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UK Supreme Court in Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell (2021 UKSC 3): Jurisdiction, duty of care, and the new German “Lieferkettengesetz”
/in Views/by Matthias Wellerby Professor Dr Eva-Maria Kieninger, Chair for German and European Private Law and Private International Law, University of Würzburg, Germany The Supreme Court’s decision in Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell (2021 UKSC 3) concerns the preliminary question whether English courts have jurisdiction over a joint claim brought by two Nigerian communities against Royal Dutch Shell […]
Conflict of Laws of Cultural Property: In Search of the Holy Grail…
/in News/by Matthias Wellerby Tamás Szabados, ELTE Eötvös Loránd Universität Budapest In disputes related to stolen or illegally exported cultural property, conflict of laws provisions often play a significant role due to the absence of universally accepted substantive private law rules. This has been analysed in a
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The University of Zurich is seeking applications for a Professorship in private law (with a focus on the Code of Obligations)
/in News/by Matthias WellerThe University of Zurich, Switzerland, has asked CoL to publish the following: The University of Zurich is seeking applications for a Professorship in private law (with a focus on the Code of Obligations) to take effect from the beginning of the Spring Semester 2022 (1 February 2022), or by arrangement. The level of employment is […]
Available now: Full recording of the University of Bonn/HCCH Pre-Conference Video Roundtable on The HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention: Prospects for Judicial Cooperation in Civil and Commercial Matters between the EU and Third Countries
/in News/by Matthias WellerOn 29 October 2o20, the University of Bonn and the HCCH co-hosted a
Out now: Jayme/Hausmann (eds.), Internationales Privat- und Verfahrensrecht, 20th ed. 2020
/2 Comments/in News/by Matthias WellerFor those of us who read German: Jayme and Hausmann have just published the 20th edition of their collection of PIL norms on German national, EU and international level. The book has grown considerably in volume over the decades and has particularly done so for its latest edition – from 1441 to now 1537 pages. […]
Out now: Guinchard (ed.), Rome I and Rome II in Practice
/in News/by Matthias WellerThis book is devoted to the applicable law to contractual and non-contractual obligations in the European Union as applied before the Courts. It should be a valuable resource for practitioners, the judiciary, and academics who are interested in understanding how EU law is applied on national level. The Rome I and II Regulations are meant […]
Out now: Calliess/Renner (eds.), Rome Regulations, Commentary, Third Edition 2020
/in News/by Matthias WellerThis book is an article-by-article ‘German-style’ commentary on the Rome I, II and III Regulations on European Union (EU) conflict of laws. It describes and systematically explains black letter law as applied by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) and the Member State courts.
Out now: Leonardo de Oliveira/Sara Hourani (eds.), Access to Justice in Arbitration
/in News/by Matthias WellerAccess to justice is not a new topic. Since Mauro Cappelletti and Bryant Garth’s survey of different methods to promote access to justice was published (Access to Justice. A World Survey (Giueffre SIJTHOFF 1978), making access to justice cheaper and effective has become a legal policy (see for instance The Right Honourable the Lord Woolf […]