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Submission of Abstracts for the 2009 NYU Conference
The Journal of Private International Law will hold its third major conference at New York University on April 17-18, 2009. As was the practice at the prior conferences at the University of Aberdeen in 2005 and at the University of Birmingham
Arbitral Awards Violating European Antitrust Laws: French Courts Cannot Help
Are French courts willing to review arbitral awards on the ground that arbitrators violated European antitrust laws? As a matter of principle, French courts are extremely reluctant to review arbitral awards on the merits. In theory, an exception remains when the award violates French international public policy, but actual instances where French courts have found […]
Publication: Briggs on Agreements on Jurisdiction and Choice of Law
It has been our book of the month for a few weeks now, but as yet we have not formally announced the publication of
A Round-Up of Articles Recently Published
Conflicts scholars have been busy since
Second Issue of 2008’s Journal du Droit International
The second issue of French Journal du Droit International (also known as Clunet) will be released shortly. It does not contain articles which directly deal with conflict issues. Yet, three of them might be of interest for readers of this blog. This first is authored by Tunisian professor Lofti Chedly and discusses 14 years of […]
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” (
Conference: International Law Association Conference 2008
The 73rd. Conference of the International Law Association, hosted by its Brazilian Branch, will take place in the city of Rio de Janeiro, at the InterContinental Hotel, August 17-21 2008. The central theme of the Conference will be “Law for the Future,” focusing on Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, Rights of the Human Person, Resolution […]
Research School on Successful Dispute Settlement in International Law
The University of Heidelberg Law School awards in cooperation with the Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law Doctoral Research Positions (starting June 2008, duration: up to 3 years) for studies leading to a Doctorate in Law (Dr. jur.) with the following research objective: How can the success of international dispute resolution be explained? […]
French Court Declines Jurisdiction to Transfer Dispute Back to U.S. Court
On March 6th 2008, the Paris Court of Appeal agreed to decline jurisdiction in order to enable the plaintiffs to go back to California and resume the proceedings that they had initiated there. The U.S. Court had (almost) declined jurisdiction on the ground of forum non conveniens, but had fortunately made its decision conditional upon […]