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.
Ralf Michaels and Dennis Solomon have published a Festschrift to honor the work and life of Klaus Schurig, a leading German conflict of laws scholar. The Festschrift contains contributions by friends and colleagues dealing with current topics in German and European private international law. More information (in German) is available
Jan M. Smits, Professor of European Private Law at Maastricht University Faculty of Law – Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI) and Research Professor of Comparative Legal Studies at University of Helsinki – Center of Excellence in Foundations of European Law and Polity has posted “Party Choice and the Common European Sales Law, or: How to […]
The latest volume of Recueil des cours, published by The Hague Academy of International Law, has recently been released. It contains an article by Adrian Briggs from the University of Oxford on “The Principle of Comity in Private International Law”. The abstract reads as follows: The lectures examine the concept of comity, drawing particular attention to […]
A new book about the unification of conflict of laws in Europe, edited by Professor Dr. Eva-Maria Kieninger and Professor Dr. Oliver RemienW, both University of Würzburg, has recently been released. More information including a German abstract can be found on the
On 1 February 12 the German Supreme court has referred two questions concerning the interpretation of Article 15 I lit. c) Brussels I to the ECJ. Following the ECJ’s decisions in Pammer and Alpenhof which dealt with the targeted activity-criterion of Article 15 I lit. c) Brussels I, the questions are meant to shed light […]
On 15 and 16 June 2012, the Publisher and Advisory Board of the “Zeitschrift für Gemeinschaftsprivatrecht – Journal of Common Private Law” (GPR) will host a conference on the Proposal for a Common European Sales Law at Tübingen University. More information (in German) is available
On Friday, 15 June 2012, the Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI) will host a one-day roundtable conference at the Feestzaal of Maastricht Law Faculty. From the official announcement: This roundtable is divided into three panels, distinguished on the basis of perspective. Contributions in the first panel offer an institutional perspective on the choices available. […]
Patrick R. Wautelet, University of Liege, has posted “Cross-Border Same Sex Relationships – Private International Law Aspects” on SSRN. The paper can be downloaded
Stehen B. Burbank, University of Pennsylvania Law School, has posted “A Tea Party at the Hague” on SSRN. The article can be downloaded
From 17 to 20 April 2012 the Council on General Affairs and Policy of the Hague Conference on Private International Law met in the Hague to discuss, among others, the Draft Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts as well as the practical operation of the 1980 Child Abduction Convention and the […]