Entries by Jan von Hein

The end of fostering outdated injustice to children born outside marriage through reparation of Nazi-expatriation acts: Ruling of the German Constitutional Court of 20 May 2020 (2 BvR 2628/18)

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Marie-Luisa Loheide is a doctoral candidate at the University of Freiburg who writes her dissertation about the relationship between the status of natural persons in public and private international law. She has kindly provided us with her thoughts on a recent ruling by the German Constitutional Court. According to Article 116 para. 2 of the […]

Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 4/2020: Abstracts

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The latest issue of the „Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax)“ features the following articles: E. Schollmeyer: The effect of the entry in the domestic register is governed by foreign law: Will the new rules on cross-border divisions work? One of the most inventive conflict-of-law rules that secondary law of the European Union has […]

Out Now: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft (ZVglRWiss) 119 (2020) No. 2 containing the Contributions to the German IC2BE Conference in Freiburg

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On 10–11 October 2019, the Albert-Ludwig-University of Freiburg (Germany) hosted the final conference of the German branch in the framework of the research project “Informed Choices in Cross-Border Enforcement” (IC2BE). Funded by the Justice Program (2014-2020) of the European Commission, the project aimed to assess the working in practice of the “second generation” of EU […]

Out now: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft -Abstracts

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The most recent issue of the Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft (German Journal of Comparative Law; Vol. 119 [2020], No.1) contains the following articles: Ahmad Natour, Hebrew University, and Talia Einhorn, Ariel University (Israel): The Application of Islamic Law in Israel – Issues of Filiation between Secular and Religious Law, ZVglRWiss 119 (2020) 1–40 This article […]

Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 3/2020: Abstracts

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The latest issue of the „Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax)“ features the following articles: A. Stein: The 2019 Hague Judgments Convention – All’s Well that Ends Well? The Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments, which was concluded in July 2019, holds the potential of facilitating the resolution of cross-border […]

The Japanese Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 62, 2019)

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The latest Volume of the Japanese Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 62, 2019) has been released. The Volume dedicates one section to the introduction of the new legislation on international jurisdiction of Japanese courts in family matters. (For an introduction of the new rules relating to international jurisdiction in matter of divorce, see Yasuhiro Okuda, […]

Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 2/2020: 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 2019: Consolidation and multilateralisation This article provides an overview of developments in Brussels in the field of judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters from January/February 2019 until November 2019. It […]

Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 1/2020: Abstracts

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The latest issue of the „Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax)“ features the following articles: H. Schack: The new Hague Judgment Convention This contribution presents the new Hague Convention on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in civil or commercial matters adopted on 2 July 2019 by the Hague Conference on Private International […]

Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 6/2019: Abstracts

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The latest issue of the „Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax)“ features the following articles: D. Einsele: The Law Applicable to Third-Party Effects of Assignments of Claims – A Critical Interjection Regarding the Commission’s Proposal Claims are relative rights against the debtor. Therefore, third parties are not legally affected by the assignment of a […]