Peters, Gless, Thomale & Weller on Business and Human Rights
Anne Peters (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law), Sabine Gless (University of Basel), Chris Thomale (Ruprecht-KarlsContinue Reading
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Site Maintenance Tonight – Some Small Disruptions, But We are Up and Running!
If you notice something strange on the EAPIL website today, don’t worry. We’re upgrading some of the site functions, whichContinue Reading
AG Tanchev’s Opinion on the Rome III Regulation
On 26 March 2020, advocate general Tanchev delivered his Opinion on the JE case (case C-249/19) – the first caseContinue Reading
Kessedjian on Neutrals in International Law
The general course that Catherine Kessedjian (University of Paris II – Panthéon Assas) gave at the Hague Academy of InternationalContinue Reading
Anti-Anti-Suit Injunctions by German Courts – What Goes Around, Comes Around
Courts in the EU increasingly issue injunctions against anti-suit injunctions, or “anti-anti-suit injunctions”. We have already read in this blogContinue Reading
The CJEU Again on Notaries as “Courts”, National Certificates of Succession and More
The author of this post is María Barral Martínez, trainee at the Court of Justice of the European Union. OnContinue Reading
The Greek Supreme Court on Jurisdiction in Matters of Parental Responsibility
On 26 July 2019, the Greek Supreme Court gave a ruling involving the interpretation of the Brussels II bis RegulationContinue Reading
Paris Court Issues Anti Anti Suit Injunction
On 3 March 2020, the international chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal confirmed that French courts may issue anContinue Reading
The Interconnection of the EU Regulations Brussels I Recast and Rome I
Christoph Schmon is the author of The Interconnection of the EU Regulations Brussels I Recast and Rome I – JurisdictionContinue Reading
‘Large Risks’ Insurance Contracts: CJEU Rules on the Enforceability of a Choice-of-Court Clause
On 27 February 2020 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) gave its ruling in BALTA, a caseContinue Reading
EAPIL Blog Welcomes New Editor!
Marion Ho-Dac, of the Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France, has joined the team of editors of this blog. Check her first postContinue Reading
Update on the Activity of the Court of Justice (March 2020)
The readers of this blog may have noticed that very little has been published by the Court of Justice lately.Continue Reading
Law and Global Value Chains at the Time of Covid-19: A Systemic Approach Beyond Contracts and Tort
The author of this post is Tomaso Ferando, Research Professor at the University of Antwerp. This is the third inContinue Reading
Pretelli on Provisional Measures under the Brussels II Ter Regulation
Ilaria Pretelli (Swiss Institute of Comparative Law) has posted Provisional Measures in Family Law and the Brussels II Ter Regulation onContinue Reading
EAPIL Founding Conference in Aarhus Postponed
The Department of Law of the University of Aarhus and the European Association of Private International have decided to postponeContinue Reading
Secured Credit in Europe
Teemu Juutilainen is the author of Secured Credit in Europe – From Conflicts to Compatibility, which is about to be publishedContinue Reading
The Unambitious Reform of the Evidence Regulation
In May 2018, the European Commission published a proposal for a Regulation amending the 2001 Evidence Regulation. The name ofContinue Reading
Corona Virus and Applicable Law
This is the second in a series of posts aimed to explore the impact of the coronavirus crisis on theContinue Reading
The Impact of Corona Virus on the Management of Judicial Proceedings in Italy
The author of this post is Giovanni Chiapponi, research fellow at the MPI Luxembourg. The post is based on a presentationContinue Reading
Cachard and Klötgen on Private International Law
Olivier Cachard and Paul Klötgen (both University of Nancy) have published a new edition of their manual of private internationalContinue Reading
The Dialogue Between Judges on the Legal Status of Children Born Through Surrogacy
The author of this post is Marlene Brosch, senior research fellow at the MPI Luxembourg. The first advisory opinion ofContinue Reading
French Supreme Court Accepts First Degree Renvoi in Parenthood Matters
In a judgment delivered on 4 March 2020, the French supreme court for private and criminal matters (Cour de cassation)Continue Reading
The Rome III Regulation, Article by Article
Edward Elgar Publishing has just launched a book series devoted to private international law. The first book in the seriesContinue Reading
CJEU Rules Again on Jurisdiction for Compensation Claims by Air Passengers
On 13 February 2020, the CJEU ruled again on the competence of the court to hear passenger compensation claims underContinue Reading
First Issue of 2020’s Cuadernos de Derecho Transnacional
The first issue of the open-access journal Cuadernos de Derecho Transnacional for 2020 is out. It includes more than fifty papers, coveringContinue Reading