Brand on Comparative Method and International Litigation 2020
Ronald A. Brand (University of Pittsburgh School of Law) has published a paper titled Comparative Method and International Litigation on theContinue Reading
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Weller on the 2019 Hague Judgments Convention
Matthias Weller (University of Bonn) has posted The HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention: New Trends in Trust Management on SSRN. TheContinue Reading
Singer on Choice of Law (in the US)
Joseph William Singer (Harvard Law School) has published a new casebook on the American Conflict of Laws (Choice of LawContinue Reading
Greek Commentary on the Brussels I bis Regulation
A new commentary on the Brussels I bis Regulation, in Greek, has recently been published. The book is edited byContinue Reading
Planning the Future of Cross-Border Families
Ilaria Viarengo and Francesca Villata (both University of Milan) have edited Planning the Future of Cross Border Families – A PathContinue Reading
Universal Civil Jurisdiction – Which Way Forward?
Serena Forlati (University of Ferrara) and Pietro Franzina (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan) are the editors of aContinue Reading
Park and Samples on the New Governance of Sovereign Debt
Stephen Park (University of Connecticut School of Business) and Tim Samples (University of Georgia School of Business) have posted Distrust,Continue Reading
Third Issue of 2020’s Journal du Droit International
The third issue of the Journal du Droit International for 2020 includes three articles concerned with private international law andContinue Reading
The Free Movement of Public Documents within the European Union
Hélène Péroz (University of Nantes) has edited a commentary of Regulation (EU) 2016/1191 of 6 July 2016 on promoting the freeContinue Reading
Payan’s Compendium of the Hague Conventions and Protocols
Guillaume Payan (University of Toulon, France) edited a Compendium of the Hague Conventions and Protocols enriched by case law from Belgian,Continue Reading
Meidanis on the Enforcement of Mediation Settlement Agreements in the EU and the Need for Reform
Haris Meidanis’ new article on international mediation has just appeared at the current issue (2020/2) of the Journal of PrivateContinue Reading
Third Issue of 2020’s Revue Critique de Droit International Privé
The new issue of the Revue Critique de Droit International Privé (3/2020) is out. It contains three articles and numerousContinue Reading
National, International, Transnational – Essays in Honour of Herbert Kronke
On the occasion of the 70th birthday of Herbert Kronke, pupils, friends, companions and colleagues got together to honor himContinue Reading
Gama on the UNIDROIT Principles and the Law Governing International Contracts
The Hague Lectures of Lauro Gama (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro) on the Unidroit Principles and the LawContinue Reading
Equivalence in Private International Law
Tilman Imm has written a thesis on the mechanism of equivalence in Financial and Capital Markets Law (Der finanz- und kapitalmarktrechtlicheContinue Reading
Revolidis on International Jurisdiction and the Internet
Ioannis Revolidis, a lecturer at the University of Malta and a visiting lecturer at the Frederick University Cyprus, has recentlyContinue Reading
Cross-Border Insurance Intermediaries in the Internal Market: International Supervisory and Private Law
A new monograph written in German deals with cross-border insurance brokerage in the Single Market (Christian Rüsing, Grenzüberschreitende Versicherungsvermittlung imContinue Reading
Second Issue of 2020’s Revue Critique de Droit International Privé
The new issue of the Revue Critique de Droit International Privé (2/2020) is out. It contains three articles and numerous caseContinue Reading
The 50th Anniversary of the European Law of Civil Procedure
On 27 September 1968, the (then) six member States of the European Communities signed the Brussels Convention on Jurisdiction andContinue Reading
Portraits of Leading Figures of French Private International Law
The French Committee of Private International Law has published a book presenting portraits of 15 former presidents of the CommitteeContinue Reading
Cross-Border Enforcement in Europe: National and International Perspectives
Vesna Rijavec, Katja Drnovsek, C.H. van Rhee have edited Cross-border enforcement in Europe: national and international perspectives, published by Intersentia. TheContinue Reading
New Edition of Hartley’s International Commercial Litigation
Trevor Hartley (London School of Economics) has published the 3rd edition of his textbook on International Commercial Litigation. The book combinesContinue Reading
Weidemaier and Gulati on Unlawfully-Issued Sovereign Debt
Mark C. Weidemaier (University of North Carolina School Law) and G. Mitu Gulati (Duke Law School) have posted Unlawfully-Issued SovereignContinue Reading
Legendre on Fundamental Rights and Private International Law
Rebecca Legendre (University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas) has just published a monograph on fundamental rights and private international Law basedContinue Reading
Ferrari on the Relationship between PIL and International Uniform Law Conventions
Franco Ferrari (New York University Law School) has posted A New Paradigm for International Uniform Substantive Law Conventions on SSRN. TheContinue Reading
The Reception of Collective Actions in Europe
Csongor István Nagy (University of Szeged), has posted on SSRN a paper titled The Reception of Collective Actions in Europe:Continue Reading
Cross-border Transfer and Collateralisation of Receivables
Woo-jung Jon is the author of Cross-border Transfer and Collateralisation of Receivables – A Comparative Analysis of Multiple Legal Systems, publishedContinue Reading
Third-Party Relationships and the Protection of Third Parties in the EU Regulations on the Property Regimes of Couples
The number of transnational couples continuously increases within the European Union. At the same time, there are still large differencesContinue Reading
Vazquez on Extraterritoriality as Choice of Law
Carlos Manuel Vazquez (Georgetown University Law Center) has posted Extraterritoriality as Choice of Law on SSRN. The abstract reads: The properContinue Reading
Mehtiyeva on the Concept of Judicial Cooperation
Kamalia Mehtiyeva (Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne School of Law) has just published a monograph on the Concept of Judicial Cooperation basedContinue Reading
From World Actor to Local Community: Territoriality and the Scope of Application of EU Law
Toni Marzal (University of Glasgow) has posted From World Actor to Local Community: Territoriality and the Scope of Application ofContinue Reading
The Many Lives of Transnational Law
Peer Zumbansen edited The Many Lives of Transnational Law – Critical Engagements with Jessup’s Bold Proposal, published by Cambridge University Press.Continue Reading
The EU Regulations on the Property Regimes of International Couples – A Commentary
Ilaria Viarengo and Pietro Franzina have edited The EU Regulations on the Property Regimes of International Couples – A Commentary, publishedContinue Reading
Aguilar Vieira and Cerqueira on the CISG in the Americas
Iacyr de Aguilar Vieira and Gustavo Cerqueira have edited a volume on the CISG in the Americas (La Convention deContinue Reading
Dodge and Zhang on Reciprocity in China-U.S. Judgments Recognition
William S. Dodge (University of California, Davis) and Wenliang Zhang (Renmin University of China) have posted Reciprocity in China-U.S. JudgmentsContinue Reading
Simowitz on Convergence and the Circulation of Money Judgments
Aaron D. Simowitz (Willamette University College of Law) has posted Convergence and the Circulation of Money Judgments on SSRN. The abstractContinue Reading
Richard on Default Judgments in the European Judicial Area
In October 2019, Vincent Richard defended a PhD thesis on default judgments in the European judicial area, written under the joint supervision ofContinue Reading
New Journal: Transnational Commercial Law Review
The Centre of Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) at Queen Mary University London is publishing a new journal, the Transnational Commercial LawContinue Reading
The Sense of Economic Freedoms of Movement
Jean-Sylvestre Bergé and Giulio Cesare Giorgini have edited Le sens des libertés économiques de circulation – The sense of economic freedomsContinue Reading
Chukwuma Okoli on Place of Performance
Place of Performance – A Comparative Analysis is the title of a book authored by Chukwuma Samuel Adesina Okoli. ItContinue Reading
Ferrari’s Concise Commentary on the Rome I Regulation
Cambridge University Press has just published the second edition of the Concise Commentary on the Rome I Regulation edited byContinue Reading
Marsden on Transnational Internet Law
Christopher Marsden (University of Sussex) has posted Transnational Internet Law on SSRN. The greatest, and certainly to a Westphalian nation-state-centeredContinue Reading
Second Issue of 2020’s Journal du Droit International
The second issue of the Journal du droit international for 2020 is out. It contains one article concerned with privateContinue Reading
Minois on Characterization in the Private International Law of Obligations
Maud Minois (University Paris Descartes) has published earlier this year a monograph presenting her Research on Characterization in the PrivateContinue Reading
The Future of the European Law of Civil Procedure
Fernando Gascón Inchausti (Complutense University of Madrid) and Burkhard Hess (MPI Luxembourg) have edited The Future of the European LawContinue Reading
Dodge on Jurisdiction in the Restatement (Fourth) of US Foreign Relation Law
William S. Dodge has posted Jurisdiction, State Immunity, and Judgments in the Restatement (Fourth) of US Foreign Relation Law onContinue Reading
First Issue of 2020’s Revue Critique de Droit International Privé
The most recent issue of the Revue Critique de Droit International Privé is out. It contains three articles and numerousContinue Reading
Clawback Law in the Context of Succession
Jayne Holliday has written Clawback Law in the Context of Succession. The book is part of the Studies in PrivateContinue Reading
Rühl on the Settlement of International Commercial Disputes Post-Brexit
Gisela Rühl (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena and Humboldt-University of Berlin) has posted Settlement of International Commercial Disputes Post-Brexit, or: United We StandContinue Reading
Kessedjian and Pironon on International Commercial Law
Catherine Kessedjian (Emeritus Paris II University) and Valérie Pironon (University of Nantes) have published the second edition of Catherine Kessedjian’sContinue Reading
Signalling the Enforceability of the Forum’s Judgments Abroad
Professor (and co-editor of this blog) Gilles Cuniberti has published a new article on SSRN, entitled Signalling the Enforceability ofContinue Reading
Wilke’s Conceptual Analysis of European Private International Law
Felix M. Wilke has published a well-researched, innovative and thought-provoking book titled A Conceptual Analysis of Private International Law (Intersentia, 2019).Continue Reading
Rühl on Private International Law Post-Brexit
Giesela Rühl (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena and Humboldt-University of Berlin) has posted Private International Law Post-Brexit: Between Plague and Cholera on SSRN.Continue Reading
Do Treaty Jurisdictional Rules Entail an Obligation to Enforce the Resulting Judgments?
Jurisdiction and enforcement of foreign judgments are separate issues in private international law. When arising outside of the context ofContinue Reading
Economic Sanctions in EU Private International Law
Tamás Szabados (ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest) is the author of Economic Sanctions in EU Private International Law, a bookContinue Reading
Educational Innovation and Private International Law
A collection of essays titled Innovación Docente y Derecho internacional privado (Educational innovation and private international law) has recently been publishedContinue Reading
Conflict of Laws and the Internet
Edward Elgar has just published Conflict of Laws and the Internet, by Pedro de Miguel Asensio has published. The blurbContinue Reading
Dispute Resolution in Transnational Securities Transactions
Tiago Andreotti is the author of Dispute Resolution in Transnational Securities Transactions, a monograph published by Hart. The Blurb reads:Continue Reading
European Private International Law and Member State Treaties with Third States
Anatol Dutta and Wolfgang Wurmnest edited a book on European Private International Law and its ramifications with treaties signed byContinue Reading
The Sixth Edition of Derecho de los Negocios Internacionales
The sixth edition of Derecho de los Negocios Internacionales, a treatise on international business law authored by José Carlos FernándezContinue Reading
Rühl on Smart Legal Contracts
Giesela Rühl (University of Jena) has posted Smart (Legal) Contracts, or: Which (Contract) Law for Smart Contracts? on SSRN. TheContinue Reading
Second Issue of 2020’s ICLQ
The latest issue of the International and Comparative Law Quaterly was just released. It includes an article written by MatteoContinue Reading
Child Protection and Private International Law
María Asunción Cebrián Salvat and Isabel Lorente Martínez (both from the University of Murcia) have edited a collection of essaysContinue Reading
Dodge on the New Presumption against Extraterritoriality
William S. Dodge (University of California, Davis) has published The New Presumption against Extraterritoriality in the Harvard Law Review. CanonsContinue Reading
Private International Law Aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility
Springer has recently published a new volume on Private International Law Aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility in the series Ius ComparatumContinue Reading
Research Handbook on the Brussels I bis Regulation
Peter Mankowski is the editor of a Research Handbook on the Brussels Ibis Regulation, just published by Edward Elgar. Here’s theContinue Reading
Sharing Economy – A European Private International Law Perspective
Edoardo Rossi is the author of a monograph in Italian titled La Sharing economy nel diritto internazionale privato europeo (SharingContinue Reading
Insurance Aspects of Cross-Border Road Traffic Accidents
Luk De Baere and Frits Blees are the authors of Insurance Aspects of Cross-Border Road Traffic Accidents, published by ElevenContinue Reading
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
Moura Vicente on the International Protection of Intellectual Property
Dário Moura Vicente (University of Lisbon) has published the second edition of his monograph on international intellectual property (A TutelaContinue Reading
Fourth Issue of 2019’s Revue Critique de Droit International Privé
The last issue of the Revue critique de droit international privé for 2019 has just been released. It contains numerousContinue Reading
Rethinking Judicial Jurisdiction in Private International Law
Milana Karayanidi is the author of Rethinking Judicial Jurisdiction in Private International Law, the most recent release in the HartContinue Reading
Proceedings of the Symposium on Paris International Commercial Chambers
The proceedings of the symposium held in June 2019 on the Paris international commercial chambers were published in a specialContinue Reading
First Issue of 2020’s Journal du Droit International
The first issue of the Journal du droit international for 2020 has just been released. It contains two articles andContinue Reading
Mayer, Heuzé & Remy on French Private International Law
The 12th edition of the leading French treatise on private international law of Prof. Pierre Mayer (Panthéon-Sorbonne University) is out.Continue Reading
Trending Topics in International and EU Law: Legal and Economic Perspectives
Maria Caterina Baruffi and Matteo Ortino (both University of Verona) have edited Trending topics in international and EU law: legal andContinue Reading
De Lima Pinheiro on the Public Policy Exception in Portugal
Luis de Lima Pinheiro (university of Lisbon) has posted Public Policy and Private International Law – Portugal on SSRN. TheContinue Reading
Karadayi Yalim on Interpretation and Gap Filling in International Commercial Contracts
Intersentia has recently published a monograph by Ayse Nihan Karadayi Yalim (University of Antwerp) on Interpretation and Gap Filling in InternationalContinue Reading
US Judgments on the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks: Enforceable in Europe?
In 2016, an application for the recognition of a judgment rendered by the Southern District Court of New York againstContinue Reading
Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2019
Symeon Symeonides posted on SSRN the Annual Survey of American Choice-of-Law Cases for 2019, now in its 33rd year. ThisContinue Reading
Private International Law Scholarship in English – A Bibliography
Symeon Symeonides compiled a bibliography, available on SSRN, of books and articles in English in the field of private internationalContinue Reading
Fundamental Rights and the Best Interest of the Child in Transnational Families
A collection of essays edited by Elisabetta Bergamini (University of Udine) and Chiara Ragni (University of Milan) has recently beenContinue Reading
New Issue of the Revista Electrónica de Estudios Internacionales
The 38th issue of the open access journal Revista Electrónica de Estudios Internacionales was released in December 2019. It includesContinue Reading
Third Issue of 2019’s Revue Critique de Droit International Privé
The main focus of the third issue of the French Revue Critique de Droit International Privé for 2019 is onContinue Reading
The Private International Law of Companies in Europe
Carsten Gerner-Beuerle (University College London), Federico Mucciarelli (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia), Edmund-Philipp Schuster (London School of Economics) andContinue Reading
2019 Issue of the Assas International Law Review
The French university Paris II (Panthéon Assas) established the Assas International Law Review (Revue de droit international d’Assas) in 2018.Continue Reading
Audit, Bollée and Callé on International Commercial Law
Mathias Audit, Sylvain Bollée (both Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne University), Pierre Callé (Paris Sud University) have published the third editionContinue Reading
Meeusen on Comparing US and European Conflicts of Laws from a Constitutional Perspective
The last issue of the American Journal of Comparative Law features an article comparing US and European conflict of lawsContinue Reading
Fourth Issue of 2019’s Journal du Droit International
The fourth issue of the Journal du droit international was just released. It contains two articles relating to private internationalContinue Reading
Diversity and Integration in Private International Law
Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm (University of Edinburgh) and María Blanca Noodt Taquela (University of Buenos Aires) have edited Diversity and IntegrationContinue Reading
Third Issue of 2019’s Journal of Private International Law
The third issue of the Journal of Private International Law for 2019 features the following articles: Rachael Mulheron (Queen MaryContinue Reading
Kinsch on Political Considerations in Private International Law
The general course that Patrick Kinsch (University of Luxembourg) gave at the Hague Academy of International Law on The RoleContinue Reading
Ancel, Deumier and Laazouzi on International Contracts
Marie-Elodie Ancel (Paris Est Créteil University), Pascale Deumier (Lyon 3 University) and Malik Laazouzi (Paris II University) have published theContinue Reading
Deana on Cross Border Continuity of Family Status and Public Policy
Francesco Deana (University of Udine) has posted Cross-Border Continuity of Family Status and Public Policy Concerns in the European UnionContinue Reading
Jafferali and Watté on the general rules of Belgian and European private international law
Nadine Watté and Rafaël Jafferali (both Free University of Brussels) have published a book presenting the General Rules of BelgianContinue Reading
Brinkmann on the Insolvency Regulation
Moritz Brinkmann (University of Bonn) is the editor of a new article by article commentary of the European Insolvency Regulation.Continue Reading
Third Issue of 2019’s Journal du Droit International
The third issue of the Journal du droit international was released. It contains two articles relating to private internationalContinue Reading
D’Avout on the Firm and Choice of Law
The course taught by Louis d’Avout (Paris II University) at the Hague Academy of International law on the Firm andContinue Reading