Entries by Giesela Ruehl

Accountability of Transnational Organisations

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

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

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 […]

Fellowship opportunities for international post-docs at Humboldt University

The DynamInt Research Group at Humboldt University (located in the heart of Berlin, close to the Brandenburg Gate) invites international post-docs working in the field of European law (broadly understood) to apply for a research stay lasting between 3 and 6 months. Applications are excepted on a rolling basis (no deadline). Successful candidates will receive […]

RabelsZ 86 (2022): Issue 3

The latest issue of RabelsZ has just been released. It contains the following contributions:   OBITUARY Jürgen Basedow: Ulrich Drobnig *25.11.1928 †2.3.2022, 571–576, DOI:

AI systems and non-contractual liability: A European Private International law analysis

Benedetta Cappiello from the University of Milan has recently published a book on European private international law and non-contractual liability for AI systems (AI Systems and Non-contractual Liability: A European Private International Law Analysis, Giappichelli 2022: https://www.giappichelli.it/media/catalog/product/excerpt/9788892143289.pdf). She has kindly provided us with the following abstract: The advent of AI-systems has fundamentally altered the whole […]

EAPIL founding conference 2022 in Aarhus

Written by Christian Rüsing, University of Münster From 2 to 4 June 2022, the founding conference of the European Association of Private International Law (EAPIL) took place in Aarhus. After the idea of founding the association had emerged at a

RabelsZ: new issue alert

Issue 2/2022 of RabelsZ has just been published. It contains the following contributions: Ralf Michaels: Peter Mankowski *11.10.1966 †10.2.2022, Volume 86 (2022) / Issue 2, pp. 323–326, DOI: