Entries by Veronika Gaertner

Publication: Heidelberg Report on the Application of Regulation Brussels I

The General Report of the Study on the Application of Regulation Brussels I in the (former) 25 Member States (Study JLS/C4/2005/03) has recently been published: “The Brussels I Regulation 44/2001 Application and Enforcement in the EU” edited by Burkhard Hess, Thomas Pfeiffer and Peter Schlosser The study has been conducted under the direction of Prof. […]

ECJ: New Reference on Art. 11 (2) Brussels I

Another new reference on the interpretation of the Brussels I Regulation has been referred to the ECJ for a preliminary ruling: The Landesgericht Feldkirch (Austria) has asked the following questions: Is the reference in Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments […]

Article: Liberating the Individual from Battles Between States – Justifying Party Autonomy in Conflict of Laws

Matthias Lehmann has written an article that, while trying to give a theoretical justification for the principle of party autonomy, attacks the dominant conception of conflict of laws. It has been published in vol. 41 of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, pp. 381-434 (2008). Here is the abstract: Current theories of conflict of laws […]

AG Opinion in Case “Ilsinger”

On 11 September 2008, Advocate General Trstenjak’s opinion in case C-180/06 (Renate Ilsinger v. Martin Dreschers (administrator in the insolvency of Schlank & Schick GmbH) has been published. The case basically concerns the question whether international jurisdiction for consumer claims against undertakings for prizes ostensibly won can be established under Art. 15 No. 1 (c) […]

Conference: Arbitration and EC Law

The Heidelberg Centre for International Dispute Resolution at the Institute for Private International and Comparative Law will host a conference with the topic “Arbitration and EC Law – Current Issues and Trends”. The conference will focus on the relations between European civil procedure and arbitration which have been an intensely debated topic among legal scholars […]