Entries by Giesela Ruehl

RabelsZ: New issue alert (1/2023)

/in /by

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

/in /by

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?

/in /by

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

/in /by

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 […]

Call for applications: Professorship for UK Politics, Law, and Economy at Humboldt University Berlin

/in /by

The interdisciplinary Zentralinstitut Centre for British Studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is seeking to fill a tenured W3 Professorship for UK Politics, Law, and Economy.  The Institute is looking for an interdisciplinary scholar from Politics, Law or Economics, with a significant and proven UK-related profile and interest in political, legal, and economic research questions.  The […]

EAPIL-BIICL Seminar on the Rome II Regulation

/in /by

On 2 December 2022, from 4 pm to 5.30 pm (MET), the European Association of Private International Law (EAPIL) will hold a joint Seminar with the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL). The Seminar will focus on the review of the Rome II Regulation and will, in this context, shed light on the Study that […]

Accountability of Transnational Organisations

/in /by

On Wednesday, 16 November 2022, Professor Philippa Webb and Associate Professor Rishi Gulati will host a (hybrid) conference on “Accountability of Transnational ORgnisations” at King’s College London. The conference will bring together academics, practitioners, and international organisation officials to discuss key developments around the legal accountability of transnational institutions. The use of the term ‘transnational’ […]

Out now: RabelsZ 86 (2022), Issue 4

/in /by

The fourth issue of RabelsZ 2022 has just been released. It contains the following articles: Moritz Renner / Torsten Kindt: Internationales Gesellschaftsrecht und Investitionsschutzrecht, pp. 787–840, DOI:

Save the date: EAPIL Seminar on the Rome II Regulation on December 2

/in /by

On Friday, December 2, at 4 pm, the European Association of Private International Law (EAPIL) will hold an Online-Seminar on the Rome II Regulation. The Seminar will shed light on the Study that was prepared in 2021 by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) in consortium with Civic Consulting to support the […]