Entries by Jan von Hein

Granting asylum to family members with multiple nationalities – the choice-of-law implications of the CJEU-Judgment of 9th November 2021, Case C-91/20

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Written by Marie-Luisa Loheide, doctoral candidate at the University of Freiburg.   From a PIL-perspective, granting asylum to the family members of a recognised asylum-seeker or refugee is relevant regarding the determination of an individual’s personal status and, more specifically, concerning the question of the relation between the individual’s political status (status politicus) and his […]

Current Issues in Private International Law – MENA & EU: Call for papers

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The Faculty of Law at Ozyegin University is organizing its first online Private International Law Symposium on the theme of “Current Issues in Private International Law – MENA & EU”. The symposium aims to bring together MENA and EU scholars working in the field of private international law field. The symposium is to be held […]

Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 5/2021: Abstracts

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The latest issue of the „Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax)“ features the following articles: B. Heiderhoff: International Product Liability 4.0 While the discussion on how liability for damages caused by autonomous systems, or “artificial intelligence”, should be integrated into the substantive law is well advanced, the private international law aspect has, so far, […]

Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 4/2021: Abstracts

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The latest issue of the „Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax)“ features the following articles: O. Remien: The European Succession Regulation and the many questions of the European court practice – five years after entry into force After five years of application of the European Succession Regulation it is time to have a look […]

Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 2/2021: Abstracts

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The latest issue of the „Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax)“ features the following articles:   H.-P. Mansel/K. Thorn/R. Wagner: European Conflict of Law 2020: EU in crisis mode! This article provides an overview of developments in Brussels in the field of judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters from December 2019 until December […]

Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 1/2021: Abstracts

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The latest issue of the „Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax)“ features the following articles:   R. Wagner: Judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters after Brexit Brexit has become a reality. When the UK left the EU on 31 January 2020 at midnight, it entered the transition period stipulated in the UK-EU Withdrawal […]

Álvarez-Armas on potential human-rights-related amendments to the Rome II Regulation (II): The proposed Art. 6a; Art. 7 is dead, long live Article 7?

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Eduardo Álvarez-Armas is Lecturer in Law at Brunel University London and Affiliated Researcher at the Université Catholique de Louvain. He has kindly provided us with his thoughts on recent proposals for amending the Rome II Regulation. This is the second part of his contribution; a first one on the law applicable to strategic lawsuits against public […]