Entries by Tobias Lutzi

The Procedural Law Unit at the University of Nicosia’s 5th Annual Symposium and JIWP 2025 Conference: “Judicial Independence and Liberal Democracy Under Threat: The Challenge of Implementing the ELI Mt Scopus Standards on Judicial Independence”

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A symposium on “Judicial Independence and Liberal Democracy Under Threat: The Challenge of Implementing the ELI Mt Scopus Standards on Judicial Independence” will take place from 10 to 12 December 2025 at the University of Nicosia. The event is organised by the Procedural Law Unit in cooperation with the International Association of Judicial Independence and […]

The WTO TRIPS Agreement and Conflict-of-Laws Rules in Intellectual Property Cases

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By Marketa Trimble, Samuel S. Lionel Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Co-Director of the IP Law Concentration, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas It is neither new nor surprising that international treaties affect the design and application of conflict-of-laws rules; not only international conventions on private international law but also […]

Talk by Yuko Nishitani on Colonialism and Japanese International Family Law (27 Nov, 12pm noon GMT, Zoom)

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This Thursday, the University of Augsburg will be hosting a talk by Yuko Nishitani (University of Kyoto) on Colonialism and (International) Family Law from a Japanese Perspektive (Kolonialismus und Familienrecht aus japanischer Sicht) 27 November 2025, 12pm noon GMT (= 1pm in Germany / 9pm in Japan) The talk will be given in German, followed […]

Crossroads in Private International Law Webinar with on ‘the EU Anti-SLAPP Directive’ at the University of Aberdeen

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The Centre for Private International Law & Transnational Governance of the University of Aberdeen is continuing its Crossroads in Private International Law webinar series with a talk by Birgit van Houtert (Maastricht University) and Francesca Farrington (University of Liverpool) titled ‘The EU Anti-SLAPP Directive – Comparative Perspectives on Implementation’: The Centre for Private International Law […]

Digital Governance, Regimes Theory and Private International Law. A tech diplomacy perspective

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By Juliano Alves Pinto, Brazilian tech diplomat; former Deputy Consul of Brazil in San Francisco (2013–2016); State Undersecretary of Science, Technology, and Innovation (2019–2021); HCCH expert on digital economy (2023–2024); and Government Affairs Director at the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) (2024–2025) Could Private International Law be an answer to digital governance? Though this idea has […]

Call for Chapters: Digitalisation of Justice

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Dr. Benedikt Schmitz (University of Groningen), the editor of an upcoming edited volume called ‘Digitalisation of Justice: Perspectives from Germany and the Netherlands’, has kindly shared this Call for Chapters with us. The volume will be published by Springer.