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Call for papers – Minor’s right to information in European civil actions: Improving children’s right to information in cross-border civil cases
The right of children to receive adequate information in civil proceedings involving them represents a cornerstone of child participation, as well as a fundamental right of the child. The contact of children with the judicial system represents one of the most delicate situations where the child’s best interests and wellbeing should be of special attention. […]
Cross-Border Families under Covid-19: Call for Papers
The Minerva Center for Human Rights at Tel Aviv University will host an international socio-legal (zoom-) workshop on 22-23 June 2021 to explore the impact of the Covid-19 crisis and its regulation on cross-border families: Cross-border families (also known as transnational and globordered families) are a growing and diverse phenomenon. People around the globe create bi-national spousal […]
Introduction to the Elgar Companion to the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) — Part II
This entry is the second of two parts that provide an introduction to the Elgar Companion to the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH). It outlines the editors’ reflections on the 35 Chapters, drawing out some of the key themes that emerged from the Companion, including the HCCH’s contribution to access to justice and […]
European Commission Rome II Study
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) (in consortium with Civic Consulting) has been selected by the European Commission to conduct a study supporting the preparation of a report on the application of the Rome II Regulation (EC) No. 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (JUST/2019/JCOO/FW/CIVI/0167). The study assesses the 10-year application […]
Out now: Leonardo de Oliveira/Sara Hourani (eds.), Access to Justice in Arbitration
Access 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 […]
AMEDIP: The programme of its XLIII Seminar is now available
The programme of the XLIII Seminar of the Mexican Academy of Private International and Comparative Law (AMEDIP) is now available
Out now: RabelsZ 4/2020
Issue 4 of RabelsZ is now available online and in print. It contains the following articles: MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR AUSLÄNDISCHES UND INTERNATIONALES PRIVATRECHT, Die Frühehe im Rechtsvergleich: Praxis, Sachrecht, Kollisionsrecht (Early Marriage in Comparative Law: Practice, Substantive Law, Choice of Law), pp. 705–785 Early marriage is a global and ancient phenomenon; its frequency worldwide, but especially […]
Chris Thomale on the EP Draft Report on Corporate Due Diligence
Professor Chris Thomale, University of Vienna and Roma Tre University, has kindly provided us with his thoughts on the recent EP Draft Report on corporate due diligence and corporate accountability. In recent years, debate on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has picked up speed, finally reaching the EU. The