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Cross-Border Enforcement in the EU (“IC2BE”) – workshop Netherlands 14 November
Save the Date – 14 November 2019
Workshop: Application of the “Second Generation” Regulations in The Netherlands
The Erasmus School of Law (Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands) will host a second national workshop on Thursday, 14 November 2019 from 9.30-13.00 hrs, in the framework of the research project “Informed Choices in Cross-Border Enforcement” (IC2BE) (see our first workshop). This project (JUSTAG-2016-02) is funded by the Justice Programme (2014-2020) of the European Commission and aims to assess the functioning in practice of the “second generation” of EU regulations on procedural law for cross-border cases, i.e. the European Enforcement Order (“EEO”), European Order for Payment (“EPO”), European Small Claims (as amended by Regulation (EU) 2015/2421) (“ESCP”) and the European Account Preservation Order (“EAPO”) Regulations.
The project is carried out by a European consortium involving the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg and the universities of Antwerp, Complutense of Madrid, Milan, Rotterdam, and Wroclaw, and is coordinated by Prof. Jan von Hein from the University of Freiburg.
The workshop will present the findings of the research in the Netherlands and discuss these with experts from legal practice and academics, with the aim of assessing and improving the application of these instruments.
The language of the workshop is mostly Dutch. Practitioners and academics interested in cross-border litigation are invited to participate in this event. Detailed information on the program and (free of charge) registration will follow soon. Contact address for further information: ontanu@law.eur.nl.
The finail conference for this IC2BE project will take place in Antwerp on 21-22 November 2019. For more information and registration see our previous post and the project website.
Milan, 25-26 October: Blockchain, Law and Governance
On 25 and 26 October 2019 Benedetta Cappiello and Gherhardo Carullo from the Università degli Studi di Milano will host a conference dealing with blockchain from a legal perspective. The focus is on the positive effects that this technology can generate. Special attention is paid to projects that aim to promote sustainability through blockchain solutions. One of the panels is devoted to jurisdiction and the law applicable to smart contracts.
The conference aims at:
- offering a critical analysis of the potential benefits and legal risks of distributed ledger technologies;
- scrutinizing opportunities offered by blockchain technology and possible regulatory frameworks;
- discussing the legal implications of blockchain technologies;
- presenting real-world blockchain projects applied to society;
- bringing together different stakeholders to discuss the future role of governments and the contemporary challenges to public trust.
Conference programme:
DAY 1 – October 25th
9:00 – 9:30: Registration
9:30 – 10:15: Welcome from: E. Franzini, University Chancellor; V. Nardo, Presidente Ordine Avvocati; L. Violini, Head of Department Diritto pubblico italiano e sovranazionale
10:30 –11:00: The Italian perspective: “An Introduction”
- P. Ciocca, Commissario Consob
11:00 – 11:30: Coffee Break
11:30 –12:15: Plenary Session: Understanding Blockchain: “An introduction”
- C. Malcolm, Head, Blockchain Policy Center, OECD-OCDE, tbc
12:30 – 13:45: Lunch
13:45 –14:15: Workshop:“How to ‘mine’?”
- C. Biondi Santi, BitMiner Factory, Firenze
14:30 –16:15: PlenarySession:“Blockchain in law”
Chair: NerinaBoschiero,FacultyDean
- P. de Filippi, Permanent Researcher at the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS) and Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University
- O. Goodenough, Director of the Center for Legal Innovation, Vermont Law School – CodeX Affiliated
- T. Schrepel, Utrecht University School of Law
16:15 – 16:45: Coffee Break
16:45 –18:00: “Blockchain in action: Crypto currencies”
Chair: Gabriele Sabbatini
- G. Zucco, BlockchainLabit, founder
- P. Dal Checco, Turin University
- R. Ghio, WizKey
16:45 –18:15: “Smart legal contract: forum and applicable law issue”
Chair:Benedetta Cappiello, University of Milan
- G. Rühl, Professor Friedrich Schiller University, Jena
- P. Bertoli, Professor Università degli Studi dell’Insubria
- M. T. Giordano, LT42
DAY 2 – October 26th
9:30 –10:30: Plenary session:“Blockchain as a tool to achieve the SDGs”
Chair: Cesare Pitea, University of Milan
- R. della Croce, OCSE, Senior Economist, Blockchain and green finance
- G. Baroncini Turrichia, HELPERBIT founder, Blockchain Project applied
- G. Coppi, Fordham University, International Humanitarian Affairs
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee break
11:00 –12:30: “Who and how to decide?”
Chair: Alessandro Palumbo, Ph.D., CEOJUR
- P. Ortoloni, Radboud University, Nijmegen
- A. Santosuosso, Professor Università degli Studi di Pavia
- J. Lassègue, Professor and Chargé de recherche CNRS
11:00 – 12:30: “Transparency Issue”
Chair: Gherardo Carullo
- M. Nastri, Notaio
- M. Finck, Max Planck Institute for innovation and competition
- A. Zwitter, Dean, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
For further information contact Benedetta Cappiello (benedetta.cappiello@unimi.it)
Gender and PIL (GaP): A New Transdisciplinary Research Project
written by Ivana Isailovic & Ralf Michaels
We are excited to announce the launch of a new transdisciplinary research project, Gender and Private International Law (GaP), based at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law (MPI).
This project is born out of a sense of scholarly and political urgency in a rapidly shifting world, where both conversations about gender equality and a powerful backlash against gender and LGBTQI justice are on the rise. Unlike other legal fields, private international law (“PIL”) has for the most part been absent from this conversation, with some rare (here, here & here) exceptions (see also the panel on women & PIL). The field is almost never analyzed using the concept of ‘gender’, or using methodologies and ideas developed by gender studies scholars. Similarly, scholars working on gender and the law tend to overlook how PIL regulates gender and distributes power and privilege at the transnational level. Transnational studies focusing on gender, often prioritize human rights analyses, or cultural issues, ignoring how PIL techniques and practices interact with identity, and negotiate differences.
Our goal is to create a space for transdisciplinary research and cross-learning at the intersection of PIL and gender and feminist studies. Over the course of this academic year, we will put in place a series of discussion groups bringing together a diverse group of legal scholars working on gender, and PIL scholars interested in gender justice issues. Sessions, organized around short readings, will address methodological questions as well as some of the most pressing topics in PIL, such as the regulation of transnational surrogacy, the recognition of Islamic family law, or international abduction. Our goal with this project is also to give a platform to emergent scholars representing a diversity of voices and backgrounds.
This academic year, we plan to organize three types of events at the MPI in Hamburg.
- The first one will be the kick-off event, taking place on Friday, Oct. 25, from 2-5 pm. Ivana Isailovic (MPI and Northeastern University, US) and Roxana Banu (Western University, Ontario, and Queen Mary University, UK) will guide a discussion examining the connections between gender studies and PIL. The event will be followed by a brainstorming session on how to move the project further.
- Over the course of the Fall 2019, and possibly into the Spring, we will also organize a series of intimate reading groups around canonical texts in gender studies and PIL respectively. PIL scholars and scholars working on gender and law will meet to discuss these texts in an informal setting. More information about these reading groups will be available soon.
- The final event for this academic year, to take place in the Spring of 2020, will be a full-day workshop with discussion groups organized around several specific themes. Similarly to the kick-off event, each discussion will be guided by a PIL expert and gender and law scholars.
In order to ensure that cost is not a barrier for participants, travel reimbursements will be available for emerging scholars who could not otherwise attend.
If you want to attend the kick-off event, please write, by October 18, to veranstaltungen@mpipriv.de. For any general questions concerning the project, including the stipend, please write to gender@mpipriv.de.
We look forward to seeing you at the MPI in Hamburg!