Entries by Martin George

Owusu and Turner: The Shark in the Water?

Chris Knight (St John’s College Oxford [BCL]) has written a short article in the Cambridge Law Journal entitled, “Owusu and Turner: The Shark in the Water?” (2007, 66: 288-301). Here’s the abstract: An important current issue in the conflict of laws is how to deal with the decision of the European Court of Justice in […]

Aberdeen Lectureship in Private International Law

The University of Aberdeen invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for a post at Lecturer level in the School of Law. The Law School received a rating of 5B in the 1996 and 2001 Research Assessment Exercises and candidates should demonstrate an aptitude for research commensurate with that high ranking. In the 2001 RAE a […]

Article on Non-State Law

Giuditta Cordero Moss (University of Oslo) has written an intriguing article in the Global Jurist (Vol. 7 : Iss. 1 (Advances), Article 3) entitled “International Contracts between Common Law and Civil Law: Is Non-state Law to Be Preferred? The Difficulty of Interpreting Legal Standards Such as Good Faith”. Here is the abstract: Most commercial contracts […]

Conference 2007 – Book Now!

The Journal of Private International Law Conference 2007 is now only a couple of weeks away. Conference packs are being put together, the state-of-the-art venue is being readied, and a host of internationally-renowned speakers and delegates are preparing to descend on the University of Birmingham, UK on 26 – 27 June for what we will […]

Norwegian Court of Appeals on the Lugano Convention Article 1, 5, 27 and 28

The Norwegian Court of Appeals (Frostating lagmannsrett) recently handed down a decision on enforcement in Norway, in accordance with the Lugano Convention, of a German court decision on maintenance obligations between two spouses. The decision (Frostating lagmannsrett (kjennelse)) is dated 2007-05-04, was published in LF-2007-17684, and is retrievable from

Conference: Conflict of Laws and Economic Regulation

Mathias Audit, Horatia Muir-Watt and Etienne Pataut are hosting a conference in Paris on 22 – 23 June 2007 on “Conflict of Laws and Economic Regulation” (Colloque Conflit de Lois & Régulation économique). Speakers include Paul Lagarde (Paris I) and Diana Wallis (European Commission) – a full list of speakers, and all of the details […]