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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

Podcast series in international and transnational law

July 27, 2023/in News/by Giesela Ruehl

Rishi Gulati, Associate Professor in International Law and Barrister, is hosting a new podcast series focusing on hot topics in international and transnational law, as well as domestic law developments with transnational impact. Significant developments impacting the legal profession are also discussed from time to time. The podcasts are not only designed for a legal […]

PhD positions at Humboldt University of Berlin

June 19, 2023/in News/by Giesela Ruehl

Professor Dr. Giesela Rühl, LL.M. (Berkeley) is currently seeking to fill three PhD positions at her Chair at Humboldt University of Berlin ( https://www.rewi.hu-berlin.de/en/lf/ls/rhl/index.html). The successful candidate should have a keen interest in issue of private international law, international civil procedure and/or civil procedure (including access to justice and digital justice). Since the positions come […]

RabelsZ: New issue alert

June 16, 2023/in News/by Giesela Ruehl

The latest issue of RabelsZ has just been released. It contains the following contributions: OBITUARY Eva-Maria Kieninger, Ralf Michaels: Jürgen Basedow * 29.9.1949 † 6.4.2023, pp. 229–235, DOI:

International commercial courts for Germany?

April 27, 2023/in Views/by Giesela Ruehl

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RabelsZ: New issue alert (1/2023)

February 10, 2023/in News/by Giesela Ruehl

The latest issue of RabelsZ has just been published. It contains the following articles: Holger Fleischer: Große Debatten im Gesellschaftsrecht: Fiktionstheorie versus Theorie der realen Verbandspersönlichkeit im internationalen Diskurs, pp. 5–45, DOI:

Open call for abstracts: European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2023

January 16, 2023/in News/by Giesela Ruehl

The editors of the European Yearbook of International Economic Law (EYIEL) welcome abstracts from scholars and practitioners at all stages of their career for the EYIEL 2023. This year’s focus section will be on European and International (Public) Procurement and Competition Law. Next to this, in Part II the EYIEL will consider Current Challenges, Developments and Events […]

The “Event Giving Rise to the Damage” under Art. 7 Rome II Regulation in CO2 Reduction Claims – A break through an empty Shell?

January 2, 2023/in Views/by Giesela Ruehl

Written by Madeleine Petersen Weiner/Marc-Philippe Weller In this article, we critically assess the question of where to locate the “event giving rise to the damage” under Art. 7 Rome II in CO2 reduction claims. This controversial – but often overlooked – question has recently been given new grounds for discussion in the much discussed “Milieudefensie et al. […]

Axel Flessner in memoriam

December 7, 2022/in News/by Giesela Ruehl

We are sad to announce that one of Germany’s preeminent scholars of private international law and European private law, Axel Flessner, passed away on 26 November 2022 at the age of 86. Axel Flessner was a Professor of German, European and International Private Law and Comparative Law at Humboldt-University in Berlin. He contributed to the […]

Call for applications: Professorship for UK Politics, Law, and Economy at Humboldt University Berlin

November 25, 2022/in News/by Giesela Ruehl

The interdisciplinary Zentralinstitut Centre for British Studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is seeking to fill a tenured W3 Professorship for UK Politics, Law, and Economy.  The Institute is looking for an interdisciplinary scholar from Politics, Law or Economics, with a significant and proven UK-related profile and interest in political, legal, and economic research questions.  The […]

EAPIL-BIICL Seminar on the Rome II Regulation

November 9, 2022/in News/by Giesela Ruehl

On 2 December 2022, from 4 pm to 5.30 pm (MET), the European Association of Private International Law (EAPIL) will hold a joint Seminar with the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL). The Seminar will focus on the review of the Rome II Regulation and will, in this context, shed light on the Study that […]

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