Zaremby on the Restatements (First and Second) of Conflict of Laws
Justin Zaremby has posted “Restating the Restatement of Conflicts: Approaching the Legitimacy Question in Choice-of-Law Theory” on SSRN. The paper can be downloaded
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
Harvey and Schilling on the (Consequences of an Ineffective) Choice of the CESL
/in /by Giesela RuehlCaroline Harvey, University of Oxford, and Michael Schilling, King’s College London, have published a paper dealing with the (consequences of an ineffective) choice of the Common European Sales Law (CESL). The paper can be downloaded
Latest Issue of RabelsZ: Vol. 76, No. 3 (2012)
/in /by Giesela RuehlThe latest issue of “Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht – The Rabel Journal of Comparative and International Private Law” (RabelsZ) has just been released. It contains the following articles: Reinhard Zimmermann, Testamentsformen: »Willkür« oder Ausdruck einer Rechtskultur? (Testamentary Form Requirements: Arbitrary or Expression of Legal Culture?), pp. 471-508 In the history of European private law the law […]
Yearbook of Private International Law, Vol. XIII (2011)
/in /by Giesela RuehlThe latest issue of the
German Society of International Law: 2011 Conference Proceedings Published
/in /by Giesela RuehlThe proceedings of the 32nd conference of the German Society of International Law (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationales Recht, formely the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Völkerrecht) held in Cologne in spring 2011 have recently be released. Devoted to paradigms in international law as well as the implications of the financial crisis on international law the volume contains […]
Eidenmüller on the Optional Common European Sales Law as a Regulatory Tool
/in /by Giesela RuehlHorst Eidenmüller, Professor at the University of Munich and the University of Oxford, has posted “What Can Be Wrong with an Option? An Optional Common European Sales Law as a Regulatory Tool” on SSRN. The paper can be downloaded
English-language Commentary on the Rome I and II Regulations
/in /by Giesela RuehlIt has not yet been mentioned on this blog that there is a new English-language commentary on the Rome I and II Regulations out there. Edited by Gralf-Peter Calliess from the University of Bremen and published by Kluwer Law International, the commentary provides an in-depth analysis of the new European conflict rules on contractual and […]
ERA Conference on Cross-Border Successions
/in /by Giesela RuehlOn 22 and 23 November 2012 the Academy of European Law (ERA) will host a bilingual (English/German) conference in Trier on the new regulation on cross-border successions. The conference is set up for practitioners (lawyers, notaries, ministry officials) and academics. Key topics are: Scope of the instrument Jurisdiction and applicable law Recognition and enforcement of decisions […]
Verschraegen on Private International Law in Austria
/in /by Giesela RuehlBea Verschraegen, Professor for Comparative Law at the University of Vienna, has recently published a textbook on Private International Law in Austria. It provides an up-to date presentation of the applicable rules and regulations and, thereby, fills a long-lasting gap in the Austrian literature on Private International Law. The official announcement reads as follows: A […]
Basedow on the Optional Instrument of European Contract Law
/in /by Giesela RuehlJürgen Basedow, Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative and International Private Law Hamburg, has posted “The Optional Instrument of European Contract Law: Opting-in through Standard Terms – A reply to Simon Whittaker” on SSRN. The paper can be downloaded