Written by Hadrien Pauchard (assistant researcher and doctoral student at Sciences Po Law School)
The third issue of the Revue Critique de droit international privé of 2026 was just released and is already accessible online. It contains three articles, eight case notes, as well as four book reviews. In line with the Revue Critique’s recent policy, the doctrinal part will soon be made available in English on the editor’s website (for registered users and institutions).
https://conflictoflaws.net/News/2020/08/CoL_Banner-1.png00Etienne Farnouxhttps://conflictoflaws.net/News/2020/08/CoL_Banner-1.pngEtienne Farnoux2026-10-13 05:39:332026-10-13 05:39:33Revue critique de droit international privé – Issue 2026/3
Margaret Casey KC will present on the topic, “The 21st century global family – How science, law and a Convention tried and failed to establish a long-term relationship”. The seminar will be chaired by Jack Wass.
https://conflictoflaws.net/News/2020/08/CoL_Banner-1.png00Michael Douglashttps://conflictoflaws.net/News/2020/08/CoL_Banner-1.pngMichael Douglas2026-10-11 16:01:392026-10-13 08:47:22AAPrIL online seminar: Margaret Casey KC on “The 21st century global family – How science, law and a Convention tried and failed to establish a long-term relationship”
https://conflictoflaws.net/News/2020/08/CoL_Banner-1.png00Tobias Lutzihttps://conflictoflaws.net/News/2020/08/CoL_Banner-1.pngTobias Lutzi2026-10-09 10:01:502026-10-09 10:01:50Lindemann Fellowship for Private International Law: Call for Applications 2026
The publication of the open-accessFestschrift in honour of Professor Christopher F Forsyth KC, Commercial Private International Law in Southern Africa: Comparative and International Perspectives, has previously been announced on this blog.
Edited by Professor Jan L. Neels and Professor Eesa A. Fredericks, with the assistance of Dr Solomon Okorley, the volume brings together comparative and international perspectives on commercial private international law in Southern Africa.
To celebrate its publication, UJ Press, in collaboration with the editors and the Research Centre for Private International Law in Emerging Countries (RCPILEC), University of Johannesburg, is organising an online book launch, bringing together the editors, the dedicatee himself, and other distinguished guests.
The programme will include addresses by the University of Johannesburg’s leadership, contributions by the editors, and a reply by Professor Christopher F Forsyth and/or Mrs Gillian Charles.
The book launch will take place online. The details are as follows:
https://conflictoflaws.net/News/2020/08/CoL_Banner-1.png00Béligh Elbaltihttps://conflictoflaws.net/News/2020/08/CoL_Banner-1.pngBéligh Elbalti2026-10-06 04:20:412026-10-06 04:21:26Book Launch: Commercial Private International Law in Southern Africa
The following announcement has kindly been provided by Silvia Marino
The new extensive Volume Multistate Torts in European Private International Law was just published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book is the outcome of the second edition of the EAPIL Winter School in Private International Law. The contributions are based on the lectures given during the course, which took place at the Department of Law, Economics and Cultures, University of Insubria, Como, Italy, from 10 to 15 February 2025. It is edited by Silvia Marino (University of Insubria, Como), Anna Wysocka-Bar (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) and Javier Carrascosa González (University of Murcia).
The chapters discuss the current and future challenges related to the resolution of complex cases of cross-border torts and related damages. Globalisation and digitalisation are particularly crucial in these areas, where the lack of a truly common regulatory fragmentation could leave victims in a situation of helplessness. New challenges, such as distance delicts and the rise of modern social sensibilities, risk affecting the traditional goals of private international law, such as predictability and legal certainty, but especially substantive targets, as the protection of the victim and the enhancement of human rights. The Chapters of this book address these newest challenges with particular regard.
https://conflictoflaws.net/News/2020/08/CoL_Banner-1.png00CoL .nethttps://conflictoflaws.net/News/2020/08/CoL_Banner-1.pngCoL .net2026-10-05 13:03:442026-10-05 13:04:12OUT now: Multistate Torts in European Private International Law
Ulla Liukkunen (University of Helsinki) has kindly shared the attached programme for the Second Seminar of the Global Network on Private International Law, Employment, and Labour Relations (GNPILE).
The event is open to all, but registration is required.
https://conflictoflaws.net/News/2020/08/CoL_Banner-1.png00Tobias Lutzihttps://conflictoflaws.net/News/2020/08/CoL_Banner-1.pngTobias Lutzi2026-09-28 15:09:272026-09-29 12:43:37Second Seminar of the Global Network on Private International Law, Employment, and Labour Relations (GNPILE) (22 Oct 2026)
Sandrine Brachotte (University of Antwerp) and María Julia Ochoa Jiménez (Comillas Pontifical University) will speak, in English, about the book
“Conflicts of Worldviews and Private International Law” (Hart Publishing, 2026).
This book brings together European private international law and decolonial thinking. It examines how European courts deal with conflicts between legal frameworks and postcolonised worldviews. Through three case studies—religious arbitration, Indigenous sacred land, and sexual minorities in the Global South—it shows that these conflicts are often overlooked. This results in the inadequate protection of the claims and identities of formerly colonised peoples. The book therefore proposes a more pluralist approach to jurisdiction, choice of court, and foreign law, giving greater weight to postcolonised worldviews. Prof. Ochoa Jiménez will comment on it, while focusing on private international law.
The presentation will be followed by open discussion. All are welcome. More information and sign-up here.
https://conflictoflaws.net/News/2020/08/CoL_Banner-1.png00Ralf Michaelshttps://conflictoflaws.net/News/2020/08/CoL_Banner-1.pngRalf Michaels2026-09-28 12:21:152026-09-28 12:21:15Virtual Workshop (in English) on October 6, 2026: Sandrine Brachotte and María Julia Ochoa Jiménez on “Conflicts of Worldviews and Private International Law”
This book develops a decolonial theory of European private international law. To do so, it begins with Western court cases involving what the author terms a ‘conflict of worldviews’: a clash between the legal frameworks governing the dispute and the worldviews of the formerly colonised parties involved, referred to here as ‘postcolonised worldviews’.
https://conflictoflaws.net/News/2020/08/CoL_Banner-1.png00Adeline Chonghttps://conflictoflaws.net/News/2020/08/CoL_Banner-1.pngAdeline Chong2026-09-17 01:37:342026-09-23 10:21:30Out now: Brachotte on ‘Conflicts of Worldviews and Private International Law’
https://conflictoflaws.net/News/2020/08/CoL_Banner-1.png00Jan von Heinhttps://conflictoflaws.net/News/2020/08/CoL_Banner-1.pngJan von Hein2026-09-14 07:43:282026-09-14 07:43:28Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 5/2026: Abstracts
In an earlier post on this blog, we presented Part 1 of Nadia Rusinova’s Practical Handbook on EU Family Law, highlighting its success in bringing clarity and structure to the complex framework of cross-border family law in the European Union.
The project has now been extended with the publication of Part 2: Litigating International Child Abduction Cases under the 1980 Hague Convention in the EU (2026, ISBN 978-619-93392-1-3). While Part 1 provides the conceptual and terminological foundations, Part 2 applies them to one of the most demanding areas of cross-border family law: international child abduction proceedings.
https://conflictoflaws.net/News/2020/08/CoL_Banner-1.png00Cristina Mariottinihttps://conflictoflaws.net/News/2020/08/CoL_Banner-1.pngCristina Mariottini2026-09-14 06:53:032026-09-15 07:33:06Clarity in Complexity: Nadia Rusinova’s Practical Handbook on EU Family Law, Part II – International Child Abduction Litigation
Written by Hadrien Pauchard (assistant researcher and doctoral student at Sciences Po Law School)
