Out Now: 26th Yearbook of Private International Law (2024/2025)

Recenty, the 26th volume of the Yearbook of Private International Law has been published (available here). This year’s edition puts a particular emphasis on Choice of Court Agreements, the EU Succession Regulation as well as the impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on International Family Law:

Part I: Doctrine

Pascal DE VAREILLES SOMMIERES
Paving the Way for an Internationalist Representation of Private International Law Today

Francesca C. VILLATA
The Law Applicable to Third-Party Effects of the Assignment of Claims – The travaux préparatoires for an EU Regulation

Christiane VON BARY
New Private International Law Rules in the Law of Persons in Germany – Gender and Names

Stefano DOMINELLI
Cross-border Service of Documents via Social Media “Notifications” in
Global and EU Private International Law

Part II: Choice of Court Agreements – Old Issues and Recent Developments

Matthias WELLER
Delineating EU Law from Member State Law – The Latest from the CJEU on Choice of Court Agreements (Inkreal, Lastre, Maersk)

Tania DOMEJ
A Swiss Federal Court Decision on Jurisdiction Clauses and Multiple Defendants

Lyssa Maria BRITO
The Law Governing Forum-Selection Clauses in International Commercial Contracts – Interpretation and Enforcement in Light of Choice-of-Law Provisions

Part III: Court Decisions

Johan MEEUSEN
The Interaction between Freedom of Establishment and Corporate Conflict of Laws in the European Union – The CJEU’s Edil Work 2 Judgment

Etienne PATAUT
Selling Citizenship – A Challenge for Europe – A Commentary on the
CJEU’s Decision in Commission v Malta

Part IV: Decisions on the European Succession Regulation in Comparative Perspective

Patrick WAUTELET
Decisions on the European Succession Regulation in Belgium

Iina TORNBERG / Katja KARJALAINEN
Decisions on the European Succession Regulation in Finland

Patrick WAUTELET
Decisions on the European Succession Regulation in France

Inga KACEVSKA
Decisions on the European Succession Regulation in Latvia

Egle CAPLINSKIENE
Decisions on the European Succession Regulation in Lithuania

Paul CACHIA
Decisions on the European Succession Regulation in Malta

Patrick WAUTELET
Decisions on the European Succession Regulation in the Netherlands

Ioana OLARU
Decisions on the European Succession Regulation in Romania

Part V: COVID-19 Impact on International Family Law

Bogdana OSTROVSKA
International Issues of Surrogacy during the Pandemic and the War in Ukraine

Regiane PEREIRA
The Effects of the Pandemic on Cross-border Parental Relations and in Child Return Proceedings

Tiago Lindolpho CHAVES
The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on International Child Abduction – An Analysis of the Grave Risk Exception and the Prompt Enforcement of the Return Order

Part VI: National Reports
Tamir BOLDBAATAR / Batzorig ENKHBOLD
Child Protection in Mongolia in the Context of the HCCH 1993 Adoption Convention

Mohammed RAKIB-UL-HASSAN
Beyond Judicial Patchwork – The Urgency of a Comprehensive Statute for Private International Law in Bangladesh

Part VII: Forum
N. Kansu OKYAY
Hybrid Dispute Resolution Clauses in International Law

Manuel José SEGOVIA GONZÁLEZ
Cross-border Insolvency Cooperation Agreements – Elements for a Contract Theory of Joint Jurisdiction

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