Entries by Tobias Lutzi

According to the French Cour de Cassation, the law applicable to the sub-purchaser’s direct action against the original seller depends on who brings the claim!

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Written by Héloise Meur, Université Paris 8 In two rulings dated 28 May 2025, the French Cour de cassation (Supreme Court) ruled on the issue of the law applicable to a sub-purchaser’s direct action in a chain of contracts transferring ownership, under European private international law. The issue is sensitive. The contractual classification under French […]

Out Now: Gössl/Kienle, Grundkurs Internationales Privat- und Zivilverfahrensrecht

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Any student of German private international law will take delight in the news that a new textbook has just been published by our co-editor Susanne Goessl together with Florian Kienle. The book covers questions of both the applicable law (internationales Privatrecht) and of jurisdiction and foreign judgments (internationales Zivilverfahrensrecht), with a certain focus on the […]

Making private law resilient: The role of private litigation in a democracy – PhD scholarship at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany

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Axel Halfmeier (Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany) has kindly shared the following advertisement for a 3-year PhD scholarship with us, which will be part of a research project on ‘Making private law resilient: The role of private litigation in a democracy’. The research project will investigate the role of private litigation in a democracy, in particular […]

Out Now: Dickinson, Natural Justice in Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments, Recueil des cours, Tome 446

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Last summer, Andrew Dickinson (Professor of the Conflict of Laws, University of Oxford, and former editor of ConflictofLaws.net) delivered a special course at the summer course of the Hague Academy of International Law entitled ‘Natural Justice in Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments’. It has now been published as Volume 446 of the Recueil des […]

Conference: “The Next 25 Years of Private International Law: What Does the World Need?”, 23 June 2025 in Groningen

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The Ulrik Huber Institute for Private International Law is delighted to announce a special one-day conference entitled: The Next 25 Years of Private International Law: What Does the World Need? This conference marks a significant occasion: the celebration of Professor Mathijs ten Wolde’s 25-year tenure as a professor and director of the Ulrik Huber Institute. […]