Long Life ATS
American ATS is far from being dead: that’s true both from the standpoint of academics and practitioners. Only two days ago, on Tuesday, Gilles announced a
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Issue 2011.1 Nederlands Internationaal Privaatrecht
The first issue of 2011 of the Dutch journal on Private International Law,
Antisuit Injunctions and International Law
Those interested in antisuit injunctions and/or corporations accountability for human rights violations should not miss
Italian Society of International Law’s XVI Annual Meeting (Catania, 23-24 June 2011)
The Italian Society of International Law (
New Alien Tort Statute Case At The United States Supreme Court: Kiobel, et al., v Royal Dutch Petroleum Petition Filed
In Kiobel, et al., v Royal Dutch Petroleum, et al., lawyers for 12 individuals seeking to hold major oil companies legally responsible for human rights abuses in Nigeria in the 1990s have asked the Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals court’s ruling that corporations are immune to such claims in U.S. courts. The law […]
New French E-Journal
The Law Faculty of Metz has launched a new e-journal
Surrogacy Agreements Violate French Public Policy
The French Supreme Court for private and criminal matters (Cour de cassation) has delivered yesterday
Krombach v. Bamberski: Update (updated)
The second criminal trial of Dr. Dieter Krombach began on March 29th in Paris. Readers will recall that the first trial took place in the absence of Dr. Krombach, and then led to the famous Krombach decision of the European Court of Human Rights. Readers will also recall that this second trial will take place because
Gambazzi Looses in Milan
On 24 November 2010, the Milan Court of appeal found that the English judgments delivered in 1998 and 1999 in the Gambazzi case were not contrary to Italian public policy and could thus be declared enforceable in Italy. We had reported earlier on this
Book: From House of Lords to Supreme Court (including Article by Briggs)
Hart Publishing has recently published an edited collection entitled From House of Lords to Supreme Court: Judges, Jurists and the Process of Judging, edited by James Lee (University of Birmingham), celebrating the transition from the House of Lords to the new United Kingdom Supreme Court. The book includes an essay by Adrian Briggs, entitled ‘The […]