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The Application of Foreign Law
In 2017, the French Cour de Cassation has promoted a series of seven conferences on the application of foreign law, in partnership with the Société de législation comparée.
Theses conferences have just been published by the SLC.
Prefaced by Mr. Dominique Hascher, Judge at the Cour de cassation and President of the Société de législation comparée, the book contains the following contributions :
Jean-Pierre Ancel, L’office du juge dans la recherche du contenu du droit étranger (The judge’s role in establishing the content of foreign law)
Jean-Baptiste Racine, L’application par les juridictions françaises du droit uniforme et des conventions internationales (The application of uniform law and international conventions)
François Mélin, La coopération internationale dans la recherche du droit étranger : les méthodes classiques (International cooperation in researching the content of foreign law : traditional methods )
Florence Hermite, La coopération internationale dans la recherche du droit étranger : le renouvellement des méthodes (International cooperation in researching the content of foreign law : renewal of methods)
Sabine Corneloup, L’application facultative de la loi étrangère dans les situations de disponibilité du droit et l’application uniforme des règles de conflit d’origine européenne (Optional application of foreign law in situations of availability of law and the uniform application of rules of conflict of European origin)
Gustavo Cerqueira, La hiérarchie étrangère des normes devant le juge français (The foreign hierarchy of norms before the French judge)
Alice Meier-Bourdeau, Le contrôle par la Cour de cassation de l’application du droit étranger (The Cour de cassation’s control in applying foreign law)
Sara Godechot-Patris, L’exception d’équivalence entre la loi française et la loi étrangère (The exception of equivalence between the French law and the foreign law)
The book can be ordered here.
International Max Planck Research School for Successful Dispute Resolution in International Law Call for Applications
The International Max Planck Research School for Successful Dispute Resolution in International Law (IMPRS-SDR) is accepting applications for PhD proposals within the research areas of the Department of International Law and Dispute Resolution and the Department of European and Comparative Procedural Law to fill a total of 5 funded PhD positions at the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural law.
The IMPRS-SDR was established in 2009 to bring together academics and seasoned practitioners with excellent PhD candidates in international dispute settlement to examine and compare international dispute resolution from a legal and interdisciplinary perspective. It is a collaborative effort of several prestigious research institutions in Germany and Luxembourg, namely, the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law, Heidelberg University, the University of Luxembourg, the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law gGmbH, and the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law.
In addition to providing a stimulating research environment, the IMPRS-SDR strives to furnish PhD candidates with theoretical and practical insights into the many facets of international dispute resolution.
Selected PhD candidates will receive full-time research contracts of initially two years, with a possible extension. They are embedded in one of the Departments and its activities while also participating in activities organized by the IMPRS-SDR.
For further information on the admission criteria and the application process, as well as to submit your application, please visit: https://www.mpi.lu/imprs-sdr/call-for-applications/2018/ . Closing date for applications is 31 August 2018.
New article on a global legal framework for transnational civil litigation in environmental matters
Former Secretary General of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), Hans van Loon, has just published a very interesting article on “Principles and building blocks for a global legal framework for transnational civil litigation in environmental matters” in the Uniform Law Review, Vol. 23, Issue 2, June 2018, pp. 298–318. An abstract is available at https://doi.org/10.1093/ulr/uny020.
He suggests a number of basic structural components – building blocks – for a global legal framework for transnational civil litigation in environmental matters such as: jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement, and judicial and administrative communication and co-operation (pp. 316-318).
Of particular note is the reference to Article 5(1)(j) of the Hague Draft Convention on the Judgments Project, which provides that a judgment is eligible for recognition and enforcement if one of the following requirements is met –
(j) the judgment ruled on a non-contractual obligation arising from death, physical injury, damage to or loss of tangible property, and the act or omission directly causing such harm occurred in the State of origin, irrespective of where that harm occurred.
The author notes the possible challenges that may arise when the harmful event occurred elsewhere (neither in the defendant’s home – Art. 5(1)(a) of the Draft Convention – , nor in the State of Origin where the act or omission directly causing such harm occurred, see p. 315) and makes recommendations. For more information on this provision and its narrow scope, please refer to the Preliminary Explanatory Report of the Judgments Convention (paragraph 162bis, pp. 34-35).