This author has not written his bio yet.
But we are proud to say that Veronika Gaertner contributed 220 entries already.
The University of Heidelberg Law School awards in cooperation with the Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law Doctoral Research Positions (starting June 2008, duration: up to 3 years) for studies leading to a Doctorate in Law (Dr. jur.) with the following research objective: How can the success of international dispute resolution be explained? […]
Recently, the March issue of “Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts” (
On 6 March, the European Commission adopted the Green Paper “Effective Enforcement of judgments in the European Union: The Transparency of Debtor assets”. As stated in the
Recently, Principles, Definitions and Model Rules of European Private Law, prepared by the Study Group on a European Civil Code and the Research Group on EC Private Law (Acquis Group), has been published. The abstract reads as follows: In this volume the Study Group and the Acquis Group present the first academic Draft of a […]
Following the cases of Applicant C and Sundelind Lopez, a third reference for a preliminary ruling on Brussels II bis has been referred to the ECJ – again (as Applicant C) by the Finnish Korkein Hallinto-oikeus (Case C-523/07, Applicant A). The present case concerns children who have their habitual residence in Sweden, live transitionally in […]
The Court of Appeal (Civil Division) has referred an interesting reference for a preliminary ruling to the ECJ on the application of the Brussels I Regulation with regard to judgments relating to land in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (Meletis Apostolides v David Charles Orams, Linda Elizabeth Orams,
Stefan Voigt (Marburg) has written an interesting article titled “Are International Merchants Stupid? Their Choice of Law Sheds Doubt on the Legal Origin Theory” which has been published originally in the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, March 2008, Vol. 5, Issue 1 and has been posted on SSRN. The
As stated on the website of the European Judicial Network, the replies received with regard to the Green Paper on conflict of laws in matters concerning matrimonial property regimes, including the question of jurisdiction and mutual recognition
The Austrian Supreme Court of Justice (Oberster Gerichtshof) has referred the following questions to the ECJ for a preliminary ruling: 1. Is a contract under which the owner of an incorporeal right grants the other contracting party the right to use that right (a licence agreement) a contract regarding ‘the provision of services’ within the […]
Today, the ECJ delivered its judgment in case