Entries by Giesela Ruehl

Roundtable on the Proposal for a Common European Sales Law

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On Friday, 9 December 2011 the Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI) will host a roundtable on the Proposal for a Common European Sales Law. The conference will take place on the Brussels Campus of Maastricht University. Here is the programme: 12.30   Reception 12.45   Welcome Address by Prof. Jan Smits Panel 1 13.00 […]

Dickinson on Territory in Rome I and II

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On Monday, November 28, Andrew Dickinson will give a presentation on “Territory in the Rome I and II Regulations” at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and Private International Law in Hamburg. More information is available on the institute’s

Workshop on the Proposal for a Common European Sales Law

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On 17 and 18 November 2011, following the official opening of the secretariat of the European Law Institute (ELI), the ELI will host its first project workshop. Dedicated to the Proposal for a Common European Sales Law (CESL) the workshop will bring together leading European scholars and discuss the context, the structure and the content […]

Official Opening of the Secretariat of the European Law Institute

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On 1 November 2011 the Secretariat of the recently founded European Law Institute (ELI) has moved to its new premises in Vienna. To mark the occasion a public presentation of the ELI, and of the work of the Secretariat, will be made on 17 November 2011 at 10 am in the presence and with the support of […]

Bilingual Collection of Sources on Private International Law

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Davor Babic, a professor of law at the University of Zagreb, and Christa Jessel-Holst, a former research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg, have published a bilingual collection of sources on Private International Law. The  volume assembles the most important international, European, and national legal sources on […]

International Workshop on “Private International Law in the Context of Globalization”

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On October 22 and 23 the China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) will host an international workshop on “Private International Law in the Context of Globalization: Opportunities and Challenges“ in Beijing.  The workshop will bring together leading conflict of laws scholars  from Belgium, China, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States. Here […]

Weber on Creditor Protection in International Civil Procedure

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Johannes Weber, a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Law in Hamburg, has written a book on “Gesellschaftsrecht und Gläubigerschutz im Internationalen Zivilverfahrensrecht. Die Internationale Zuständigkeit bei Klagen gegen Gesellschafter und Gesellschaftsorgane vor und in der Insolvenz” [Corporate Law and Creditor Protection in International Civil Procedure. The International Jurisdiction for Actions against […]

4th Max Planck PostDoc-Conference on European Private Law

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The Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg calls for applications for the  4th Max Planck PostDoc-Conference on European Private Law. The conference will take place on 7 and 8 May 2012. Applicants are expected to be working on their senior thesis or second book in the wide field of European private law, including private […]