Out Now: 26th Yearbook of Private International Law (2024/2025)
Recenty, the 26th volume of the Yearbook of Private International Law has been published (available
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The Role of Precedents in Final Appeal Proceedings: Germany, Israel, USA — Panel Discussion (On-Site/Remote), Bonn, 20 January 2026, 6 p.m. German time
/0 Comments/in News/by Matthias WellerThe Regional Hubs Bonn, Cologne and Düsseldorf of the German-American Lawyers’ Association (DAJV), together with the German-Israeli Lawyers’ Association (DIJV), the leading law firm Redeker Sellner Dahs and the University of Bonn, invite to a panel discussion at the Bonn offices of Redeker Sellner Dahs. Germany has recently introduced a “precedent procedure” (“Leitentscheidungsverfahren”) in […]
Out Now: Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of International Commercial Arbitration
/in News/by Matthias WellerDespite all recent efforts from the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention to the founding of International Commercial Courts (ICC) promoting the attractiveness of court litigation, the most favoured method for resolving international disputes in civil and commercial matters, without a single doubt, remains arbitration. According to the
Report on the ABLI/HCCH 4th Joint Webinar on “Cross-Border Commercial Dispute Resolution – Electronic Service of Documents and Remote Taking of Evidence“
/in Views/by Matthias Wellerby Achim Czubaiko-Güntgen, Research Fellow („Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter“) and PhD Candidate, supported by the German Scholarship Foundation, Institute for German and International Civil Procedural Law, University of Bonn. With the fourth instalment in their ongoing webinar series on “Cross-Border Commercial Dispute Resolution”, the
Registration Open Soon: The Hague Academy of International Law’s Winter Courses 2026
/in News/by Matthias WellerRecently, the Hague Academy of International Law published the 2026 programme of its renowned Winter Courses in International Law (12-30 January 2026). Unlike the Summer Courses, this program presents lectures on both Public and Private International Law and therefore provides for a particularly holistic academic experience. Once again, the Academy has spared no effort in […]
U.S. District Court’s Order in the Venezuelan Deportees Case Was Not Extraterritorial
/in News/by Matthias WellerThe following post was kindly provided by Hannah Buxbaum, Vice President for International Affairs, Professor of Law and John E. Schiller Chair, Indiana University, and is cross-posted on
HCCH about to establish Regional Office for Africa (ROAF)
/in News/by Matthias WellerAs was mentioned before on this
ILA Committee on Conflict-of-Laws Issues in International Arbitration: First Webinar on 18 February 2025
/in News/by Matthias WellerThis post was written by Lukas Petschning, University of Vienna. Conflict of laws is one of the most complex and disputed subject areas in international arbitration. An abundance of academic works has examined the issue and proposed widely diverging solutions. Yet, these studies frequently focus on isolated issues and lack overall consistency. Equally, they are […]
Out now: Buxbaum, “Extraterritoriality in Comparative Perspective” (Ius Comparatum)
/in News/by Matthias WellerIn an increasingly interconnected world, the application of laws by States beyond their territorial borders is an everyday reality. Yet, almost a century after the (still) leading findings by the PCIJ in the
The Development of forum non conveniens in the Chinese Law and Practice
/in Views/by Matthias Wellerby Arvin LUO Fuzhong, Doctoral Candidate at Tsinghua University, Visiting Research Associate at HKU, LL.M. (Cornell), Bachelor of Laws (ZUEL).