Entries by Jan von Hein

Out now: Zeitschrift für vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft (ZVglRWiss) 121 (2022) No. 1

The most recent issue of the German Journal of Comparative Law (Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft) features the following articles on private international and comparative law:   Werner F. Ebke: Prüfungs- und Beratungsnetzwerke und die Unabhängigkeit des Abschlussprüfers: Versuch einer europarechtskonformen Konturierung des § 319b Abs. 1 Satz 3 HGB Independence is the cornerstone of the […]

Out now: Zeitschrift für vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft (ZVglRWiss) 120 (2021) No. 4

The most recent issue of the German Journal of Comparative Law (Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft) features the following articles on private international and comparative law:   Jürgen Samtleben: Internationales Privatrecht in Guatemala Guatemala’s rules on private international law of Guatemala are found in the Law of Judicial Organization of 1989. But conflict-of-law questions are also […]

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

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

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

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, […]