Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2022: Thirty-Sixth Annual Survey
The 36th Annual Survey of Choice of Law in the American Courts (2022) has been
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Book: Intolerant Justice: Conflict and Cooperation on Transnational Litigation by Asif Efrat
Summary provided by the author, Asif Efrat In a globalized world, legal cases that come before domestic courts are often transnational, that is, they involve foreign elements. For example, the case before the court may revolve around events, activities, or situations that occurred in a foreign country, or the case may involve foreign parties or […]
Third Issue for Journal of Private International Law for 2022
The third issue for the
The “Event Giving Rise to the Damage” under Art. 7 Rome II Regulation in CO2 Reduction Claims – A break through an empty Shell?
Written by Madeleine Petersen Weiner/Marc-Philippe Weller In this article, we critically assess the question of where to locate the “event giving rise to the damage” under Art. 7 Rome II in CO2 reduction claims. This controversial – but often overlooked – question has recently been given new grounds for discussion in the much discussed “Milieudefensie et al. […]
Serving Defendants in Ukrainian Territory Occupied by Russia
Jeanne Huang University of Sydney Law School Both Russia and Ukraine are member states of the 1965 Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (Hague Service Convention (HSC)). After Russia occupied the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and its capital city, Sevastopol, and exercised control over certain areas […]
GEDIP’s Reccommendation on the Proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
Written by Hans van Loon, former Secretary General of the HCCH and Honorary Professor of the University of Edinburgh Law School As reported in this blog before (see
Parental Child Abduction to Islamic Countries by Nazia Yaqub
This book by Nazia Yaqub is an addition to the Hart series, in which several books on international child abduction have been published. The author investigates Islamic law, discussing where relevant the history and the different schools, and the specific legal rules of the selected States that have not acceded to the Hague Child Abduction […]
The Greek Supreme Court on the date of service of documents abroad: The end of a contemporary Greek tragedy
The Greek Supreme Court of Cassation (Areios Pagos) rendered a very important decision at the end of June, which is giving the final blow to a period of procedural insanity. A provision in force since the 1st of January 2016 is forcing claimants to serve the document instituting proceedings abroad within 60 days following filing. […]
Second Issue of Journal of Private International Law for 2022
The second issue of Journal of Private International Law for 2022 was released today. It features the following interesting articles: T Kruger et. al.,