Entries by Jan von Hein

Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 6/2018: Abstracts

The latest issue of the „Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax)“ features the following articles: D. Martiny: Virtual currencies, particularly Bitcoins, in private international law and in the international law of civil procedure Virtual currencies like Bitcoins are substitute currencies that are not issued by a state and that are limited in supply. Whereas […]

60 years BIICL, 50 years Brussels Regime, 60 years New York Convention

In 2018, not only the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) celebrates a round birthday, but also the two most important regimes for cross-border cooperation in civil and commercial litigation and arbitration – the Brussels Regime (1968), to which the United Kingdom acceded 40 years ago, and the New York Convention on the […]

Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 5/2018: Abstracts

The latest issue of the „Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax)“ features the following articles: S.H. Elsing/A. Shchavelev: The new DIS Arbitration Rules 2018 On 1/3/2018, the new arbitration rules of the German Arbitration Institute (Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit e.V. – DIS) came into force. The revision process took almost two years and resulted […]

Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 4/2018: Abstracts

The latest issue of the „Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax)“ features the following articles: A. Dickinson: Tough Assignments: the European Commission’s Proposal on the Law Applicable to the Third-Party Effects of Assignments of Claims In March 2018, the European Commission published its long awaited Proposal on the law applicable to the third-party effects […]

Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 3/2018: Abstracts

The latest issue of the „Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax)“ features the following articles: M. Andrae: The Scope of Application of the Regulation (EU) 2016/1103 The Regulation (EU) 2016/1103 will be the central European legal instrument governing matters of matrimonial property regimes having cross-border implications. This includes any property relationships, between the spouses […]

Out Now: Liber Amicorum for Christian Kohler

On 18 June 2018, Professor Dr. Christian Kohler, former General Director at the CJEU and honorary professor for private international law, European civil procedural law and comparative law at the University of Saarbrücken, celebrated his 75th birthday. On this occasion, numerous colleagues and friends both from the CJEU and European academia contributed to a liber […]

Out now: Festschrift in honour of Jolanta Kren Kostkiewicz

Although it is hard to believe in light of her vitality and prolific academic output, Professor Dr. Jolanta Kren Kostkiewicz (University of Berne, Switzerland) will actually retire at the end of the spring term 2018. On this occasion, many colleagues and friends both from Switzerland and abroad have contributed to a voluminous Festschrift in her […]

Symposium in honour of Professor Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler

The Law Faculty and the Department of Private International Law of the University of Geneva are organizing a symposium on international dispute settlement in honour of Prof. Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler. This event will take place on 27 September 2018 in Geneva. The organizers wish to celebrate Kaufmann-Kohler’s career as professor, arbitrator, counsel, researcher and director of […]