Latest Issue of “Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts” (3/2008)
Recently, the May/June issue of the German legal journal “Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts” (
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Fourth Issue of 2007’s Revue Critique de Droit International Privé
The last issue of Revue Critique de Droit International Privé for 2007 was just released. It contains two articles dealing with conflict issues. The first is authored by Fabien Marchadier who lectures at the Law Faculty of Limoges University. It discusses the Contribution of the European Court of Human Rights to the Efficacy of the […]
New Articles for Early 2008
It has been a little while since my last trawl through the law journals, and a few articles and casenotes have been published in the intervening period that private international law enthusiasts may wish to add to their reading list: J.M. Carruthers, “De Facto Cohabitation: the International Private Law Dimension” (2008) 12
Comity at the Court: Three Recent Orders Seeking the View of the Solicitor General
If the Justices are considering whether to grant a petition for certiorari, and they think the case raises issues on which the views of the federal government might be relevant—but the government is not a party—they will order a CVSG brief. “CVSG” means “Call for the Views of the Solicitor General.” This “invitation” is naturally […]
French Muslims Getting Divorced Back Home
In 2007, the French supreme court for private matters (Cour de cassation) ruled five times on the recognition in France of Islamic divorces obtained in Algeria (judgments of 10 July 2007, 19 September 2007, 17 October 2007, 31 October 2007) or in Morocco (judgment of 22 May 2007). Even by the standard of a civil […]
November 2007 Round-Up: Focus on Anti-Suit Injunctions, The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, and Foreign Relations Implications of Private Lawsuits
Significant issues of private international received notable attention in the federal courts over this past month. We’ll begin with an issue that has long-tortured consensus in federal courts: anti-suit injunctions. Over three years ago, Judge Selya outlined a split of circuit authority over the “legal standards to be employed in determining whether the power to […]
Private International Law in Africa: Past, Present and Future
Richard Oppong (Lancaster Law School) has written an article on “Private International Law in Africa: Past, Present and Future” in the latest issue of the American Journal of Comparative Law ((2007) 55 AJCL 677-719.) Here’s the abstract: The development of private international law has stagnated in Africa for some time now. This is reflected in […]
October 2007 Round-Up: International Tort Claims, “Forum Non” Dismissals and Punitive Damages
This installment of significant developments will focus on salient issues that have been the subject of frequent, past posts on this website. First, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided a compendium of Alien Tort Claim cases that raise an interesting question at the intersection of domestic and international law: that […]
Comity and the Recognition of Foreign Judgments in Long Beach v Global Witness
A very interesting judgment was handed down in the High Court on 15th August 2007 in the case of Long Beach & Nguesso v Global Witness [2007] EWHC 180 (QB). Professor