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About Giesela Ruehl
Giesela is a Professor of Private International Law at Humboldt-University Berlin (Germany). She has been an editor of conflictoflaws.net since 2011. From 2017 to 2019 she was general editor of the blog.
Entries by Giesela Ruehl
The “Coman” Case (C-673/16): Some reflections from the point of view of private international law
/in Views/by Giesela RuehlWritten by Dr. iur. Baiba Rudevska (Latvia) On 5 June 2018, the ECJ rendered a judgment in the Coman case (C-673/16). For the first time the ECJ had the opportunity to rule, on the concept of ‘spouse’ within the meaning of the Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the […]
Job Vacancy at the University of Trier (Germany)
/in News/by Giesela RuehlThe Faculty of Law at the University of Trier is looking for a research fellow (Wissenschaftliche(r) Mitarbeiter(in)) at the Chair for Private Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law (Prof. Dr. Jens Kleinschmidt, LL.M. (Berkeley)) on a part-time basis (50 %) as soon as possible. The position will be paid according to the salary scale E 13 […]
From the editors’ desk: Construction zone ahead
/in News/by Giesela RuehlDear readers, some of you might have noticed that we are currently working to improve conflictoflaws.net. If the site does not look the way it used to look like, that is why. We do our best to keep the blog up and running while we are working on it, but ask for your understanding if […]
26 June 2018: Colloquium on CJEU Achmea Judgment at the University of Amsterdam
/in News/by Giesela RuehlOn 26 June 2018 the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) together with the Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL) will host a colloquium on the CJEU’s recent Achmea judgment. The event will take place from 10.30 am through 5 pm at the University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law, Room A.3.15, Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, 1018 […]
Third-party effects of assignments: BIICL event on 3 July 2018
/in News/by Giesela RuehlThe British Institute of International and Comparative Law is organising an event to be held on 3 July on the recent developments pertaining to third-party effects of assignment.
Waiting for Brexit: Open issues in the Internal Market and in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
/in News/by Giesela RuehlThe University of Milan-Bicocca – School of Law has issued a call for papers for the Academic Conference “Waiting for Brexit: open issues in the internal market and in the area of freedom, security and justice”. The Conference represents the closing event of the Jean Monnet course “The EU Court of Justice: techniques and instruments” […]
Doors open for First Hearing of International Chamber at Paris Court of Appeal
/1 Comment/in Views/by Giesela RuehlWritten by Duncan Fairgrieve (
Out now: ZEuP 2018, Issue 2
/in News/by Giesela RuehlThe latest issue of the Zeitschrift für Europäische Privatrecht has just been released.