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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

Call for Papers: Cynical International Law?

October 9, 2018/in News/by Giesela Ruehl

The Working Group of Young Scholars in Public International Law and the German Society of International Law are pleased to invite the submission of papers for a conference on Cynical International Law? Abuse and Circumvention in Public and Private International Law as well as European Law 6 – 7 September 2019, Freie Universität Berlin. Contributions […]

Waiting for Brexit: Conference in Milan (Italy) on 19 October 2018

October 2, 2018/in News/by Giesela Ruehl

The result of the 2016 Brexit referendum was not only a political shock, but also and foremost a symbolic turning point in the history of the EU. The United Kingdom’s foreseen withdrawal from the Union has given rise to many political, legal, economic and social debates. The University of Milan-Bicocca will host the conference “Waiting for […]

The new property regime regulations: Conference in Innsbruck (Austria) on 16/17 November 2018

October 1, 2018/in News/by Giesela Ruehl

On 16 and 17 November 2018, the University of Innsbruck will host a conference on the Regulations on matrimonial property and on the property consequences of registered partnerships which will enter into force on 29 January 2019. The conference, organised by Stefan Arnold (University of Münster) and Simon Laimer (University of Innsbruck), aims to discuss […]

UK government publishes paper on future of judicial cooperation in civil matters

September 14, 2018/1 Comment/in News/by Giesela Ruehl

Yesterday, the UK government published new paper on the future of judicial cooperation in civil matters. It sets out the UK’s vision for the handling of civil legal cases if no Brexit deal can be reached. The full paper is available

Party Autonomy in Private International Law

September 6, 2018/in News/by Giesela Ruehl

Alex Mills, University College London, has written a book on party autonomy in private international law which has just been published by Cambridge University Press. The author has kindly provided us with the following summary: This book provides an unprecedented analysis and appraisal of party autonomy in private international law – the power of private […]

Wanted: Research Assistant / Doctoral Student

August 31, 2018/in News/by Giesela Ruehl

I am currently looking for a research assistant / doctoral student to work at my

German Supreme Court refuses to enforce Polish judgment for violation of the German ordre public

August 22, 2018/10 Comments/in Views/by Giesela Ruehl

It doesn’t happen too often that a Member State refuses enforcement of a judgment rendered in another Member State for violation of the ordre public. But in a decision published yesterday exactly this happened: The German Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof – BGH) refused to recognize and enforce a Polish judgment under the Brussels I Regulation (before […]

Consequences of Brexit for Private International Law and International Civil Procedure Law

August 16, 2018/2 Comments/in News/by Giesela Ruehl

What are the consequences of Brexit for Private International Law and International Civil Procedure Law? In the very first monograph in German concerning the legal ramifications of Brexit, Michael Sonnentag discusses these questions (

Towards a European Commercial Court?

August 11, 2018/2 Comments/in Views/by Giesela Ruehl

The prospect of Brexit has led a number of countries on the European continent to take measures designed to make their civil justice systems more attractive for international litigants: In Germany, the so-called “Justice Initiative Frankfurt”, consisting of lawyers, judges, politicians and academics, has resulted in the creation of a special chamber for commercial matters […]

From the editors’ desk: Relaunch of conflictoflaws.net!

August 3, 2018/in Views/by Giesela Ruehl

Dear readers, Conflictoflaws.net has been around for 12 years by now. It has developed into one of the most relevant platforms for the exchange of information and the discussion of topics relating to conflict of laws in a broad sense. And while the world has changed a lot during the past 12 years the look […]

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