Entries by Ivana Kunda

Recent Publication: Towards Universal Parenthood in Europe

The recently published book Towards Universal Parenthood in Europe (Editoriale Scientifica, 2025), edited by Laura Carpaneto, Francesca Maoli, and Ilaria Queirolo, offers a timely and rigorous contribution to European private international law and family law scholarship. This volume follows the convention reported at this blog

Richard Fentiman’s Lecture on Contactless Injunctions in English Law

Richard Fentiman will be speaking on “Contactless Injunctions: New Approaches to Jurisdiction in English Law” at the forthcomming virtual workshop in the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law series “Current Research in Private International Law” to be held on on Tuesday, 3 March 2026, at 11:00 (CET). Richard Fentiman is Professor Emeritus […]

New Book Alert: Recognition and Enforcement of Non-EU Judgments

An upcoming milestone in private international law — Recognition and Enforcement of Non-EU Judgments (Bloomsbury / Hart Publishing, Feb. 19 2026), edited by Tobias Lutzi, Ennio Piovesani, and Dora Zgrabljic Rotar. This is not just another doctrinal text, but the first comprehensive comparative deep dive into how EU Member States handle judgments from outside the […]

Protection of Forced Heirs and International Public Policy

Written by Matteo Mangone, PhD candidate in Private Law at the University of Turin Protection of Forced Heirs and International Public Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Germany and Italy in Light of the Bundesgerichtshof Judgment of 29 June 2022 1. The German Approach The Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice), in its judgment of 29 June […]

Call for Applications: Lindemann Fellowship for PIL

The University of Hamburg has announced its second Call for Applications for the Lindemann Fellowship for Private International Law. Eligible are researchers based in Europe who recently completed or are close to completing their PhD studies, with a main research focus on conflict of laws and/or international civil procedure. Becoming a Lindemann Fellow means having […]

Call for abstracts on the Succession Regulation (EU) 650/2012

The private international law experts from the University Rovira i Virgili (URV-Tarragona) and the University of Lleida (UdL) together with the Notarial Association of Catalonia, are organizing I INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE REVIEW OF REGULATION (EU) 650/2012 AFTER TEN YEARS OF APPLICATION. – The deadline for receiving abstracts has been extended until 29 September 29 […]

Doctoral Conference on Law – Abstract Submissions Open for RIDOC 2025

The Faculty of Law at the University of Rijeka has announced the upcoming edition of RIDOC: Rijeka Doctoral Conference, which will take place on Friday, 12 December 2025 in Rijeka, Croatia. RIDOC is an international academic conference designed for doctoral students in law and related disciplines. It offers a unique platform for early-career researchers to […]

PIL conference in Ljubljana, 18 September 2025

University of Ljubljana is organising Private International Law Conference with sessions in Slovenian and English. The conference, which will take place in Ljubljana (Slovenia) on 18 September 2025, will gather reknown academics and practitioners who will address current topics in European and international PIL. The programme is available by clicking here: