Edoardo Benvenuti, a post-doc researcher at the University of Milan, has provided the following presentation of a book he authored, entitled ‘Giurisdizione in materia civile e commerciale nei confronti di convenuti domiciliati in Stati terzi e interessi materiali dell’Unione europea’ (Jurisdiction in Civil and Commercial Matters over Defendants Domiciled in Third States and the Substantive Interests […]
Leonard Maximilian Wagner is the author of Die internationalprivatrechtliche Qualifikation, a monograph on the issue fo characterisation, or qualification, as it arises in the context of conflict-of-laws rules, recently published by Mohr Siebeck in its Studien zum ausländischen und internationalen Privatrecht series. Since its discovery, the question of how to identify the relevant choice of […]
The latest volume of the Yearbook of Private International Law is out. Edited by Andrea Bonomi and Ilaria Pretelli, it is the first volume of the Yearbook published by Brill. The volume consists of six sections: the usual “Doctrine” section; a section on choice of court agreements; a section on court decisions; a section exploring […]
Georgia Antonopoulou (University of Birmingham) and Ekaterina Pannebakker (Leiden University) have issued a call for papers in view of a roundtable that will take place at the University of Birmingham, on 14 May 2026, under the title Bridging Jurisdictions: Rethinking Commercial Conflicts of Laws 10 Years After Brexit. The roundtable will focus on highlighting cooperation opportunities in commercial conflicts […]
The Judges’ Newsletter is an open-access biannual publication of of the Hague Conference on Private International Law devoted to judicial co-operation in the international protection of children. The latest issue tbrings together the contributions presented at the conference entitled 15 Years of the HCCH Washington Declaration – Progress and Perspectives on International Family Relocation, which took […]
Julien Chaisse (City University of Hong Kong) is the author of Advanced Introduction to International Commercial Contracts, recently published by Edward Elgar. This practical, globally focused book explains how international commercial contracts are structured, negotiated, and enforced across major economies and key trade hubs. Instead of centring on a single jurisdiction, it provides comparative insights […]
The latest issue of the International & Comparative Law Quarterly includes two contributions dealing with private international law. The first, by Richard Garnett, is entitled Foreign Judgments and the Relationship between Direct and Indirect Jurisdiction. A key issue in the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments is jurisdiction, with a distinction drawn between ‘direct’ jurisdictional […]
As announced earlier on this blog, applications are open to join the Lindemann Fellowship, a programme established in 2024 to support promising academics in the field of private international law. Fellows are accepted for a three-year period, with new Fellows joining each year. The core of the Fellowship is an annual fully funded meeting of […]
The Greek publisher Nomiki Bibliothiki has published a book by Haris Meidanis, in English, titled The Private International Law of Commercial Mediation. In a commercial contract that contains a mediation clause, a dispute arises. Mediation starts and the related questions begin: Must the parties sign an agreement with the mediator and under which law? Should […]
In Cabris Investments, a case decided on 9 October 2025, the Court of Justice ruled on the interpretation of Article 25 of Regulation No 1215/2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments (Brussels I bis). Article 25 is concerned with choice-of-court agreements. It applies where the parties to a dispute, “regardless of their […]
The editors of the European Yearbook of International Economic Law (EYIEL) invite abstract submissions from scholars and practitioners at all stages of their careers for the 2026 edition. This year’s Focus Section will explore the theme: Reconstruction of International and European Economic Law. It proceeds from the observation that the international legal-economic order is undergoing […]
The Lindemann Fellowship was established in 2024 to support promising academics in the field of private international law. Fellows are accepted for a three-year period, with new Fellows joining each year, as existing Fellows complete their tenure. The core of the Fellowship is an annual, fully funded meeting of the Fellows and coordinators, lasting two […]
Antonio Leandro has recently published a book titled Jurisdiction in EU Cross-Border Insolvency Law (Edward Elgar Publishing 2025). The blurb reads as follows: This book provides an in-depth analysis of the jurisdiction in cross-border corporate insolvency proceedings within EU member states, investigating the rationale, structure and functioning of the grounds to initiate and supervise the […]
A conference will take place in Barcelona on 11 and 12 November 2025, on the review of Regulation No 650/2012 on matters of succession, after ten years of application. The event is organised by the University Rovira I Virgili of Tarragona and the University of Lleida (UdL) in cooperation with the Notarial Association of Catalonia, […]
A call for papers has been issued in view of a virtual conference titled Global Harm, Local Justice: The Future of Cross-Border Torts, which will take place on 6 February 2026 at the University of Groningen, designed specifically for early-career scholars working in the field of private international law. This event aims to create a dynamic […]
A call for papers has been issued by the editors of the Italian-Spanish Journal of Procedure Law (RIEDP) in view of a special issue devoted to Civil Justice in the Digital Era. The rapid incorporation of technology – particularly artificial intelligence (AI) – into legal systems is reshaping the administration of civil justice globally. Judges, […]
The third issue of 2025 of ZEuP – Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht, is out. Various articles featured in the new issue will likely be of interest for the readers of this blog, including one by Helmut Ortner, Veronika Korom and Marion Neumann, in English, titled Pacta Sunt Servanda’s Soliloquy Amidst Sanctions: The Impact of EU […]
As the readers of this blog will recall, the Lindemann Fellowship for Private International Law was established in 2024 to provide early-career researchers with the opportunity to build a network with academics from all over Europe. Fellows are accepted for a three-year period, with new Fellows joining each year, as existing Fellows complete their tenure. […]
On 18 September 2025, the Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana will be hosting a conference on the occasion of the annual meeting of GEDIP, the European Group of Private International Law, due to take place in the following days (the latter meeting is only open the Group’s members). The event consists of […]
A collection of essays titled Europäisierung des Zivilrechts, edited by Guido Kosmehl, Steffen Pabst and István Varga, has been published by C.H. Beck to celebrate the 70th birthday of Thomas Rauscher. It comes with some thirty contributions, mostly in German, dealing with a variety of topics in the area of private law and private international […]
The Special Interest Group established in the framework of the European Law Institute (ELI) to deal with family and succession law plans to award of a prize recognizing outstanding doctoral theses in Comparative Family Law, Comparative Succession Law, and Comparative or European Private International Law in the field of family or succession. A call has […]
The second edition of International Asset Tracing in Insolvency, edited by Felicity Toube, has recently been published by Oxford University Press. The publisher’s blurb reads as follows. This is the only book to provide comprehensive coverage of the legal issues involved in asset tracing in insolvencies. Both corporate and personal insolvencies are covered in domestic […]
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 […]
Two years have passed since the European Commission published two proposals on the protection of adults in international situations, namely a proposal for a Council Decision that would authorise all EU Member States to become parties of the Hague Convention of 13 January 2000 on the international protection of adults “in the interest of the […]
On 18 June 2025 the European Commission opened an infringement procedure under Article 258 of the TFEU against Malta (INFR(2025)2100), alleging that Malta is failing to comply with its obligations under the Brussels I bis Regulation with respect to litigation in matters related to gambling. Following the formal notice sent by the Commission, the Maltese […]
The Ulrik Huber Institute for Private International Law will host on 23 June 2025 a one-day conference in English entitled: The Next 25 Years of Private International Law: What Does the World Need? The event is held on the occasion of Mathijs ten Wolde’s 25-year tenure as a professor and director of the Institute and […]
The European Commission has made public its Report on the application of the Brussels I bis Regulation on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (COM(2025)268 of 2 June 2025), together with a Staff Working Document providing further analysis of the issues discussed in the Report (SWD(2025)135). Consistent with […]
Registrations are open for the 2025 edition of the Summer School on Transnational litigation organized by Michele Lupoi with Marco Farina. The Summer School will run from 13 to 19 July 2025 at the Ravenna Campus of the University of Bologna. Online attendance is also possible. The lectures will cover a broad range of topics […]
It has not yet been reported on this blog that a few months ago an interesting collection of essays, under the title Die Achtung des Fremden – Leerformel oder Leitprinzip im Internationalen Privatrecht? (Deference to the Foreign – Empty Phrase or Guiding Principle of Private International Law?), has been published by Mohr Siebeck. Edited by […]
Diplomatic agents, consular officers and other persons serving as staff members at a State’s representation abroad mostly move from one State to another throughout their career, sometimes spending no more than a few years, if not months, before they are assigned to a new post at a different location. Their situation illustrates well what the […]
The latest issue of the Netherlands International Law Review (issue 3 of 2024) features five articles related to public interest litigation, preceded by an introductory paper by Xandra Kramer. The articles address different aspects of public interest litigation either from a primarily public law or private law perspective. Xandra Kramer, Public Interest Litigation at the […]
A collection of essays honoring Marc Fallon has recently been published by Larcier under the title Vers un code européen de droit international privé? Further information can be found here. The collection, edited by Jean-Yves Carlier and Stéphanie Francq (both professors at the Université Catholique de Louvain, as the honoree), brings together some twenty contributions (mostly […]
On 4 April 2025, the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan will host a seminar, in English, on the case of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man. The Vitruvian Man is a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. Made around 1490, it is a study of ideal body proportions inspired by the teachings of Vitruvius, […]
The Riga Graduate School of Law will host on 7 and 8 June 2025 a conference to discuss the current weaknesses of EU private international law and share suggestions for improvements. The event aims to cover all areas of EU private international law. Those interested at making a presentation at the conference, are invited to […]
The conclusions and decisions adopted by the Council on General Affairs and Policy (CGAP) of the Hague Conference on Private International at its 2025 meeting, which ended today, have just been made available here. Ongoing Projects In the coming months, additional meetings will be convened of the Working Groups in charge of the Parentage / […]
The Court of Justice gave on 6 March 2025 its ruling in Anikovi. The case concerns the scope of application of the Brussels II ter Regulation on jurisdiction, the recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility, and its relationship with conventions concluded by a Member State with a […]
A new issue of ZEuP – Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht is now available. It comes with contributions on EU private law, comparative law and legal history, unification of law, private international law, and individual European private law regimes. The full table of content can be accessed here. The following contributions might be of particular interest […]
The legislative work of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) currently revolves around eight projects. The Jurisdiction Project occupies a prominent position in this context. With the conclusion of the Judgments Convention, in 2019, the focus of the normative work of the HCCH in the area of civil and commercial law turned to […]
The Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice has rendered today, 25 February 2025, its much awaited ruling on case C-339/22, BSH Hausgeräte. The Court was requested to clarify the scope of Article 24(4) of Regulation No 1215/2012 (Brussels I bis) as regards disputes relating to the infringement of patent rights when the invalidity of […]
The Spanish publisher Marcial Pons has published in 2024 a collection of essays edited by Maria Font-Mas (Universitat Rovira i Virgili) titled Private International Law on Rights in rem in the European Union. Some of the contributions are in Spanish, others in English. Free online access to the whole book is provided here. The essays collected […]
Katharina Boele-Woelki (Bucerius Law School, Hamburg), has posted The next step in the unification of private international law in Europe: should it be codification? on SSRN. The abstract of the paper, a homage to Symeon Symeonides, reads as follows. This contribution reflects on some issues of European private international law. More than a quarter of a […]
The Centre for Private International Law and Transnational Governance of the University of Aberdeen will host, on 6 June 2025, the third Postgraduate Law Conference of the Centre, under the title New Dimensions in Private International Law. The event is an opportunity for early career scholars working in the private international law to come together […]
On 20 February 2025, the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan will host a seminar in English titled International Successions between EU Member States and Turkey. The main speaker will be Biset Sena Güneş (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg), while Gregor Christandl (University of Graz) will intervene as […]
The European Commission published on 31 January 2025 its long-awaited report (COM(2025) 20 final) on the application of Regulation No 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II). The report is based on Article 30 of the Regulation. The latter provision required the Commission to submit to the European Parliament, the Council and […]
The next meeting of the Council on General Affairs and Policy (CGAP) of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) is scheduled to take place on 4-7 March 2025. According to the meeting’s draft agenda, the CGAP will deal, among other things, with the project on Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCMs), following last year’s meeting, […]
A conference will take place on 14 February 2025 from 9 to 18 CET at the University of Vienna in connection with the project of the European Law Institute on Extra-Judicial Administration of Justice in Cross-Border Family and Succession Matters. The event will also be streamed online. With competences in family and succession matters increasingly […]
Issues 3 and 4 of 2024 of ZEuP – Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht have recently been published. They feature various contributions that may be of interest for the readers of this blog. Specifically, issue 3 includes the following articles and case note. Die Europäisierung des internationalen Erwachsenenschutzes Jan von Hein on the proposal for a […]
The University of Edinburgh is seeking a full-time permanent Lecturer in Global Law for its School of Law. Further details can be found here. As mentioned in the full job description, expertise in private international law will be appreciated. The closing date for applications is 20 January 2025.
On 1 January 2025, Poland assumed the presidency of the Council of the European Union, marking the start of a new trio of presidencies that also involves Denmark and Cyprus. The Polish presidency’s programme for the semester ending on 30 June deals with a broad range of topics, including judicial cooperation in civil matters. In this […]
The final version of the practical handbook on the Hague Convention of 13 January 2000 on the international protection of adults, marking the end of a process led by the Permanent Bureau of the HCCH and a dedicated Working Group, which started in 2021. The Practical Handbook is intended to assist current and prospective Contracting […]
The Lindemann Fellowship, generously funded by the Lindemann Foundation, is a newly established initiative aimed at supporting promising academics in the field of private international law. The Fellowship’s primary goal is to provide early-career researchers with the opportunity to build a network with academics from all over Europe. Fellows will, in principle, be accepted for […]
On 12 December 2024 the University of Milan will host a conference, in English, titled The Enforcement of the ESG Principles in a Transnational Dimension: Jurisdiction and Applicable Law, under the scientific direction of Stefania Bariatti, Luigi Fumagalli, Zeno Crespi Reghizzi, Michele Grassi, Anna Liebman. The first session, chaired by Angelica Bonfanti (University of Milan), […]
Elena D’Alessandro and Davide Castagno (both University of Torino) have authored a Handbook on Cross-border Litigation, in English, published by Walters Kluwer Italia. International litigation necessitates a distinct set of skills and a broad perspective that extends beyond national boundaries. This is why the Handbook on Cross-Border Litigation has been crafted with innovation at its […]
A collection of essays has been published by Intersentia, a few months ago, under the title Climate Change Litigation in Europe – Regional, Comparative and Sectoral Perspectives, edited by Ivano Alogna, Carole Billet, Matteo Fermeglia and Alina Holzhausen. The blurb reads: Climate change litigation is emerging as a global response to the unfolding climate crisis. […]
The Hague Judgments Convention of 2 July 2019 entered into force for Uruguay on 1 October 2024. Uruguay had ratified it on 1 September 2023. As a result, the Judgments Convention is currently in force for 28 States and one Regional Organization of Economic Integration, namely the European Union. Specifically, the States bound by the […]
Oxford University Press has recently published The 1970 UNESCO and 1995 UNIDROIT Conventions on Stolen or Illegally Transferred Cultural Property – A Commentary, edited by Ana Filipa Vrdoljak, Andrzej Jakubowski and Alessandro Chechi. The 900-page long book is part of the Commentaries on International Cultural Heritage Law series. The UNESCO Convention of 14 November 1970 […]
The University of Sheffield will host on 6 September 2024 a symposium to celebrate David McClean’s scholarship over 60 years. Organised by Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm, Paul Beaumont and Jonathan Harris, the event is in person only. Speakers include David McClean himself, Roxana Banu (University of Oxford), Jonathan Harris (King’s College London), Campbell McLachlan (University of Cambridge), Hans […]
Nicolas Kyriakides (University of Nicosia), Heikki A. Huhtamäki (Lawyer, academic) and Nicholas Mouttotos (University of Bremen) have edited European Account Preservation Order – A Multi-jurisdictional Guide with Commentary, on Regulation No 655/2014. The book has just been published by Bruylant / Larcier. The book provides insights on the implementation of the Regulation in each Member […]
The latest issue of ZEuP – Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht has just been released. It includes contributions on private law, comparative law and legal history, among others. The full table of content can be accessed here. In addition to the editorial by Christine Budzikiewicz on the Commission Proposal for an EU Regulation on Parenthood and […]
Anna Nylund and Antonio Cabral are the editors of Shaping Civil Litigation Using Procedural Agreements, recently published by Eleven. Procedural agreements hold the potential to effectively customise and expedite civil proceedings. However, their impact on access to justice, particularly for weaker litigants, and the potential erosion of the court’s role raise significant concerns. Despite the […]
The sixth Journéee de droit patrimonial international, organised by the Centre of Comparative, European and International Law of the University of Lausanne, will take place on 12 September 2024. This year’s edition will revolve around two topics: the application of the European Succession Regulation in the case law of the Court of Justice and the […]
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 that to be held in Milan (the MECSI Seminar). Each MECSI Seminar will […]
On 14 and 15 February 2025, the 5th Conference for Young Researchers in Private International Law will take place at the University of Heidelberg. The topic of the conference will be Digital transformation and Private International Law – Local Connections in Boundless Spaces. Christiane Wendehorst (University of Vienna) will deliver the conference’s keynote lecture. The organizing […]
The International Hellenic University in Thessaloniki will host on 5 October 2024 a conference on The Energy Charter and Dispute Resolution Mechanisms, organised in cooperation with the University of Cyprus. The event aims to provide a platform for scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and industry experts to explore and discuss critical issues surrounding the Energy Charter and the […]
On 19 March 2024, the Council of the European Union approved the position of the European Parliament at first reading on the proposal for a directive on protecting persons who engage in public participation from manifestly unfounded or abusive court proceedings, also known as Strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPPs. The directive has thereby […]
The Conclusions and Decisions of the latest annual meeting of the Council on General Affairs and Policy of theHague Conference on Private International Law, which was held from 5 to 8 March 2024, have recently been published. The most significant developments arising from the document include the following. Legislative Work The Council noted the progress […]
A on online conference on the international recovery of maintenance by public bodies is set to take place on 15 May 2024, between 2 and 5 pm CEST, hosted by the German Institute for Youth Services and Family Law (DIJuF). The event concept is as follows. The Child Support forum is pleased to invite every […]
The Rovira i Virgili University of Tarragona will host on 4 and 5 April 2024 a conference titled Conflict of Laws on Rights in Rem in the EU: Status Quo and Proposals for the Future. The event is part of a research project titled Regime of Rights in Rem over Tangible Property in European Private […]
Geert De Baere (judge at the General Court of the EU and professor at KU Leuven) and Johan Meeusen (professor at the University of Antwerp) have just published with Larcier-Intersentia a new edition of their handbook, in Dutch, on the law of the European Union: Grondbeginselen van het recht van de Europese Unie. The book […]
The Law Faculty of Humboldt University is inviting applications for a four-year PostDoc position in European law. The position is fully paid and funded by the graduate research programme DynamInt (Dynamic Integration Order) which itself is funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft). The selected researcher is supposed to pursue her/his research project in […]
On 12 January 2024, the United Kingdom signed the Hague Convention of 2 July 2019 on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in civil or commercial matters. As reported by Ugljesa Grusic on this blog, the UK government had announced some weeks ago its intention to move towards joining the Convention. The next step will […]
From 15 February 2024 to 17 February 2024, an early career research workshop will be held at Freie Universität Berlin to discuss works in progress on dispute resolution mechanisms and competence-competence in multi-level systems. The workshop invites young researchers working on related topics from all fields of legal research and is open to different methodological […]
A post published a few days ago on this blog presented, and briefly discussed, the private international law issues raised by the case of Indi Gregory, the critically ill eight-month-old child that parents wanted to transfer to Italy, to avoid the withdrawal of the life-sustaining treatment she was receiving at a hospital in England. In […]
An online conference titled The Institution of the Family – Tradition, Reform, Uniformity and Perspectives will take place on 4 and 5 December 2023. The event, organized by a group of academic institutions, including the “Dunărea de Jos” University in Galați, the University of Caen Normandie, the Carlos III University of Madrid, the University of […]
Indi Gregory is an eight-month-old child. She suffers from profound metabolic, neurological and cardiological disorders. At the time of writing this post she was a patient at an intensive care unit at a hospital in Nottingham. A few months ago, the doctors who have been treating Indi in England came to the conclusion that her […]
Ronald A. Brand, Michael S. Coffee and Paul Herrup are the authors of The 2019 Hague Judgments Convention, published by Oxford University Press, part of its Private International Law Series. Declared a ‘game-changer’ by the Hague Conference Secretary General, the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial […]
The Roma Tre University and the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart have jointly organised a conference titled The Italian Scholars and The Hague Academy of International Law – A retrospective on the occasion of the Academy’s Centennial Anniversary, under the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Hague Academy itself. The […]
The Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the service abroad of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters is currently in force for more than 80 States. All the Member States of the European Union are bound by the Convention. Most of them were parties to the Convention well before the Union […]
The eighth meeting of the Special Commission set up in the framework of the Hague Conference on Private International Law to discuss the practical operation of the 1980 Child Abduction Convention and the 1996 Child Protection Convention kicked off on 10 October 2023. As reported by Mayela Celis on Conflict of Laws, a broad range of issues […]
A webinar on early marriages, organised by the Interest Group on Private International Law of SIDI, the Italian Society of international Law, will take place on 5 October 2023 at 4 pm CET. The event will specifically concern the decision of the German Federal Constitutional Court, of 2023, on the constitutionality of the German law combating […]
The Working Group charged by the Hague Conference on Private International Law with advancing the Jurisdiction Project met in Buenos Aires from 18 to 22 September 2023. This was the fifth meeting of the Working Group since its establishment, in 2021. The Jurisdiction Project builds on the conclusion of the 2019 Judgments Convention and explore […]
On 2 August 2023, Gerard Quinn, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, and Claudia Mahler, the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, issued a joint statement regarding the European Commission’s proposals of 31 May 2023 on the protection of adults in cross-border situations. As […]
Edward Elgar has just published a Research Handbook on International Child Abduction, edited by Marilyn Freeman and Nicola Taylor. With a focus on the 1980 Hague Convention, this cutting-edge Research Handbook provides a holistic overview of the law on international child abduction from prevention, through voluntary agreements and Convention proceedings, to post-return and aftercare issues. Discussing […]
A collection of essays on the Hague Judgments Convention of 2 July 2019 has recently been published by Hart, in its Studies in Private International Law Series, under the title The HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention – Cornerstones, Prospects, Outlook. Edited by Matthias Weller, João Ribeiro-Bidaoui, Moritz Brinkmann and Nina Dethloff, the book has been presented […]
Horatia Muir Watt’s latest book has recently been published by Hart in its Hart Monographs in Transnational and International Law, under the title The Law’s Ultimate Frontier: Towards an Ecological Jurisprudence (the subtitle reads A Global Horizon in Private International Law). Here’s the publisher’s blurb: This important book offers an ambitious and interdisciplinary vision of […]
On 30 June 2023, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Council decision on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships, adopted on 7 December 2022, also known as the Beijing Convention on the Judicial Sale of Ships. The Convention sets […]
The European Parliament passed on 15 June 2023 a resolution expressing support for the accession of Ukraine to the Hague Convention of 2 July 2019 on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in civil or commercial matters. As reported on this blog, the Council of the European Union had already decided on 24 April 2023 that […]
Apostolos Anthimos and Marta Requejo Isidro are the editors of The European Service Regulation – A Commentary, on Regulation (EU) No 2020/1784. The book has just been published by Edward Elgar in its Commentaries in Private International Law series. Presenting a systematic article-by-article commentary on the European Service Regulation (recast), and written by renowned experts […]
The Council of the European Union adopted on 9 June 2023 a political agreement on the proposal for a directive on the protection of persons who engage in public participation from manifestly unfounded or abusive court proceedings, also known as strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs). Based on this common position, the Council will now start discussions with […]
A book by Alexander DJ Critchley, titled The Application of Foreign Law in the British and German Courts, has been published by Hart in its Studies in Private International Law Series. This book explores the application of foreign law in civil proceedings in the British and German courts. It focuses on how domestic procedural law […]
On 31 May 2023, the European Commission has proposed new rules aimed to ensure that the protection of adults is maintained in cross-border cases, and that their right to individual autonomy, including the freedom to make their own choices as regards their person and future arrangements is respected when they move within the EU. The […]
In June 2022, this blog posted about a joint webinar between the Singapore-based Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI) and the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) on the Choice-of-Court and Judgments Conventions. The two organizations return this year with their third joint session, this time on the 1965 Service Convention. […]
Registration is open for the 9th Journal of Private International Law Conference. The conference will be held on 3 to 5 August 2023 at the Yong Pung How School of Law at the Singapore Management University. The keynote address will be delivered by Philip Jeyaretnam, President of the Singapore International Commercial Court. The deadline for […]
At the request of the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament, the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs commissioned a study titled Cross-Border Legal Recognition of Parenthood in the EU. It is available here. Authored by Alina Tryfonidou (Neapolis University of Pafos), the study examines the problem of non-recognition of parenthood between […]
A group of German scholars, consisting of Christine Budzikiewicz (University of Marburg), Konrad Duden (University of Leipzig), Anatol Dutta (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich), Tobias Helms (University of Marburg) and Claudia Mayer (University of Regensburg), collectively the Marburg Group, reviewed the European Commission’s proposal of 7 December 2022 for a regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition of […]
The Swiss Institute of Comparative Law in Lausanne will host its 34th Private International Law day on 1 June 2023, under the title Personal Identity and Status Continuity – A focus on Names and Gender in the Conflict of Laws. The event continues a series inaugurated last year with two webinars on filiation and same-sex marriage, respectively. […]
The European Commission published on 13 April 2023 a study on the application of Regulation 4/2009 on maintenance obligations. The study, authored by Marion Goubet, Sophie Buckingham, Cécile Jacob, Michael Wells-Greco and Quentin Liger, consists of a final report and various annexes, including a synthesis report. Details on the operation of the Maintenance Regulation in the Member […]
As announced on this blog, a series of webinar has been organised under the title The Future of Cross-Border Parenthood in the EU – Analyzing the EU Parenthood Proposal to discuss the issues that surround the proposal of the European Commission for a Regulation dealing with the private international law of parenthood (COM (2022) 695 final). […]
The European Commission has published, on 29 March 2023, a Study to support the preparation of a report on the application of the Brussels I bis Regulation, on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters. The blurb reads as follows. Regulation 1215/2012 (Brussels Ia Regulation) was adopted on 12 […]
Erik Sinander (Stockholm University) has published an article titled The Role of Foreseeability in Private International Employment Law in the first issue of the brand new Nordic Labour Law Journal. The abstract reads as follows: The EU’s private international employment law rules contain several measures intended to protect employees. Hence, unlike in the case of general […]
A conference on the codification of European private international law will take place on 21 April 2023 at the Université Catholique de Louvain. The conference, titled Vers un code Européen de droit international privé, is meant to be a tribute to Marc Fallon. The working language will be French and English. Speakers and moderators include: Jean-Yves […]
Freezing orders, i.e., orders that prevent a person from disposing of their assets pending a determination as to the existence of a claim, are governed by procedural rules that vary greatly from one legal system to another. English courts, and more generally the courts of common law jurisdictions, may grant orders that can prove remarkably powerful […]
As already announced on this blog, the University of Bonn will host a two-day conference titled The HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention: Cornerstones, Prospects, Outlook, 9 and 10 June 2023. The event, organised in cooperation with the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, is meant to provide a comprehensive analysis of the Hague Convention […]
On 8 February 2023, the European Commission presented two proposals, the purpose of which is to pave the way to the negotiation (and conclusion) of bilateral agreeements between France and Algeria in the field of private international law. One proposal is for a decision of the Council of the Union and the European Parliament that would […]
A conference on The Law of Treaties as Applied to Private International Law is scheduled to take place in Milan on 5 and 6 May 2023, under the auspices of the Italian Society of International Law and EU Law (SIDI) and the European Association of Private International Law (EAPIL). The conference will be opened by two […]
As announced on this blog, the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, in Milan, will host, on 3 March 2023, a conference on the operation of Regulation (EU) No 655/2014 establishing a European Account Preservation Order (EAPO) procedure, in light of practice and case law. The working languages of the conference will be English and Italian, […]
Ronán Feehily authored International Commercial Mediation – Law and Regulation in Comparative Context, recently published by Cambridge University Press. In this comprehensive comparative study, Ronán Feehily analyses the legal and regulatory issues surrounding international commercial mediation and discusses their implications in a range of settings. While existing literature tends to cover mediation in general, Feehily […]
Almost six years have passed since 18 January 2017, when Regulation (EU) No 655/2014 establishing a European Account Preservation Order (EAPO) procedure to facilitate cross-border debt recovery in civil and commercial matters became applicable in full. A conference will be held in Milan, at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, on 3 March 2023, from […]
As reported on this blog by Marco Pasqua, the European Commission adopted on 18 October 2022 its 2023 Work Programme, listing the legislative proposals, including in the area of private international law, that the Commission itself regarded as a priority. On 15 December 2022, the Presidents of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission […]
Shahla F. Ali, Filip Balcerzak, Adam Mickiewicz, Giorgio Fabio Colombo, and Joshua Karton have edited a collection of essays titled Diversity in International Arbitration – Why it Matters and How to Sustain It, which has recently been published by Edward Elgar. After decades of focus on harmonization, which for too many represents no more than Western […]
The third edition of Talia Einhorn’s textbook on Private International Law in Israel is out, published by Wolters Kluwer. This third, wholly updated and expanded edition provides a clear, comprehensive statement and analysis of private international law in Israel. Israel’s private international law (PIL) regime is not codified, nor is it clearly traceable to any […]
The UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration – A Commentary, authored by Gilles Cuniberti, has just been published by Edward Elgar, part of the Elgar Commentaries in Private International Law series. This Commentary provides rich and detailed analysis both of the provisions of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (the Model Law), […]
Aygun Mammadzada (Swansea University) will be the main speaker at the upcoming MECSI Seminar, scheduled to take place on 22 November 2022, at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan. The title of the seminar is The Relationship between the Hague Choice of Court and the Hague Judgments Convention – A Major International Breakthrough? Zeno Crespi […]
Filip Šaranović (Queen Mary University of London) is the author of Freezing Injunctions in Private International Law, recently published by Cambridge University Press. The blurb reads: The extent of available pre-judgment asset preservation relief is widely regarded as a unique characteristic of English law and one of the key factors attracting international commercial litigation to […]
On 9, 10 and 11 November 2022, a Special Commission devoted to the Hague Convention of 13 January 2000 on the international protection of adults will meet in the Hague. The Hague Adults Convention applies in international situations to the protection of persons aged 18 or more who, by reason of an impairment or insufficiency of […]
Sierd J. Schaafsma (Justice of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands) is the author of Intellectual Property in the Conflict of Laws – The Hidden Conflict-of-law Rule in the Principle of National Treatment, published by Edward Elgar. The world of intellectual property (patents, trade marks, copyrights, et cetera) is becoming increasingly international. More and more frequently, […]
On Friday, 2 December 2022, at 4 pm, EAPIL will hold an online seminar on the Rome II Regulation. The seminar will shed light on the Study that was prepared in 2021 by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) in consortium with Civic Consulting to support the preparation of the report on the […]
The second issue of 2022 of the Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP) is out. In addition to recent case law and other materials, it features two essays and one shorter paper Costanza Honorati, Giovanna Ricciardi, Violenza domestica e protezione cross-border (Domestic Violence and Cross-Border Protection) Domestic violence has drawn increasing attention both […]
A collection of essays in honour of Haimo Schack (Ius Vivum: Kunst – Internationales – Persönlichkeit: Festschrift für Haimo Schack zum 70. Geburtstag) has just been published by Mohr Siebeck, edited by Sebastian Kubis, Karl-Nikolaus Peifer, Benjamin Raue and Malte Stieper. The book brings together more than ninety contributions, mostly in German, grouped under six headings: art law and […]
The International Commission on Civil Status (ICCS) will host a conference, jointly organised with the Société de Législation Comparée, under the title Plurilingual Forms – Present and Future of International Cooperation in Civil Status Matters. The conference will take place in Strasbourg on 21 September 2022. Speakers (and chairs) include Hans Van Loon (former Secretary General of […]
GRUR International (Journal of European and International IP Law) has recently published an article by Pedro De Miguel Asensio titled Protection of Reputation, Good Name and Personality Rights in Cross-Border Digital Media”. The abstract reads: Following the recent judgments of the Court of Justice in Mittelbayerischer Verlag and Gtflix tv, this paper analyses the European […]
A conference titled The Brussels I bis Reform will take place on 9 September 2022, between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm (CEST), organised by the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg. Regulation (EU) 1215/2012 is the fundamental reference-instrument of cross-border judicial cooperation in civil matters within the European Union. It provides rules on jurisdiction, pendency, recognition, and enforcement […]
The 9th Annual International Arbitration Lecture organised by Roma Tre University and Unidroit, will be held at Unidroit, in Rome, and online on 30 September 2022. The lecture, titled Beyond Nationalists Mirages in Arbitration: The Inescapable Transnational Approach, will be delivered by Diego P. Fernández Arroyo. Maria Chiara Malaguti (President of Unidroit and Professor at the […]
Oxford University Press has recently published the secondo edition of European Cross-Border Insolvency Law, by Reinhard Bork and Renato Mangano. The blurb reads: The first edition of this textbook was published in 2016, but since then the legal and factual scenario of European cross-border insolvency law has changed dramatically. In particular, three main events have occurred. First […]
As announced in this blog, the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan plans to invite 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 that will be held annually in […]
Elena D’Alessandro and Fernando Gascón Inchausti are the editors of The European Account Preservation Order – A Commentary on Regulation (EU) No 655/2014. The book has just been published by Edward Elgar in its Commentaries in Private International Law series. This comprehensive Commentary provides article-by-article exploration of EU Regulation 655/2014, analysing and outlining in a straightforward […]
The readers of this blog are already aware that the University of Bonn plans to host a two-day conference on the Hague Convention of 2 July 2019 on the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, in cooperation with the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law. The event, which […]
The first issue of the Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale of 2022 is out. It features two essays and two shorter papers. Stefania Bariatti, Sul riconoscimento in Italia dei restructuring plans inglesi (On the Recognition in Italy of English Restructuring Plans) An English court order sanctioning a restructuring plan is likely to be recognized by […]
The Singapore-based Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI) has been engaging in work related to judgments recognition and enforcement in Asia for some time. This blog reported about the Institute’s publication of 2020 on the Asian Principles for the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments. ABLI is now joining hands with the Permanent Bureau of the Hague […]
The General Assembly of the European Association of Private International Law met in Aarhus on 3 June 2022 in the framework of the Association’s founding conference. Some sixty members attended in persons, while twenty more joined on-line. Chaired by Dário Moura Vicente, the Assembly heard reports about completed and ongoing activities of the Association, namely […]
On 15 and 16 June 2022, the University of Zaragoza will host an online conference under the title Challenges of Private Law and the 2030 Agenda. Presentations will be held in in Spanish and in Italian. Several, among them, will address issues of private international law. Topics include international surrogacy, child abduction, cross-border divorce, children […]
Edward Elgar has recently published the second edition of Gilles Cuniberti’s Conflict of Law – A Comparative Approach. Now in its second edition, and with significant updates and new material, Gilles Cuniberti’s innovative textbook offers a comparative treatment of private international law, a field of great importance in an increasingly globalized world. Written by a […]
The first meeting of the Special Commission on the practical operation of the 2007 Child Support Convention and on the 2007 Maintenance Obligations Protocol is due to be held on 17, 18 and 19 May 2022. The purpose of the meeting, which is only open to delegates or experts designated by the Members of the Hague […]
On 13 May 2022 the Faculty of Law of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid will host a conference on the protection of transnational data transfers and the limits of the General Data Protection Regulation (Protección de las transmisiones de datos transfronterizas: los límites del RGPD). The speakers include: Elena Rodríguez Pineau (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), […]
As reported in a recent post, Germany has on 29 April 2022 instituted proceedings against Italy before the International Court of Justice in relation with the fact that Italy is allowing civil claims to be brought against Germany in connection with violations of international humanitarian law committed by the German Reich between 1943 and 1945, in […]
On 29 April 2022, Germany instituted proceedings before the International Court of Justice against Italy for allegedly failing to respect its jurisdictional immunity as a sovereign State by allowing civil claims to be brought against Germany based on violations of international humanitarian law committed by the German Reich between 1943 and 1945. The First Jurisdictional Immunities […]
On 5 and 12 May 2022 the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law will host an on-line conference titled Family Status, Identities and Private International Law – A Critical Assessment in the Light of Fundamental Rights. The event is organised in cooperation with the European Law Institute and the University of Pisa. The speakers include: Elena […]
On 30 June and 1 July 2022 the University of Amsterdam will host the 4th International Class Action Conference. The conference is organized by a team from the University of Haifa, the University of Tilburg and the University of Amsterdam, in collaboration with other institutions. The theme of this year’s conference is From Class Actions […]
The final conference of the JUDGTRUST project on the application of the Brussels I bis Regulation will take place in the Hague (and on-line) on 21 and 22 April 2022, organised by the Asser Institute with the University of Hamburg, the University of Antwerp and the Internationaal Juridisch Instituut. The conference concludes a two-year project on the correct and consistent application of […]
In February 2022, a Working Group has been established within the European Association of Private International Law. The task of the Group was to respond to a public consultation launched by the European Commission on the prospect of an EU-wide protection for vulnerable adults, i.e., persons aged 18 or more who are unable to protect their […]
In 2019 in Würzburg a group of young researchers from several EU Member States met for a comparative Private International Law project and to create what later became the EAPIL Young Research Network. The first project, initiated by Susanne Lilian Gössl (Germany) and Martina Melcher (Austria), dealt with the national implementation of the CJEU/ECtHR case law regarding […]
As announced a few days ago on this blog, a dedicated page has been created in the website of the European Association of Private International Law to collect information about funding or other opportunities offered to refugee scholars and scientists. Some opportunities are available to refugee scholars from any country, others to refugee scholars from Ukraine […]
The webinar What Measures Should the EU Adopt to Enhance the Protection of Adults in Europe? announced earlier on this blog, will take place, as scheduled, on 10 March 2022 from 5 pm to 7 pm. The webinar has been organised by a Working Group charged by EAPIL with drafting a response to the public consultation […]
On 2 March 2022 the US signed the Hague Convention of 2 July 2019 on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in civil or commercial matters. Five more States have already signed the Convention, namely Costa Rica, Israel, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Uruguay. So far, none of the above States has ratified the Convention. According to Article […]
As announced a few weeks ago, the European Association of Private International Law has set up a Working Group charged with responding to a public consultation launched by the European Commission, aimed at gathering evidence on the measures that the EU may adopt to enhance the protection of vulnerable adults in Europe. The Group consists of […]
The Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan plans to invite 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 that will be held annually in Milan (the MECSI Seminar). Each […]
Gilles Cuniberti (University of Luxembourg) and Sara Migliorini (University of Macau) have published a commentary in French on Regulation 655/2014 establishing a European Account Preservation Order (EAPO). The book offers a comprehensive article per article commentary of the EAPO Regulation with a focus on its implementation and operation in the three French speaking Members States […]
The editors of the European Yearbook for International Economic Law (EYIEL) welcome abstracts from scholars and practitioners at all stages of their career for the focus section of the EYIEL 2022. This year’s focus will be on the impact of climate change on international economic law. Abstracts may cover any topic relating to dispute settlement […]
The 4th German-speaking Conference for Young Scholars in Private International Law will take place on 23 and 24 February 2023 at the Sigmund Freud University in Vienna. The theme of the conference will be Deference to the foreign – Empty phrase or guiding principle of private international law? Here’s the concept: As part of the legal system, rules of […]
Antonio Leandro (University of Bari) has posted Asset Tracing and Recovery in European Cross-border Insolvency Proceedings on SSRN. Tracing and recovering assets amount to crucial means to preserve the estate in insolvency proceedings. The proceedings’ outcome may depend on a successful liquidation, which, in turn, can succeed insofar as the concerned assets are traced and recovered […]
Ilaria Queirolo (University of Genova), Salvatore Patti (University of Rome La Sapienza), Carlos Esplugues Mota (University of Valencia), Boriana Musseva (Sofia University), Dana Rone (Turiba University, Riga), Laura Carpaneto (University of Genova) and Francesca Maoli (University of Genova) have edited Children’s Right to Information in EU Civil Actions, published by the Italian publisher Pacini. The […]
Ralf Michaels, Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm and Hans van Loon have edited The Private Side of Transforming our World – UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and the Role of Private International Law, recently published by Intersentia. In 2015, the United Nations formulated 17 ambitious goals towards transforming our world – the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 2030). […]
The Rijeka Doctoral Conference of 2021, organised by the Faculty of Law of the University of Rijeka, features a several presentations dealing with topics within, or related to, private international law. Session 1C, scheduled to take place on 10 December 2021 at 8.30 CET will be devoted to Private International Law & Intellectual Property Law. […]
On 10 December 2021, from 16.30 to 19.00 CET, a webinar in English on The Recommendation of GEDIP Concerning the Private International Law Aspects of the Future EU Instrument on Corporate Due Diligence and Corporate Accountability, will take place, organised by the Interest Group on Private International Law of the Italian Society of International Law (SIDI). […]
On 15 November 2021, the JURI committee of the European Parliament held a hearing on EU Private International Law. The focus was on issues that would need to be addressed in a review of the current rules, including as regards Corporate Due Diligence and SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation). Giesela Rühl (Humboldt University of […]
On 1 December 2021, at 3 pm CET, the University of Catania will host a webinar, in French, titled Différences culturelles et droit international privé de la famille (Cultural differences and Private International Law in Family Matters), organised by Pasquale Pirrone. The main speakers are Jean-Yves Carlier (Catholic University of Louvain) and Léna Gannagé (Saint […]
A webinar in English on The resolution of the Institut de Droit International on Human Rights and Private International Law will take place on 12 November 2021, from 16.30 to 18.30 CET, organised by the Interest Group on Private International Law of the Italian Society of International Law (SIDI). The speakers will be Fausto Pocar and Patrick Kinsch. […]
Magdalena Pfeiffer, Jan Brodec, Petr Bříza and Marta Zavadilová have edited a collection of essays in honour of professor Monika Pauknerová, recently published by Wolters Kluwer. The 47 contributions in this liber amicorum cover a broad range of issues in the field of private international law and international trade law. Some are written in English, […]
Under the auspices of the project “Time to Become Digital in Law” (DIGInLaw), funded by the Erasmus+ Partnerships for Digital Education Readiness, the University of Aberdeen organizes a PhD Book Club titled European Private International Law in a Digital World, in collaboration with the Universities of Osijek, Zagreb, and Milan. The PhD Book Club will […]
The University of Udine, in Italy, will host on 16 and 17 September an on-line conference under the title European Union and Third Countries: Issues on Jurisdiction and Recognition of Foreign Judgments. Some of the presentations will be in English, others in Italian. Speakers include Elisabetta Bergamini (University of Udine), Francesco Deana (University of Udine), Martin Gebauer (Eberhard […]
The Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law is seeking at least three interns to work on the following Conventions and projects during the first half of 2022: the 2000 Protection of Adults Convention and the 2007 Child Support Convention and Protocol the 1993 Intercountry Adoption Convention , and the Parentage / Surrogacy Project the 1980 Child […]
On 14 October 2021 an online roundtable will take place devoted to the private international law issues relating to the recognition and enforcement of foreign (mostly US) punitive damages judgments in countries outside of Europe. The event is organised by the Maastricht University at the initiative of Lotte Meurkens and Cedric Vanleenhove. An often-heard obstacle […]
The 15th Global Digital Encounter organized by Fide Foundation and TIPSA (Transatlantic Intellectual Property Academy) will take place on 8 September 2021, under the title Towards A More Predictable Legal Framework for Cross-Border Intellectual Property Disputes. It will discuss the main lines of the Kyoto Guidelines on Intellectual Property and Private International Law drafted by […]
The Hague Academy of International Law has made known the programme of the summer course of Private International Law of 2022. The course will be opened by Dominique Hascher with a lecture on The Role of International Law in the Review of Awards. The general course, titled Towards Worldwide Law Consistency, will be given by Louis d’Avout […]
Jens M. Scherpe and Elena Bargelli are the editors of a collection of essays titled The Interaction between Family Law, Succession Law and Private International Law, recently published by Intersentia. The blurb reads: There can be no doubt that both substantive family and succession law engage in significant interaction with private international law, and, in particular, […]
The new issue of Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (Volume 57, Issue 1/2021) is out. It features three articles, two in Italian, the other in English, whose abstracts are provided below. Fausto Pocar, Riflessioni sulla recente convenzione dell’Aja sul riconoscimento e l’esecuzione delle sentenze straniere (Reflections on the Recent HCCH Convention on the […]
The Milan Law Review (MLR), run by the Faculty of Law of the State University of Milan, is a multidisciplinary and multilingual law journal, published on a six-monthly basis in open access mode. The editors of the journal are calling, inter alia, for articles on topics in the field of public and private international law, either in […]
On 7 June 2021, the Council of the European Union has adopted a political document titled Conclusions on the Protection of Vulnerable Adults across the European Union. The document sets out the views of the Council in this area with respect to both civil and criminal matters. As regards civil matters, the document stresses the importance […]
Tobias Lutzi (University of Cologne) and Ennio Piovesani (University of Turin) have taken over the responsibility of chairing the EAPIL Young Research Network from Tamás Szabados (ELTE Eötvös Loránd University). They are joining Martina Melcher (University of Graz), who founded the Network in 2019 together with Susanne Gössl (University of Kiel). The Young Research Network […]
The European Group of Private International Law, also known as GEDIP (Groupe européen de droit international privé), has just launched a new website. Created in 1991, GEDIP aims to study the interactions of private international law and European law in the broad sense. It is a place for the exchange of information and ideas for […]
Daniel Girsberger, Thomas Kadner Graziano and Jan L. Neels are the editors of Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts, which has been published by Oxford University Press in the Oxford Private International Law Series. The blurb reads as follows. Although the possibility of making a choice of law in respect of international commercial contracts has […]
Laura Carpaneto, Stefano Dominelli and Chiara Enrica Tuo (all University of Genova) have edited Brussels I bis Regulation and Special Rules – Opportunities to Enhance Judicial Cooperation. The book, which has just been published by Aracne, may be accessed for free here in its entirety. Contributors include, in addition to the editors themselves, Jean-Sylvestre Bergé, […]
Andrea Bonomi and Patrick Wautelet have authored an article-by-article commentary, in French, of Regulations 2016/1103 and 2016/1104 on the property regimes of international couples, with the assistance of Ilaria Pretelli, Eva Lein, Guillaume Kessler, Sara Migliorini and Konstantinos Rokas. The book has just been published by Larcier under the title Le droit européen des relations […]
Based on the priorities defined for the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the area of Justice, the Ministry of Justice of Portugal will host on 30 March 2021 a conference under the title Protecting Vulnerable Adults Across Europe – The Way Forward. The relevance of private international law – and, […]
Gustavo Cerqueira and Nicolas Nord have edited a collection of essays, mostly in French, on the ascertainment of foreign law, titled La connaissance du droit étranger: à la recherche d’instruments de coopération adaptés. The book was published by the Société de législation comparée in late 2020. The editors have kindly provided the following presentation in English. Foreign […]
The Universidade Portucalense, based in Porto, and its Research Center, in collaboration with the Universities of Vigo, Malaga, Salamanca and Granada as well as with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, organise an International Congress on Civil Procedural Law titled The Challenges of Sustainable Global and Digital Development, to be held on 20 and 21 […]
Private International Law in Poland has been recently released by Wolters Kluwer. The monograph is written by Ewa Kamarad and Anna Wysocka-Bar (one of this blog’s editors), both affiliated with Jagiellonian University (Poland). The e-version of the monograph forms part of the International Encyclopaedia of Laws, the volume on Private International Law edited by Bea […]
Cedric Ryngaert, Professor of Public International Law at the Utrecht University, has kindly accepted to provide a presentation of his latest monograph, ‘Selfless Intervention – The Exercise of Jurisdiction in the Common Interest’ (Oxford University Press 2020). This post draws on the monograph’s concluding observations. This monograph inquires how a cosmopolitan agenda could be implemented in […]
Massimo Benedettelli (University of Bari) is the author of International Arbitration in Italy, which has just been published by Wolters Kluwer. International Arbitration in Italy is the first commentary on international arbitration in Italy ever written in English. Since centuries, arbitrating cross-border business disputes has been common practice in Italy, which makes the Italian arbitration […]
On 11 January 2021, the Tax and Law Department of HEC Paris will host an online workshop titled What future for Cross-Border Small Claims? The event will involve a keynote speech by Elena Alina Ontanu (Erasmus University Rotterdam) and a presentation of the guidelines on the European Small Claims Procedure Regulation (ESCP) that have been produced […]
In December 2020, the Standing International Forum of Commercial Courts (SIFoCC), which brings together the commercial courts of several countries across the world, launched the second edition of its Multilateral Memorandum on Enforcement of Commercial Judgments for Money. The memorandum is the result of a collaborative effort from judges sitting in the courts involved, and […]
The latest issue of Acta Universitatis Carolinae Iuridica, a periodical edited by the Faculty of Law of the Charles University in Prague, is out. The issue’s general theme is ‘Thinking Private International Law through European Lenses’. It focuses on comparative private international law, with an emphasis on the European Union. The contributions – some in English, […]
Tamás Szabados (Eötvös Loránd University) published In Search of the Holy Grail of the Conflict of Laws of Cultural Property: Recent Trends in European Private International Law Codifications, in theInternational Journal of Cultural Property (vol. 27, 2020). The abstract reads as follows. Most private international laws do not address cultural property specifically but, instead, apply the […]
The Italian publisher ESI has recently published a book titled EU Regulations 650/2012, 1103 and 1104/2016: Cross-Border Families, International Successions, Mediation Issues and New Financial Assets, edited by Sara Landini (University of Florence). The papers, written in English, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish, address various issues relating to the Succession Regulation, the Matrimonial Property Regimes Regulation and […]
The 2020 Annual Conference of the French Association for European Studies (AFEE) will focus on Family within the Legal Order of the European Union, based on a collective research led by academics and practitioners from different EU countries, which resulted in a book edited by Elsa Bernard (University of Lille), Marie Cresp (University of Bordeaux) and […]
On 23 November 2020, at 9 am MET, the Université Côte d’Azur will host, via Zoom, the final conference of the EU co-funded research project called En2Bria – Enhancing Enforcement under Brussels Ia. The topics addressed include: transport matters and Article 67 of the Brussels I bis Regulation (Rosario Espinosa Calabuig); Article 67 of the Brussels […]
The fourth online public workshop on Private International Law after Brexit from global, European, Commonwealth and intra-UK perspectives, organised by Paul Beaumont (University of Stirling), Mihail Danov (University of Exeter) and Jayne Holliday (University of Stirling), will be held on 26 and 27 November 2020. Speakers include Reid Mortensen (University of South Queensland), Mihail Danov, […]
The Multiple Uses of the Unidroit Principles of International Commercial Contracts: Theory and Practice is the title of a book edited by Pietro Galizzi, Giacomo Rojas Elgueta and Anna Veneziano, which has just been published by Giuffrè. The publication of this Volume comes at a time when Governments are still struggling to get ahead of […]
An online workshop under the title Private International Law in the UK after Brexit (Commercial focus) will take place on 19 and 20 November 2020, hosted by Paul Beaumont (University of Stirling), Mihail Danov (University of Exeter) and Jayne Holliday (University of Stirling). This is the third of four public workshops funded by the Arts […]
Tobias Lutzi (University of Cologne) is the author of Private International Law Online – Internet Regulation and Civil Liability in the EU, published by Oxford University Press in the Oxford Private International Law Series. The abstract reads: ‘Private International Law Online’ is a dedicated analysis of the private international law framework in the European Union as it […]
David Hodson is the author of Family Law Leaves the EU – A Summary Guide for Practitioners, published by Jordan Publishing. The book aims to provide family law practitioners with an accessible guide to the law and practice which will apply on the UK’s final departure from the EU on 31 December 2020. The publisher’s […]
We are happy to announce that Alina Ontanu, of the University of Rotterdam, has joined the team of the EAPIL blog! Check her first post, which is out today. As indicated in the inaugural issue of the EAPIL Newsletter, we wish to further expand the team. Interested EAPIL members are encouraged to get in touch […]
A webinar, organised by the Young EU Private International Law Research Network (an EAPIL activity), will take place on 16 November 2020, from 9.15 to 15.30. The webinar’s topic is Overriding Mandatory Rules in the Law of the EU Member States. Speakers include Katarzyna Bogdzevič (Mykolas Romeris University), Stefano Dominelli (University of Genoa), István Erdős […]
A collection of essays edited by Florian Heindler (Sigmund Freud University, Vienna) has recently been published by Jan Sramek Verlag, in its Interdisciplinary Studies of Comparative and Private International Law series. The book celebrates the 40th birthday of the Austrian Private International Law Act. The essays collected are authored by scholars for various countries and focus […]
As announced earlier on this blog, the Working Group on International Property Law will hold a webinar on the suitability and feasibility of a European Regulation on International Property Law via Zoom on Tuesday, 20 October 2020 at 12:30 CEST. The current members of the Working Group will shortly discuss the various facets of the topic. A […]
Ilaria Viarengo and Francesca Villata (both University of Milan) have edited Planning the Future of Cross Border Families – A Path Through Coordination, which has just been published by Hart. This book is built upon the outcomes of the EUFam’s Project, financially supported by the EU Civil Justice Programme and led by the University of Milan. […]
The 2021 winter course of the Hague Academy of International Law will be held online from 11 to 29 January 2021. One remarkable feature of the Academy’s winter courses is that they jointly cover topics belonging (or traditionally labelled as belonging) to both public and private international law. The General Course will be delivered by […]
An online event titled Coordinating Brussels Ia with other Instruments of EU Law: A Roundtable on Theoretical and Practical Issues will take place on 24 September 2020, at 3 pm (CET). The purpose of the event, organised by the Universities of Genoa, Nice, Valencia, and Tirana, is to present the first results of the investigation conducted […]
A series of webinars devoted to the Conventions of the Hague Conference on Private International Law will be offered from 16 to 18 September by the the Supreme Court of the Philippines, the Philippine Judicial Academy and the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines. Speakers include Christophe Bernasconi, Secretary General of the Hague Conference, […]
Csongor István Nagy (University of Szeged), has posted on SSRN a paper titled The Reception of Collective Actions in Europe: Reconstructing the Mental Process of a Legal Transplantation, also published on the Journal of Dispute Resolution. The European collective action is probably one of the most exciting legal transplantation comparative law has seen. Collective litigation, which […]
Pravovedenie, an academic peer-reviewed legal journal published quarterly in Russia is calling for papers to be included in a special issue of the journal. The special issue will be about Ensuring the Best Interests of the Child in International Family Procedures. Contributions should deal with the cooperation of States in ensuring the implementation of international legal […]
On 16 July 2020, the Government of Portugal decided to start the process whereby Portugal will, in due course, become a party to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). Today, the Convention is internationally in force for 91 States. Once in force for Portugal, it will be binding on […]
Woo-jung Jon is the author of Cross-border Transfer and Collateralisation of Receivables – A Comparative Analysis of Multiple Legal Systems, published by Hart Publishing. Legal systems around the world vary widely in terms of how they deal with the transfer of and security interests in receivables. The aim of this book is to help international financiers […]
Apostolos Anthimos has posted on SSRN a paper titled Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in the Field of Bilateral Conventions of Greece with Balkan States. The purpose of this paper is to present the current legislative framework and the practice of Greek courts with respect to the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments falling […]
On 21 July 2020 the Unidroit Secretariat released a Note on the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts and the COVID-19 health crisis. As stated in the website of Unidroit, the Note is to be considered as work in progress, and the Secretariat welcomes any comments or suggestions. The Note’s presentation reads: In the context […]
San Marino, the independent State surrounded by Italy, is home to about 5,000 undertakings. Unsurprisingly, given the size of the country (61 km2) and its population (33,344), a significant part of the business carried out in the small Republic is related to Italy. In fact, it is not infrequent for Italian courts to be seised […]
Following successful events in Bonn and Würzburg, the third iteration of the conference for young German-speaking scholars in private international law will take place – hopefully as one of the first events post-Corona – on 18 and 19 March 2021 at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg. The conference […]
On 14 July 2020, Austria ratified the 1965 Hague Service Convention. The Convention is set to enter into force for Austria on 12 September 2020. All EU Member States will then be be bound by the Convention. In practice, the latter will apply in the relationship between the (Members States of the) EU, one the one […]
Peer Zumbansen edited The Many Lives of Transnational Law – Critical Engagements with Jessup’s Bold Proposal, published by Cambridge University Press. The blurb reads: In 1956, ICJ judge Philip Jessup highlighted the gaps between private and public international law and the need to adapt the law to border-crossing problems. Today, sixty years later, we still ask […]
The Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached on 30 June 2020 a provisional agreement on the modernisation of Regulation 1206/2001 on the taking of evidence abroad, and Regulation 1393/2007 on the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents (see here and here for contributions appeared on this blog regarding […]
The Hague Academy of International Law announced the extension of the deadline to apply for the 2021 Centre for Studies and Research (postponement of the 2020 edition) until 1 September 2020. The programme will take place between 16 August and 3 September 2021 and will focus on the topic of Applicable Law Issues in International Arbitration. The […]
The Russian journal Pravovedenie has issued a call for papers on Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments: problems and prospects. Having regard to the Hague Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters, the editors seek contributions to be published in a special issue of the journal focusing […]
Jean-Sylvestre Bergé and Giulio Cesare Giorgini have edited Le sens des libertés économiques de circulation – The sense of economic freedoms of movement, published by Bruylant. At a time in which economic freedoms of movement (economic law, free trade, international trade and European freedoms of movement) are increasingly being challenged, it is crucial to explore in […]
Place of Performance – A Comparative Analysis is the title of a book authored by Chukwuma Samuel Adesina Okoli. It recently appeared in the Studies in Private International Law series of Hart Publishing. The blurb reads: This book provides an unprecedented analysis on the place of performance. The central theme is that the place of performance […]
Cambridge University Press has just published the second edition of the Concise Commentary on the Rome I Regulation edited by Franco Ferrari. In addition to Ferrari himself, the authors of the commentary are Markus Altenkirch, Christoph Althammer, Jan Bischoff, Tim W. Dornis, Jan D. Lüttringhaus, Spyros Makris, Sebastian Omlor, Francesca Ragno, Martin Schmidt-Kessel, Björn Steinrötter, and Felipe Temming. The blurb […]
Fernando Gascón Inchausti (Complutense University of Madrid) and Burkhard Hess (MPI Luxembourg) have edited The Future of the European Law of Civil Procedure, a book published by Intersentia. The publisher’s blurb reads: The European lawmaker is currently overseeing what appears to be a paradigm shift in the way that cross-border litigation is conducted within the […]
William S. Dodge has posted Jurisdiction, State Immunity, and Judgments in the Restatement (Fourth) of US Foreign Relation Law on SSRN. The paper features in the latest issue (vol. 19, issue 1) of the Chinese Journal of International Law. The abstract reads: In 2018, the American Law Institute published the Restatement (Fourth) of Foreign Relations […]
Jayne Holliday has written Clawback Law in the Context of Succession. The book is part of the Studies in Private International Law series published by Hart Publishing. The blurb reads: This book offers a global solution for determining the law applicable to a claim to clawback an inter vivos gift from a third party within […]
Tamás Szabados (ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest) is the author of Economic Sanctions in EU Private International Law, a book that has been recently published by Hart. The blurb reads: Economic sanctions are instruments of foreign policy. However, they can also affect legal relations between private parties – principally in contract. In such cases, the […]
A collection of essays titled Innovación Docente y Derecho internacional privado (Educational innovation and private international law) has recently been published by Comares. The editors are María Asunción Cebrián Salvat and Isabel Lorente Martínez (University of Murcia). The abstract reads as follows. Now more than ever, and particularly in an European context, private international law has a […]
Edward Elgar has just published Conflict of Laws and the Internet, by Pedro de Miguel Asensio has published. The blurb reads: The ubiquity of the Internet contrasts with the territorial nature of national legal orders. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of jurisdiction, choice of law and enforcement of judgments issues concerning online activities in […]
Tiago Andreotti is the author of Dispute Resolution in Transnational Securities Transactions, a monograph published by Hart. The Blurb reads: This book explores the transnational legal infrastructure for dispute resolution in transnational securities transactions. It discusses the role of law and dispute resolution in securities transactions, the types of disputes arising from them, and the […]
María Asunción Cebrián Salvat and Isabel Lorente Martínez (both from the University of Murcia) have edited a collection of essays in Spanish titled Protección de menores y Derecho internacional privado (Child Protection and Private International Law), published by Comares. The abstract, kindly provided by the editors, reads as follows. More and more frequently, families live a […]
Peter Mankowski is the editor of a Research Handbook on the Brussels Ibis Regulation, just published by Edward Elgar. Here’s the blurb. The Brussels Ibis Regulation is the magna carta for jurisdiction and the free circulation of judgments in civil and commercial matters in the EU, and forms a cornerstone of the internal market. This timely […]
Edoardo Rossi is the author of a monograph in Italian titled La Sharing economy nel diritto internazionale privato europeo (Sharing Economy – A European Private International Law Perspective), published by Giappichelli. The author provided the editors of this blog with an abstract in English. The abstract reads as follows. In the current economic and social […]
Luk De Baere and Frits Blees are the authors of Insurance Aspects of Cross-Border Road Traffic Accidents, published by Eleven International Publishing. The abstract reads as follows. Claims handling of cross-border traffic accidents is a complex process. The rules governing the handling and settling of such accidents often requires in-depth knowledge of a wide range […]
On 2 April 2020, the Hague Academy of International Law announced its decision to postpone the Summer Courses on Public and Private International Law scheduled for July and August 2020, as well the Academy’s Centre for Studies and Research, devoted this year to Applicable Law Issues in International Arbitration. Both events will take place in […]
On 26 July 2019, the Greek Supreme Court gave a ruling involving the interpretation of the Brussels II bis Regulation in a matter of parental responsibility (Ruling No 927 of 2019). The facts A. and B., of Greek and German nationality, respectively, an unmarried couple, had two children. They all lived in Greece. The mother, […]
Christoph Schmon is the author of The Interconnection of the EU Regulations Brussels I Recast and Rome I – Jurisdiction and Law, published by Springer. The publisher’s blurb reads as follows. This book deals with the interconnection between the Brussels I Recast and Rome I Regulations and addresses the question of uniform interpretation. A consistent […]
The Department of Law of the University of Aarhus and the European Association of Private International have decided to postpone by one year the Association’s founding conference, originally scheduled to take place on 14, 15 and 16 May 2020. The conference is now set to take place on 27, 28 and 29 May 2021. The […]
Teemu Juutilainen is the author of Secured Credit in Europe – From Conflicts to Compatibility, which is about to be published by Hart Publishing. The abstract reads as follows. This monograph seeks the optimal way to promote compatibility between systems of proprietary security rights in Europe, focusing on security rights over tangible movables and receivables. Based […]
Edward Elgar Publishing has just launched a book series devoted to private international law. The first book in the series is titled The Rome III Regulation – A Commentary on the Law Applicable to Divorce and Legal Separation, and has been edited by Sabine Corneloup. The blurb reads as follows. This comprehensive Commentary provides an in-depth, article-by-article analysis […]
The first issue of the open-access journal Cuadernos de Derecho Transnacional for 2020 is out. It includes more than fifty papers, covering a broad range of topics, such as the use of foreign powers of attorney for the purchase of immoveable property, consumer protection, the relationship between the recast Brussels II Regulation and the Hague Convention on […]
Milana Karayanidi is the author of Rethinking Judicial Jurisdiction in Private International Law, the most recent release in the Hart Publishing’s series Studies in Private International Law. The abstract reads: This book explores the theory and practice of judicial jurisdiction within the field of private international law. It offers a revised look at values justifying the […]
The fourth research seminar of the IFITIS Research Project, led by Jean-Sylvestre Bergé, will take place in Nice on 13 March 2020. The IFITIS Project explores, generally, a phenomenon that the project leaders call “full movement beyond control”. The expression refers to the movement of persons, goods, services etc. across territories. The phenomenon is understood to have a “full” dimension […]
Intersentia has recently published a monograph by Ayse Nihan Karadayi Yalim (University of Antwerp) on Interpretation and Gap Filling in International Commercial Contracts. The blurb reads: With the growth of cross-border business, the rather important but complex and controversial topic of interpretation and gap filling in international commercial contracts receives more and more attention. International legal instruments […]
In 2009, AGL, a dual Italian-Israeli citizen, and SRL, an Israeli citizen, married in Milan. The spouses, who were both Jews, married religiously. Jewish religious marriages celebrated in Italy may be given effect in the Italian legal order provided that certain requirements, set forth in an understanding concluded between the Italian government and the Union […]
A collection of essays edited by Elisabetta Bergamini (University of Udine) and Chiara Ragni (University of Milan) has recently been published by Intersentia under the title Fundamental Rights and the Best Interest of the Child in Transnational Families. The blurb reads: Families in Europe are increasingly shaped by the mobility of persons and multicultural backgrounds. […]
UPDATE – 5 March 2020: the conference has been cancelled. On 23 April 2020, the Catholic University of Milan will host a conference, in English, on the Hague Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters. The conference will be opened by Fausto Pocar (University […]
The PAX Moot is a specialised moot court competition focused on Transnational Law and Private International Law issues. Registration is now open until 30 March 2020. The fee is set at 100 Euros per team. The competition comprises a written round and oral round. For the written round each team will be required to submit an […]
The Humboldt University of Berlin has issued a call for applications for two doctoral positions in the framework of the Dynamic Integration program (Law in-between Harmonisation and Plurality in Europe, DynamInt) funded by the German Research Foundation. The deadline for applications is 29 February 2020. See here for more information.
Carsten Gerner-Beuerle (University College London), Federico Mucciarelli (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia), Edmund-Philipp Schuster (London School of Economics) and Mathias Siems (Durham University) are the editors of The Private International Law of Companies in Europe, recently published by Bloomsbury. The blurb reads: Can firms freely choose their place for corporation and thus the applicable […]
Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm (University of Edinburgh) and María Blanca Noodt Taquela (University of Buenos Aires) have edited Diversity and Integration in Private International Law, published by Edinburgh University Press. The book includes contributions by María Mercedes Albornoz, Beatriz Añoveros Terradas, Guillermo Argerich, María Laura Capalbo, Laura Carballo Piñeiro, Janeen M Carruthers, Giuditta Cordero Moss, Nadia de Araujo, Rosario […]
Udo Bux (Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs of the European Parliament) has written an In Depth Analysis for the JURI Committee of the European Parliament on EU Patent and Brexit. The abstract reads: This In-depth Analysis resumes the possible scenarios concerning several Intellectual Property provisions of EU and international law in the […]
The Department of Law of the University of Aarhus, in Denmark, will host the founding conference of the European Association of Private International Law on 14, 15 and 16 May 2020 [NOTE: the decision has been taken to postpone the conference to 27, 28 and 29 May 2021]. The event will bring together academics and […]
On 18 September 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on the respective scopes of the Brussels Ibis and the (old) Insolvency Régulations in Skarb Pánstwa Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej (case C‑47/18). The Court held: 1. Article 1(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition […]