Publication: Briggs on Agreements on Jurisdiction and Choice of Law
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A Round-Up of Articles Recently Published
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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 […]
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
Article on the Economic Analysis of Choice of Law Clauses
Stefan Voigt (Marburg) has written an interesting article titled “Are International Merchants Stupid? Their Choice of Law Sheds Doubt on the Legal Origin Theory” which has been published originally in the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, March 2008, Vol. 5, Issue 1 and has been posted on SSRN. The
Guest Editorials
Conflict of Laws .net will periodically play host to guest editors: distinguished scholars and practitioners in private international law, who have been invited to write a short article on a subject of their choosing. It is hoped that these guest editorials will provide a forum for discussion and debate on some of the key issues currently in the conflicts world. This page will list the editorials as they appear.