RabelsZ: new issue alert

Issue 2/2022 of RabelsZ has just been published. It contains the following contributions:

Ralf Michaels: Peter Mankowski *11.10.1966 †10.2.2022, Volume 86 (2022) / Issue 2, pp. 323–326, DOI: 10.1628/rabelsz-2022-0028

 

Katharina Pistor: Rechtsvergleichung zwischen Rechts- und politischer Ökonomie: am Beispiel des Unternehmensrechts, Volume 86 (2022) / Issue 2, pp. 327–363, DOI: 10.1628/rabelsz-2022-0029

Legal and Political Economics in Comparative Perspective: the Case of Corporate Law. – Hardly another area of the law has seen as much interest in comparative analysis as corporate law, in particular the publicly traded corporation. The dialogue among legal academics from different legal systems was facilitated by the use of a non-legal language – that of transaction economics. It offered a unified standard for analyzing the pros and cons of different legal rules and models of corporate governance. Legal details remained largely under the radar. More recently, political scientists have discovered the corporation as an object of analysis and have emphasized the political economy that is represented by the establishment, development and function of the “corporation as a legal person”. This literature pays closer attention to the role of the state in corporate law but has neglected questions of comparative law. This paper argues that comparative law could and should assert itself between these two social sciences as a field that is devoted to describing and explaining the similarities and differences of legal institutions as a part of social systems.

 

Stefan Grundmann: Pluralistische Privatrechtstheorie – Prolegomena zu einer pluralistisch-gesellschaftswissenschaftlichen Rechtstheorie als normativem Desiderat (»normativer Pluralismus«), Volume 86 (2022) / Issue 2, pp. 364–420, DOI: 10.1628/rabelsz-2022-0030 

Pluralist Private Law Theory: Prolegomena to a Pluralist and Social Science Oriented Legal Theory as a Normative Desideratum (“Normative Pluralism”). – Just how legal scholarship and legal practice should address the social sciences and other fields of inquiry is a vital question whose answer is informed by concerns of innovation, logic, and an understanding of law and jurisprudence. Law and economics is an efficient vehicle in this regard, an approach that in the USA is perhaps even dominant. The present article distinguishes between a monist interdisciplinary openness – vis-à-vis a neighbouring discipline that may indeed already have a particular goal and benchmark in mind – and a pluralist interdisciplinary openness. It identifies in the latter a disproportionately greater heuristic potential (in terms of all societal views). In a pluralist society, one that moulds pluralism into a constitutional requirement, the author sees a pluralist interdisciplinary openness as, above all, normatively superior and even mandated. It also seems better suited to the logic of jurisprudence: a discipline seeking balance in society. The article also addresses the biggest “drawback” of the approach, the unanswered and difficult question of how to determine hierarchizations. Adopting a value-tracking approach, the author proposes a mechanism embracing constitutionality and democracy as guiding legal principles.

 

Rolf Stürner: The ELI / UNIDROIT Model European Rules of Civil Procedure – An Introduction to Their Basic Conceptions, Volume 86 (2022) / Issue 2, pp. 421–472, DOI: 10.1628/rabelsz-2022-0031

This contribution introduces the basic conceptions of the Model European Rules of Civil Procedure, which were affirmed by the European Law Institute, Vienna, and by UNIDROIT, Rome, in 2020. In its first part it describes the prior history of the project (ALI/UNIDROIT Principles of Transnational Civil Procedure, Storme Commission) and the history of the emergence of the Model Rules between 2013 and 2020. The following parts depict the organization and coordination of the common work in the various groups, an analysis of methodological questions arising in the context of harmonization of procedural law, a detailed presentation of important results of harmonization in fields of far-reaching convergence of national procedural laws, considerations about strong future trends of procedural design and their significance for different areas of civil procedure, and finally some remarks on innovative procedural developments taken into account by the Model Rules, with important examples in fields like collective proceedings and the financing of proceedings, or in the use of modern means of communication or artificial intelligence. The contribution also contains some cautious remarks on internal conditions associated with the emergence of the Model Rules that may have influenced its results.

Igor Adamczyk, Jakob Fortunat Stagl: Der Eigentumserwerb an Fahrnis im polnischen Recht, Volume 86 (2022) / Issue 2, pp. 473–501, DOI: 10.1628/rabelsz-2022-0032

Transfer of Ownership in Movable Property under Polish Law. – This essay deals with the transfer of ownership under Polish law. The main question is whether Poland simply adheres to one of the classical models historically significant for this country – that of Austria, Germany, or France – or whether its system can be considered an original solution. The authors are convinced that one cannot analyse the transfer of ownership without considering the underlying contract. In particular, the passing of risk has to be considered in unison with the rules for the passing of ownership. These rules as a whole may seem syncretistic or “mixed”, yet they have to be understood as a genuine – Polish – system for the transfer of ownership.

 

….and a Book Review in the Second Issue of ICLQ for 2022

Further to my last post, I omitted to include a book review by Professor Gilles Cuniberti in the second issue of ICLQ for 2022 which is focused on essays written in honour of Emeritus Professor Adrian Briggs (QC), and the latest edition of his (Prof. Briggs’) book on Civil Jurisdiction and Judgements.

Disclosure: Prof. Cuniberti was the doctoral supervisor of my thesis, while Prof. Briggs was an external examiner of my PhD thesis.

Just out – Lessons on Private International Law / several authors (in Spanish)

The book entitled Lessons on Private International Law published by DIKAIA is the result of a collective effort of some of the speakers who presented at a course organised by the Mexican Consejo de la Judicatura Federal (Council of the Federal Judiciary) and the Mexican Escuela Federal de Formación Judicial (Federal School of Judiciary Training) in 2021.

Basically, this book puts into writing some of the presentations relating to the general topics on Private International Law given at the course. It should be noted that this book has seen the light of day thanks to the devoted work of professors Jorge Alberto Silva Silva and Nuria González Martín, who were the editors / coordinators.

This book explains the basic and general concepts of Private International Law, in particular those concerning the Mexican legal system. In addition, this book deals with innovative and fairly unknown topics to the Mexican doctrine, such as extension rules and the concept of lex loci factum. A full table of contents is provided below. The book ends with an analysis of the case of Antenor Patiño vs. María Cristina de Borbón, which although a bit “ancient” (1955 – a divorce case), it reflects the problems which arise regarding conflicts of jurisdiction and conflicts of laws in a high-profile case.

This book is accessible online and may be purchased here.

AUTHORS

Elí Rodríguez Martínez

Francisco José Contreras Vaca

Jorge Alberto Silva Silva – Coordinator

Jorge Cicero Fernández

Karl August Prinz von Sachsen Gessaphe

Ligia Claudia González Lozano

Mario de la Madrid

Nuria González Martín – Coordinator

Rolando Tamayo y Salmorán

Rosa Elvira Vargas Baca

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CAPÍTULO 1

INTRODUCCIÓN AL DERECHO INTERNACIONAL PRIVADO / Jorge Alberto Silva Silva

  1. PRELIMINARES
  2. Conjunto normativo
  3. Un orden jurídico de la comunidad internacional
  4. Subordinación de todos los conjuntos jurídicos de la comunidad internacional a uno solo
  5. ENTRAMADO DE NORMAS Y ORDENAMIENTOS JURÍDICOS

III. RELACIONES ENTRE LOS CONJUNTOS NORMATIVOS DE LA COMUNIDAD INTERNACIONAL

  1. Conjuntos disjuntos
  2. Conjuntos subordinados
  3. Intersección de conjuntos
  4. Vinculación unilateral de conjuntos
  5. En resumen
  6. LEX LOCI FACTUM
  7. FUNCIÓN DEL DERECHO INTERNACIONAL PRIVADO
  8. PROBLEMAS DE TRÁFICO JURÍDICO INTERNACIONAL

VII. NATURALEZA Y CONTENIDO DEL DERECHO EXTRANJERO

VIII. MÉTODOS PARA RESOLVER PROBLEMAS DE TRÁFICO JURÍDICO INTERNACIONAL

  1. Normas de aplicación inmediata o autolimitadas
  2. Normas materiales o sustantivas
  3. Normas de extensión
  4. Normas de conflicto
  5. Pasos o secuenciación en la elección del derecho designado
  6. RAZONES PARA RECHAZAR O TOMAR EN CUENTA UN ORDEN JURÍDICO EXTRANJERO
  7. Razones en contra
  8. Razones a favor
  9. Ejemplos de resoluciones mexicanas rechazando derecho extranjero
  10. Ejemplos de resoluciones mexicanas aceptando el derecho extranjero
  11. Tesis del universalismo multicultural

BIBLIOHEMEROGRAFÍA

CAPÍTULO 2

SISTEMA CONFLICTUAL TRADICIONAL / Jorge Alberto Silva Silva

  1. NORMA DE CONFLICTO TRADICIONAL
  2. HACIA UN CONCEPTO DE LA NORMA DE CONFLICTO TRADICIONAL

III. ESTRUCTURA SINTÁCTICA DE LA NORMA DE CONFLICTO

  1. Supuesto normativo
  2. Orden jurídico por identificar
  3. Punto de contacto o de conexión
  4. LA NORMA CONFLICTUAL EN LA REVOLUCIÓN CONFLICTUAL
  5. DIFERENCIA ENTRE UNA NORMA DE CONFLICTO Y UNA NORMA INCORPORANTE
  6. PROBLEMAS QUE SURGEN CON EL ORDEN JURÍDICO DESIGNADO
  7. Proceso de bilateralización
  8. Falso conflicto

VII. NORMATIVIDAD MEXICANA

BIBLIOHEMEROGRAFÍA

CAPÍTULO 3

FUENTES DEL DERECHO INTERNACIONAL PRIVADO / Rosa Elvira Vargas Baca

  1. CONSIDERACIONES PREVIAS
  2. FUENTES DEL DERECHO INTERNACIONAL PRIVADO
  3. Derecho de fuente interna relacionado con el Derecho Internacional Privado

III. FUENTES DE DERECHO EXTRANJERO RELACIONADOS CON EL DERECHO INTERNACIONAL PRIVADO

  1. Conferencias Diplomáticas y Congresos
  2. Tratados
  3. Jurisprudencia internacional
  4. Costumbre internacional
  5. Doctrina Internacional
  6. BIBLIOHEMEROGRAFÍA

CAPÍTULO 4

FOROS INTERNACIONALES / Rosa Elvira Vargas Baca

  1. ASPECTOS PRELIMINARES DE LOS FOROS INTERNACIONALES
  2. Conferencia de La Haya
  3. Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional
  4. Instituto Internacional para la Unificación del Derecho Internacional Privado
  5. Conferencias Interamericanas de Derecho Internacional Privado
  6. Mecanismos de trabajo de los foros internacionales
  7. FOROS NACIONALES
  8. Seminario Nacional de Derecho Internacional Privado y Comparado
  9. Talleres de cooperación procesal internacional

III. BIBLIOHEMEROGRAFÍA

CAPÍTULO 5

CALIFICACIÓN DEL SUPUESTO NORMATIVO / Mario de la Madrid Andrade

  1. CONSIDERACIONES PRELIMINARES
  2. EL CONCEPTO DE CALIFICACIÓN JURÍDICA

III. EL PROCESO DE CALIFICACIÓN Y SU RESULTADO

  1. EL CONFLICTO DE CALIFICACIONES
  2. LOS MÉTODOS DE CALIFICACIÓN
  3. La calificación lex fori
  4. La calificación lex causae
  5. El método comparativo
  6. LA CALIFICACIÓN EN MÉXICO

VII. BIBLIOHEMEROGRAFÍA

CAPÍTULO 6

CUESTIÓN ADYACENTE, PREVIA O INCIDENTAL. PLURALIDAD DE SUPUESTOS NORMATIVOS / Ligia Claudia González Lozano y Nuria González Martín

  1. CONCEPTO, CUESTIONAMIENTOS Y ORÍGEN
  2. IDENTIFICACIÓN DE LA CUESTIÓN PRINCIPAL U ORIGINAL Y DE LA ADYACENTE

III. SISTEMAS DE RESOLUCIÓN DE LA CUESTIÓN ORIGINAL Y ADYACENTE

  1. Independencia o autonomía de la cuestión previa
  2. Absorción o dependiente
  3. Armonización y mayor proximidad
  4. PROBLEMAS Y ARGUMENTOS
  5. ¿Subsunción o autonomía?
  6. Posibilidades argumentativas a tomarse en cuenta
  7. POSIBLES ESCENARIOS SEGÚN MÉTODO QUE SE APLIQUE
  8. REGLAMENTACIÓN MEXICANA

VII. CONCLUSIÓN

VIII. BIBLIOHEMEROGRAFÍA

CAPÍTULO 7

EL REENVÍO Y SU REGULACIÓN EN EL DERECHO CIVIL MEXICANO / Francisco José Contreras Vaca

  1. INTRODUCCIÓN
  2. ORIGEN DEL REENVÍO

III. CONCEPTO DE REENVIO

  1. TRATAMIENTODEL REENVÍO EN LA LEGISLACIÓN CIVIL FEDERAL MEXICANA Y LA APLICABLE EN LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO.
  2. CRITICAS A LA REGULACIÓN DEL REENVIO EN MÉXICO.
  3. CONCLUSIONES

VII. BIBLIOHEMEROGRAFÍA

CAPÍTULO 8

VULNERACIÓN DEL ORDEN PÚBLICO / Elí Rodríguez Martínez

  1. INTRODUCCIÓN
  2. UN VISTAZO RÁPIDO A LA HISTORIA

III. CONCEPTO

  1. EL ORDEN PÚBLICO EN EL “DERECHO PÚBLICO” Y EN EL “DERECHO PRIVADO”
  2. El orden público en el derecho público
  3. El orden público en el derecho privado
  4. CONCEPTOS SIMILARES
  5. Leyes de orden público
  6. Normas de orden público
  7. Excepción de orden público
  8. CARACTERÍSTICAS DEL ORDEN PÚBLICO INTERNACIONAL

VII. EFECTOS DEL ORDEN PÚBLICO INTERNACIONAL

  1. Efectos con respecto a la ley aplicable
  2. Efectos con relación el grado de incompatibilidad con las normas del foro

VIII. EL ORDEN PÚBLICO Y LAS NORMAS DE POLICÍA

  1. EL ORDEN PÚBLICO INTERNACIONAL EN EL DERECHO MEXICANO
  2. BIBLIOHEMEROGRAFÍA

CAPÍTULO 9

INSTITUCIONES IDÉNTICAS, ANÁLOGAS Y DESCONOCIDAS / Karl August Prinz von Sachsen Gessaphe

  1. INTRODUCCIÓN
  2. INTERPRETACIÓN DEL ART. 14 Fracc. III CCFED
  3. Aplicabilidad de la norma
  4. Carácter de la norma

III. INSTITUCIONES O PROCEDIMIENTOS DESCONOCIDOS

  1. Instituciones desconocidas
  2. Procedimientos desconocidos
  3. INSTITUCIONES O PROCEDIMIENTOS ANÁLOGOS
  4. Método funcional
  5. Aplicación a ejemplos
  6. IMPEDIMENTO AL FALTAR INSTITUCIONES ANÁLOGAS
  7. RESUMEN
  8. Instituciones y procedimientos desconocidos
  9. Instituciones análogas en derecho mexicano
  10. Consecuencia al faltar instituciones análogas
  11. Delimitación de la contrariedad al orden público

VII. CONCLUSIÓN

VIII. BIBLIOHEMEROGRAFÍA

CAPÍTULO 10

FRAUDE A LA LEY / Nuria González Martín

  1. ELEMENTOS PRELIMINARES
  2. MANIPULACIÓN DE LOS PUNTOS DE CONTACTO

III. PRECISIÓN DEL CONCEPTO DE FRAUDE A LA LEY

  1. Fraude como delito
  2. Simulación
  3. Vulneración del orden público
  4. ELEMENTOS CARACTERÍSTICOS DEL FRAUDE A LA LEY
  5. ELEMENTOS ESPECIALES A TOMAR EN CUENTA
  6. Evasión artificiosa
  7. Evasión de los principios fundamentales del orden jurídico
  8. Determinar la intención fraudulenta
  9. SANCIÓN PARA QUIEN DEFRAUDE A LA LEY
  10. Nulidad del acto extranjero
  11. No reconocimiento de efectos

VII. EJEMPLOS ILUSTRATIVOS

  1. Caso Bauffremont-Bibescu
  2. Divorcios al vapor

VIII. REGLAMENTACIÓN MEXICANA

A MODO DE CONCLUSIÓN

BIBLIOHEMEROGRAFÍA

CAPÍTULO 11

DERECHO INTERNACIONAL PRIVADO Y DERECHOS HUMANOS. CONSIDERACIONES SOBRE SU INTERACCIÓN A FAVOR DE LA PERSONA, LA NIÑEZ Y LA FAMILIA / Jorge Cicero Fernández

  1. INTRODUCCIÓN
  2. LOS TRATADOS SOBRE DERECHOS HUMANOS

1 Su naturaleza y alcances

  1. Derechos protegidos y deberes estatales

III. TRATADOS DE DERECHO INTERNACIONAL PRIVADO “CONCERNIENTES A LA PROTECCIÓN DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS”

  1. EL CONSEJO DE EUROPA

1 Desarrollos normativos

  1. La Jurisprudencia del TEDH
  2. LA JURISPRUDENCIA Y LA PRÁCTICA JUDICIAL MEXICANAS

CONCLUSIÓN

BIBLIOHEMEROGRAFÍA […]

CAPÍTULO 12

APLICACIÓN ARMÓNICA Y ADAPTACIÓN DE ORDENAMIENTOS INTERPRETACIÓN ENANTEOTÉLICA E INTERPRETACIÓN EQUITATIVA / Rolando Tamayo y Salmorán

I PRELIMINARIA

  1. Prudentia y prudentia iuris

III. LA PROFESIÓN JURÍDICA

  1. ¿CÓMO SE CONOCE EL DERECHO?
  2. Genesis iurisprudentiæ
  3. BIBLIOHEMEROGRAFÍA

CAPÍTULO 13

INTERPRETACIÓN Y REFORMULACIÓN DEL DERECHO INTERNACIONAL PRIVADO / Jorge Alberto Silva Silva

  1. INTRODUCCIÓN
  2. RESUMIENDO LOS CAPÍTULOS ANTERIORES

III. EXPRESIONES Y CONCEPTOS

  1. LA TAREA DEL JUEZ
  2. EL DIPR ES UNA DISCIPLINA DIFÍCIL
  3. LA LEGISLACIÓN COMO UN CAOS FENOMÉNICO

VII. PROBLEMAS DE APLICACIÓN Y DECISIÓN

VIII. UN ACERCAMIENTO A LA ACTIVIDAD REFORMULATORIA

  1. PROCESO INTELECTUAL
  2. Reformulación a partir de textos legislados
  3. Reformulación a partir de ausencia de textos legislados
  4. MANIPULACIÓN CONFLICTUAL
  5. CONCLUSIONES

XII. BIBLIOHEMEROGRAFÍA

CAPÍTULO 14

EXÉGESIS DEL DERECHO CONVENCIONAL INTERNACIONAL. CONVENIOS EN VIGOR RELACIONADOS CON LA PARTE GENERAL DEL DIPr / Nuria González Martín

  1. NOTA PRELIMINAR
  2. CONVENCIÓN INTERAMERICANA SOBRE NORMAS GENERALES DE DERECHO INTERNACIONAL PRIVADO

III. CONVENCIÓN INTERAMERICANA SOBRE DOMICILIO DE LAS PERSONAS FÍSICAS EN EL DERECHO INTERNACIONAL PRIVADO

  1. CONVENCIÓN INTERAMERICANA SOBRE CONFLICTOS DE LEYES EN MATERIA DE ADOPCIÓN DE MENORES
  2. CONVENCIÓN INTERAMERICANA SOBRE PERSONALIDAD Y CAPACIDAD DE LAS PERSONAS JURÍDICAS EN EL DERECHO INTERNACIONAL PRIVADO
  3. CONVENCIÓN INTERAMERICANA SOBRE CONFLICTOS DE LEYES EN MATERIA DE LETRAS DE CAMBIO, PAGARÉS Y FACTURAS

VII. CONVENCIÓN INTERAMERICANA SOBRE CONFLICTO DE LEYES EN MATERIA DE SOCIEDADES MERCANTILES

VIII. CONVENCIÓN INTERAMERICANA SOBRE PRUEBA E INFORMACIÓN ACERCA DEL DERECHO EXTRANJERO

APÉNDICE

ANÁLISIS DEL CASO ANTENOR PATIÑO VS. MARIA CRISTINA DE BORBÓN: UNA RELECTURA / Francisco José Contreras Vaca

  1. INTRODUCCIÓN
  2. PLANTEAMIENTO DE LA CONTROVERSIA.

III. ESTUDIO DE LA LITIS

  1. El problema de reconocimiento de validez y ejecución de sentencias dictadas por tribunales extranjeros.
  2. El problema de la litispendencia y conexidad en la esfera internacional.
  3. Consideraciones generales.
  4. CONCLUSIÓN

 

CJEU on acquisition of new habitual residence under the 2007 Hague Protocol subsequently to a wrongful removal, case W.J., C-644/20

Under the Hague Protocol of 23 November 2007 on the Law Applicable to Maintenance Obligations, maintenance obligations are governed by the law of the State of habitual residence of the creditor, save where the Protocol itself provides otherwise [Article 3(1)]. Echoing the issues pertaining to the so-called conflit mobile, the Protocol provides also that in the case of a change in the habitual residence of the creditor, the law of the State of the new habitual residence is to apply as from the moment when the change occurs [Article 3(2)].

If the creditor is a child, does a wrongful removal – followed by an order commanding to return the child to the State in which he/she habitually resided immediately prior to the wrongful removal – constitute an obstacle to the acquisition of a new place of habitual residence by the creditor? This is the legal issue that the Court addresses in its judgment handed down this Thursday in the case W.J., C-644/20.

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Pax Moot 2022 results

The Pax Moot Borrás Round of 2022 took place in Paris on 4 to 6 May. The preliminary rounds and semi-finals were held at the Universities of Sciences-Pio and Paris-Dauphine; the finals took place at the Commercial Court on the Quai de la Corse.

The University of Ljubljana won the oral rounds, with the University of Ghent as runner-up.

For the written memorials two teams share the winning position: the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milano and the Universität Wien.

Santiago García Parga, from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid won the prize for the best pleader.

The European Commission co-funds the moot court.

Global Security and International Rule of Law

Dr Sophie Duroy and Dr Rishi Gulati, both presently members of the KFG Berlin Potsdam Research Group ‘The International Rule of Law – Rise or Decline?’, will be hosting a virtual half-day webinar titled “Global Security and the International Rule of Law: Interdisciplinary Perspectives” on 30 May 2022. The event is free to attend. A program and link to registration is below:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/global-security-and-the-international-rule-of-law-tickets-331724325387

Two recent Private International Law Articles published by International and Comparative Law Quarterly in 2022

Two recent private international law articles were published by International and Comparative Law Quarterly:

B Marshall, “Asymmetric Jurisdiction Clauses and the Anomaly created by Article 31(2) of the Brussels I Recast Regulation”

The English Court of Appeal and German Bundesgerichtshof recently decided that Article 31(2) of the Brussels I Recast Regulation applies to asymmetric jurisdiction clauses. This article contends that while this conclusion is sound, separating the ‘clause’ into two ‘agreements’ to reach it is not. This disaggregation prevents a solution to the anomaly that Article 31(2) creates for asymmetric clauses, where a lender sues under its option and the borrower subsequently sues in the anchor court. This article proposes a solution, based on a uniform characterisation of the clause as a whole, which protects the lender’s option and mitigates the risk of parallel proceedings

TD Grant, “Arbitration, Corruption and Post-Award Control in French and English Courts”

In September 2021, the French Cour de Cassation reversed the annulment that the Paris Cour d’appel earlier had granted in regard to an arbitral award in Alexander Brothers v Alstom on grounds of corruption. This brought French courts in line with their English counterparts, at least in that one case, the latter having accepted the Alexander Brothers award as enforceable. Noteworthy beyond the welcome consistency that the recent French judgment imparts in one case, that and other recent judgments cast light on several issues in international arbitration, including the arbitrability of allegations of fraud or corruption, the relevance of evidence of corruption ‘downstream’ from a contract, and the legal effects (if any) on third parties of internal compliance regimes that enterprises adopt in response to national regulatory and enforcement actions in respect of corruption.

 

The International Court of Justice again on jurisdictional immunities – A webinar, 11 May 2022

Invitation by Pietro Franzina

On 29 April 2022, Germany filed an application against Italy before the International Court of Justice. Germany complains that Italy is allowing its courts to entertain claims for compensation for prejudice resulting from war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated between 1943 and 1945 by the Third Reich’s forces in Italy.

Recalling the ruling given by the International Court of Justice itself in 2012, in the case of the Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy: Greece intervening), Germany contends that the conduct of Italian authorities amounts to a violation of jurisdictional immunity of Germany as a sovereign State (for a more detailed account of the case, see this post on the EAPIL blog).

A webinar in English, organised by the University of Ferrara and the Catholic University of Milan, will take place on 11 May 2022, between 10.30 am and 12.30 pm, via GoogleMeet, to discuss the various issues surrounding the case.

The speakers include Giorgia Berrino (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia), Serena Forlati (University of Ferrara), Pietro Franzina (Catholic University of the Sacred Geart, Milan), Karin Oellers-Frahm (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law  and International Law, Heidelberg), Riccardo Pavoni (University of Siena), and Pierfrancesco Rossi (LUISS Guido Carli, Rome).

Attendance is free. See here for further details.

Second Issue of Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly

The second issue of the Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly for 2022 was just published. It features the following case notes, articles and book review on private international law:

David Capper, Proving Dissipation in Freezing Orders

J Atmaz Al-Sibaie, Foreign Claims and Foreign Laws

P Devonshire, Clearing the Decks: The Siskina in the Privy Council

M Paterson, Finally laying The Siskina to rest? and expanding the court’s power to grant freezing injunctions

M Teo, Foreign Act of State: Comity or Certainty

A Dickinson, W(h)ither Unjust Enrichment? Border Disputes in the Conflict of Laws (Again)

C Proctor, Book Review on INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS. Benjamin Geva, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, and Sagi Peari, UWA Law School, University of Western Australia. ISBN 978-0-19-882868-6. Oxford University Press, Oxford (2020) xxxi and 252 pp., plus I p. Appendix and 12 pp. Index. Hardback £110.

AMEDIP’s upcoming webinar – presentation of the book Private International Law: Practical Cases Resolved and Explained on 12 May 2022 at 1 pm Mexico City time – in Spanish

The Mexican Academy of Private International and Comparative Law (AMEDIP) is holding a webinar on 12 May 2022 at 1:00 pm (Mexico City time – CDT), 8:00 pm (Europe, CEST time). The purpose of this webinar is to showcase the book entitled Private International Law: Practical Cases Resolved and Explained, and will be presented by professors David Carrizo Aguado, María del Carmen Chéliz Inglés and Lucas Andrés Pérez Martín in Spanish.

Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88944671902?pwd=SHdQSGVFOGZHWjl4TDdJTmJ6bUc1dz09

Meeting ID: 889 4467 1902

Password: BMAAMEDIP

Participation is free of charge.

This event will also be streamed live: https://www.facebook.com/AmedipMX