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.
On 3 April 2014 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) rendered a noteworthy decision on Arts. 22 No 1 and 27(1) Brussels I-Regulation (C-438/12 – Weber ./. Weber). The court clarified a number of issues relating to the scope of Art. 22 No 1, the obligations of the court second seised under […]
By Matthias Lehmann, Professor at Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg On 13 March 2014, the ECJ has rendered a significant decision on the Brussels I Regulation. Brogsitter (Case C-548/12) concerns the complex relationship between contractual and tort claims under Article 5 No 1 and 3 of the Regulation. The new key phrases coined by the ECJ in […]
On 26 February 2014 the European Parliament adopted a legislative resolution on the Proposal for a Common European Sales Law. The full text is not yet available. However, you can find a comment on the plenary debate on
Sarath Sanga, Yale Law School, has recently published an empirical study on the use of choice of law clauses in the US (in the area of contract law). The paper can be downloaded free of charge via
The Academy of European Law (ERA) will host a conference on “Cross-Border Debt Recovery in Legal Practice” in Trier, Germany, on February 6 and 7, 2014. The conference is directed at lawyers dealing with civil litigation and dispute resolutions. Detailed information is available on the
Professor Tanja Domej from the Faculty of Law at the University of Zurich is seeking to fill the position of a Research and Teaching Associate (PhD candidate). Candidates should have an excellent academic track record and should be interested in the chair’s main research areas (civil procedure, private law, private international law and comparative law). A […]
On November 22 and 23 the Research Project “The Architecture of Regulatory Competition” at the University of Helsinki will host a seminar on “Territorial Laws in a Global Era”. The programme reads as follows: Friday, 22 November 2013 8.45 – 9.15 Registration and Coffee 9.15 – 9.30 Opening 9.30 – 11.30 Session I Erin O’Hara O’Connor: […]
On 17 October 2013 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has handed down its long-awaited decision in Lokman Emrek ./. Vlado Sabranovic. The court held that consumers may sue professionals before their home courts according to Art. 15 (1) lit. c), 16 (1) Regulation 44/2000 (Brussels I) even if there is no causal link […]
Tilman Niedermaier, LL.M. (University of Chicago) has authored a book on “Arbitration Agreements and Agreements on Arbitral Procedure Between Parties of Unequal Bargaining Power. A Comparison of German and U.S. Law With Consideration of Further Legal Systems.” (Originial German title: “Schieds- und Schiedsverfahrensvereinbarungen in strukturellen Ungleichgewichtslagen. Ein deutsch-U.S.-amerikanischer Rechtsvergleich mit Schlaglichtern auf weitere Rechtsordnungen”). The […]
This is to remind the readers of our blog that the German Notary Institute (DNotI) will host a conference on the European Succession Regulation on 11 October 2013. The conference will take place in Würzburg and celebrate the Institute’s 20th anniversary. The conference programme is available