francesca Villata (both University of Milan) have edited Planning the Future of Cross Border Families – A PathContinue Reading
The 2021 winter course of the Hague Academy of International Law will be held online from 11 to 29 JanuaryContinue Reading
An online event titled Coordinating Brussels Ia with other Instruments of EU Law: A Roundtable on Theoretical and Practical IssuesContinue Reading
A series of webinars devoted to the Conventions of the Hague Conference on Private International Law will be offered fromContinue Reading
Csongor István Nagy (University of Szeged), has posted on SSRN a paper titled The Reception of Collective Actions in Europe:Continue Reading
Pravovedenie, an academic peer-reviewed legal journal published quarterly in Russia is calling for papers to be included in a special issueContinue Reading
On 16 July 2020, the Government of Portugal decided to start the process whereby Portugal will, in due course, becomeContinue Reading
Woo-jung Jon is the author of Cross-border Transfer and Collateralisation of Receivables – A Comparative Analysis of Multiple Legal Systems, publishedContinue Reading
Apostolos Anthimos has posted on SSRN a paper titled Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in the Field of BilateralContinue Reading
On 21 July 2020 the Unidroit Secretariat released a Note on the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts and theContinue Reading
San Marino, the independent State surrounded by Italy, is home to about 5,000 undertakings. Unsurprisingly, given the size of theContinue Reading
Following successful events in Bonn and Würzburg, the third iteration of the conference for young German-speaking scholars in private internationalContinue Reading
On 14 July 2020, Austria ratified the 1965 Hague Service Convention. The Convention is set to enter into force for AustriaContinue Reading
Peer Zumbansen edited The Many Lives of Transnational Law – Critical Engagements with Jessup’s Bold Proposal, published by Cambridge University Press.Continue Reading
The Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached on 30 June 2020 a provisionalContinue Reading
The Hague Academy of International Law announced the extension of the deadline to apply for the 2021 Centre for StudiesContinue Reading
The Russian journal Pravovedenie has issued a call for papers on Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments: problems and prospects. HavingContinue Reading
Jean-Sylvestre Bergé and Giulio Cesare Giorgini have edited Le sens des libertés économiques de circulation – The sense of economic freedomsContinue Reading
Place of Performance – A Comparative Analysis is the title of a book authored by Chukwuma Samuel Adesina Okoli. ItContinue Reading
Cambridge University Press has just published the second edition of the Concise Commentary on the Rome I Regulation edited byContinue Reading
Fernando Gascón Inchausti (Complutense University of Madrid) and Burkhard Hess (MPI Luxembourg) have edited The Future of the European LawContinue Reading
William S. Dodge has posted Jurisdiction, State Immunity, and Judgments in the Restatement (Fourth) of US Foreign Relation Law onContinue Reading
Jayne Holliday has written Clawback Law in the Context of Succession. The book is part of the Studies in PrivateContinue Reading
Tamás Szabados (ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest) is the author of Economic Sanctions in EU Private International Law, a bookContinue Reading
A collection of essays titled Innovación Docente y Derecho internacional privado (Educational innovation and private international law) has recently been publishedContinue Reading
Edward Elgar has just published Conflict of Laws and the Internet, by Pedro de Miguel Asensio has published. The blurbContinue Reading
Tiago Andreotti is the author of Dispute Resolution in Transnational Securities Transactions, a monograph published by Hart. The Blurb reads:Continue Reading
María Asunción Cebrián Salvat and Isabel Lorente Martínez (both from the University of Murcia) have edited a collection of essaysContinue Reading
Peter Mankowski is the editor of a Research Handbook on the Brussels Ibis Regulation, just published by Edward Elgar. Here’s theContinue Reading
Edoardo Rossi is the author of a monograph in Italian titled La Sharing economy nel diritto internazionale privato europeo (SharingContinue Reading
Luk De Baere and Frits Blees are the authors of Insurance Aspects of Cross-Border Road Traffic Accidents, published by ElevenContinue Reading
On 2 April 2020, the Hague Academy of International Law announced its decision to postpone the Summer Courses on PublicContinue Reading
On 26 July 2019, the Greek Supreme Court gave a ruling involving the interpretation of the Brussels II bis RegulationContinue Reading
Christoph Schmon is the author of The Interconnection of the EU Regulations Brussels I Recast and Rome I – JurisdictionContinue Reading
The Department of Law of the University of Aarhus and the European Association of Private International have decided to postponeContinue Reading
Teemu Juutilainen is the author of Secured Credit in Europe – From Conflicts to Compatibility, which is about to be publishedContinue Reading
Edward Elgar Publishing has just launched a book series devoted to private international law. The first book in the seriesContinue Reading
The first issue of the open-access journal Cuadernos de Derecho Transnacional for 2020 is out. It includes more than fifty papers, coveringContinue Reading
Milana Karayanidi is the author of Rethinking Judicial Jurisdiction in Private International Law, the most recent release in the HartContinue Reading
The fourth research seminar of the IFITIS Research Project, led by Jean-Sylvestre Bergé, will take place in Nice on 13 MarchContinue Reading
Intersentia has recently published a monograph by Ayse Nihan Karadayi Yalim (University of Antwerp) on Interpretation and Gap Filling in InternationalContinue Reading
In 2009, AGL, a dual Italian-Israeli citizen, and SRL, an Israeli citizen, married in Milan. The spouses, who were bothContinue Reading
A collection of essays edited by Elisabetta Bergamini (University of Udine) and Chiara Ragni (University of Milan) has recently beenContinue Reading
UPDATE – 5 March 2020: the conference has been cancelled. On 23 April 2020, the Catholic University of Milan willContinue Reading
The PAX Moot is a specialised moot court competition focused on Transnational Law and Private International Law issues. Registration isContinue Reading
The Humboldt University of Berlin has issued a call for applications for two doctoral positions in the framework of theContinue Reading
Carsten Gerner-Beuerle (University College London), Federico Mucciarelli (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia), Edmund-Philipp Schuster (London School of Economics) andContinue Reading
Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm (University of Edinburgh) and María Blanca Noodt Taquela (University of Buenos Aires) have edited Diversity and IntegrationContinue Reading
Udo Bux (Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs of the European Parliament) has written an In Depth AnalysisContinue Reading
The Department of Law of the University of Aarhus, in Denmark, will host the founding conference of the European AssociationContinue Reading
On 18 September 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on the respective scopes of the Brussels IbisContinue Reading