Entries by Giesela Ruehl

European Union Private International Law – Role Model or Hegemony?

Caroline Sophie Rapatz, University of Kiel, has just published her German-language Habilitationsschrift on “European Union Private International Law – Role Model or Hegemony? Delimitations and Effects in Relation to National and International Conflict of Laws” (Das Internationale Privatrecht der EU – Vorbild oder Vormacht? Abgrenzungen und Wirkungen im Verhältnis zum nationalen und völkerrechtlichen Kollisionsrecht, Beiträge […]

European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2024: Call for abstracts (and papers)

The editors of the European Yearbook of International Economic Law (EYIEL) welcome abstracts from scholars and practitioners at all stages of their career for the EYIL 2024. This year’s Focus Section will concentrate on International and European Economic Law – Moving Towards Integration? In the General Section, the EYIEL will address Current Challenges, Developments and […]

Podcast series in international and transnational law

Rishi Gulati, Associate Professor in International Law and Barrister, is hosting a new podcast series focusing on hot topics in international and transnational law, as well as domestic law developments with transnational impact. Significant developments impacting the legal profession are also discussed from time to time. The podcasts are not only designed for a legal […]

PhD positions at Humboldt University of Berlin

Professor Dr. Giesela Rühl, LL.M. (Berkeley) is currently seeking to fill three PhD positions at her Chair at Humboldt University of Berlin ( https://www.rewi.hu-berlin.de/en/lf/ls/rhl/index.html). The successful candidate should have a keen interest in issue of private international law, international civil procedure and/or civil procedure (including access to justice and digital justice). Since the positions come […]

RabelsZ: New issue alert

The latest issue of RabelsZ has just been released. It contains the following contributions: OBITUARY Eva-Maria Kieninger, Ralf Michaels: Jürgen Basedow * 29.9.1949 † 6.4.2023, pp. 229–235, DOI:

RabelsZ: New issue alert (1/2023)

The latest issue of RabelsZ has just been published. It contains the following articles: Holger Fleischer: Große Debatten im Gesellschaftsrecht: Fiktionstheorie versus Theorie der realen Verbandspersönlichkeit im internationalen Diskurs, pp. 5–45, DOI:

Open call for abstracts: European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2023

The editors of the European Yearbook of International Economic Law (EYIEL) welcome abstracts from scholars and practitioners at all stages of their career for the EYIEL 2023. This year’s focus section will be on European and International (Public) Procurement and Competition Law. Next to this, in Part II the EYIEL will consider Current Challenges, Developments and Events […]

The “Event Giving Rise to the Damage” under Art. 7 Rome II Regulation in CO2 Reduction Claims – A break through an empty Shell?

Written by Madeleine Petersen Weiner/Marc-Philippe Weller In this article, we critically assess the question of where to locate the “event giving rise to the damage” under Art. 7 Rome II in CO2 reduction claims. This controversial – but often overlooked – question has recently been given new grounds for discussion in the much discussed “Milieudefensie et al. […]

Axel Flessner in memoriam

We are sad to announce that one of Germany’s preeminent scholars of private international law and European private law, Axel Flessner, passed away on 26 November 2022 at the age of 86. Axel Flessner was a Professor of German, European and International Private Law and Comparative Law at Humboldt-University in Berlin. He contributed to the […]