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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

Conference Announcement: European Class Action – Status and Perspectives

April 26, 2012/in /by Giesela Ruehl

On 7 and 8 May 2012 the Humboldt-Viadrina School of Governance will host a conference on EU Class Action in Berlin. The

Conference on European Contract Law: A Law-and-Economics Perspective

April 16, 2012/in /by Giesela Ruehl

On April 27 and 28 the University of Chichago’s Law School will host a Conferecen on European Contract Law  (University of Chicago Law School, 1111 E. 60th Street, Chicago, Il 60615 – Room V). The annoucement on the

Max Planck Conference on CISG and Regional Sales Law Unification

April 13, 2012/in /by Giesela Ruehl

On 11 and 12 May 2012 the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law Hamburg hosts a conference on the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG). It discusses CISG vs. Regional Sales Law Unification. More information is available 

Max Planck Post-Doc Conference on European Private Law

April 9, 2012/in /by Giesela Ruehl

On 7 and 8 May 2012 the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law Hamburg hosts the forth Max Planck Post-Doc Conference on European Private Law. It invites European Junior Scholars to present and discuss their research work. Further information is available 

Max Planck Encyclopedia on European Private Law released

April 5, 2012/in /by Giesela Ruehl

The Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg has released the English-language working of its Encyclopedia on European Private International Law. Published by Oxford University Press and featuring more than 120 authors the publication  follows the 2009 release of the German-language version. The information on the institute’s website reads as follows: […]

Spanish Forum on Private International Law

April 4, 2012/in /by Giesela Ruehl

Leading Spanish private international law scholars have recently founded the Spanish Forum on Private International Law (Foro español de Derecho internacional privado – FEDIP). The Foro is meant to  promote the awareness on private international law issues in the Spanish society and to foster discussion on those issues among academics and other specialists in the […]

Bayreuth Conference on a “Rome 0-Regulation”

March 27, 2012/in /by Giesela Ruehl

On 29 and 30 June 2012 Stefan Leible and Hannes Unberath from the University of Bayreuth will host a conference on the  question whether we need a “Rome 0-Regulation” dealing with general issues of European Private International Law. Registration is

ERA Conference on Rome I and II

March 26, 2012/in /by Giesela Ruehl

On 31 May and 1 June 2012, the European Academy of European Law (ERA) will host a conference on Rome I and Rome II in Trier  (Germany). The conference will concentrate on day-to-day situations in cross-border context, notably consumer contracts and traffic accidents, and is supposed to provide a forum for debate between legal practitioners on […]

Fleischer on Optional Instruments in European Private Law

March 13, 2012/in /by Giesela Ruehl

Holger Fleischer, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg, has posted a (German) article on optional instruments in European Private Law on SSRN. It is forthcoming in Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht and can be downloaded 

SSRN: New Papers on the Proposed Common European Sales Law

March 11, 2012/in /by Giesela Ruehl

Several papers dealing with various aspects of the Common European Sales Law (CESL) have recently been published on

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