Entries by Marta Requejo

Vacancy at The Hague Conference on Private International Law

The Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) is seeking a LEGAL OFFICER (full-time) to support ongoing work in relation to the “Judgments Project”. The ideal candidate will answer to the following description: – Excellent law school education (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws, J.D., or equivalent), preferably in the common […]

The Judgments Project Moves On

From 3 to 6 February 2015, the Working Group on the Judgments Project met in The Hague for its fourth meeting under the chairmanship of Mr David Goddard QC. The Working Group was composed of 28 participants from 15 Members. At its meeting, the Group further developed its proposed provisions for a future Convention on the recognition […]

New Book on the Boundaries of European Private International Law

The new book Boundaries of European Private International Law, edited by Jean-Sylvestre Bergé (Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3), Stéphanie Francq (Université catholique de Louvain) and Miguel Gardeñes Santiago (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), is the result of two European workshops (funded by the Jean Monnet Programme) that brought together renowned specialists and young researchers. This collective […]

Annexes I and II Brussels Recast

Quick post to inform about the publication, on the OJ L 54, 25.02.2015, of the Commission delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/281, of 26 November 2014, replacing Annexes I and II of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters. […]

Conflict of Laws Lectureship at Cambridge

The Faculty of Law, Cambridge University, is advertising a three year lectureship in Conflict of Laws sponsored by Clifford Chance. The closing date is 13th March 2015. More detail is available

Testing the Stress of the EU: EU Law After the Financial Crisis

The University of Bayreuth (Germany) and the Asociación Española de Profesores de Derecho Internacional y Relaciones Internacionales (Spain), with support from the DAAD, will host a joint conference under the heading “Testing the stress of the EU: EU law after the financial crisis” next 8 May 2015 (venue: Escuela Diplomática, Paseo Juan XXIII, 5. 28040 Madrid). […]

Transnational Law and Social Justice (Call for Papers, London School of Economics)

By Ugljesa Grusic, assistant professor at the University of Nottingham. The Transnational Law & Social Justice project seeks to study how transnational law shapes, facilitates and challenges economic, political and cultural exclusion in a fragmented legal and political landscape. Our aim is to bring together lawyers and non-lawyers, early career scholars and PhD researchers whose […]