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5th CPLJ webinar – 4 June 2021
Comparative Procedural Law and Justice (CPLJ) is a global project of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law, with the support of the Luxembourg National Research Fund (019/13946847), involving more than one hundred scholars from all over the world.
CPLJ is envisioned as a comprehensive study of comparative civil procedural law and civil dispute resolution schemes in the contemporary world. It aims at understanding procedural rules in their cultural context, as well as at highlighting workable approaches to the resolution of civil disputes.
In this framework, the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law will host its 5th CPLJ Webinar on 4 June 2021, 4:00 – 6:15 pm (CET).
The programme reads as follows:
Chairs: Margaret Woo (Northeastern University and CPLJ Editor) and Burkhard Hess (Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Comparative Procedural Law and CPLJ Editor)
4:00 PM Ralf Michaels (Max Planck Institute Hamburg for Comparative and International Private Law)
Decoloniality and Comparative Civil Procedure
4:30 PM Discussion
5:00 PM Intermission
5:15 PM John Haley (University of Washington)
Historical and Political factors Influencing Dispute Resolution
5:45 PM Discussion
6:15 PM End of conference
The full programme is available here.
Participation is free of charge, but registration is required by 1 June 2021 via a short e-mail to events@mpi.lu.
(Image credits: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
Inaugural Online Lecture of Nigeria Group on Private International Law
The Nigeria Group on Private International Law (“NGPIL”) will hold its inaugural lecture on June 21, 2021 at 6pm CEST and 5pm BST (also West Africa Time including Nigeria at 5pm). Registration and attendance online is free. For more information on the programme and registration see the NGPIL flyer and the NGPIL inaugural programme.
OAS: Webinar on International Commercial Contracts in the Americas and OAS resolution extending its support to the Hague Principles on the Choice of Law Applicable to International Commercial Contracts
The Organization of American States (OAS) is organizing a virtual forum as noted in the poster above. It will take place on Monday 24 May 2021 at 11 am (Washington D.C., USA time). For more information, click here.
This event will be held in Spanish only and is free of charge. The event will also be streamed live via social media networks.
This event follows an important and recent milestone of the OAS in which the Inter-American Juridical Committee completed its 98th Regular Session approving the Principles on Privacy and Protection of Personal Data and supporting the Hague Principles on the Choice of Law Applicable to International Commercial Contracts. Click here for the specific resolution (9 April 2021) and here for general information.
In February 2019, the Inter-American Juridical Committee adopted the “Guide on the Law Applicable to International Commercial Contracts in the Americas.”