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The so-called Bologna Process has brought important adjustments to the Spanish universities (for the better?). Among the most visible changes we find a dramatic increase in the number of teaching hours, to the clear detriment of research; and the requirement to introduce methodological developments in the way we teach. We are witnessing a widespread use of […]
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Manuel Penadés Fons has just published a new book on the implied choice of law in international contracts, entitled Elección tácita de ley en los contratos internacionales (Thomson Reuters Aranzadi). Abstract provided by the author: The autonomy of the parties to choose the law applicable to their international commercial contracts does not always manifest through […]
On September 4, Judge Naomi Buchwald of the Southern District of New York dismissed an Alien Tort Statute suit against President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka, on the basis of a Suggestion of Immunity filed by the Justice Department, at the request of the State Department Legal Adviser. Under customary international law and longstanding U.S. […]
One of the first cases to be addressed by the ECJ after the holiday will be the so-called Trade Agency, concerning grounds for refusing recognition and the power of the enforcing court to determine whether the application initiating proceedings had been served on the defendant in default, when service is accompanied by a certificate as […]
Many thanks to Assistant Professor Nicolás Zambrana (University of Navarra, Spain), author of this comment on the ICC decisions against Lubanga. First Decision on Civil Reparations by the International Criminal Court Last 14 of March, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued its first judicial decision ever, declaring Thomas Lubanga guilty of the crime of conscripting […]
A rather non-suprising decision of the ECJ, adopted on June 21, has been published in today’s OJ. The reference for a preliminary ruling concerned the interpretation of Article 66(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001, in a dispute on the recognition of an Austrian judgment of April 2003, ordering the defendant to pay a claim brought against it. […]
Class action and other group litigation procedures are increasingly being adopted in jurisdictions throughout the world, as more countries deal with the realities of increased globalization and access to information. As a result, attorneys and their clients face the ever-expanding prospect of a class or group action outside their home jurisdictions. This book intends to […]
The contract of employment between Mr. Mahamdia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria (see
Mr Mahamdia lives in Germany. On September 2002 he concluded with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria a contract of employment for a renewable period of one year, for work as a driver at the Algerian Embassy in Berlin. Mr Mahamdia had to drive guests and colleagues and, as […]