Colombian private international law research has been witnessing a notable period of renewed scholarly activity. Following a previous announcement on this blog of the publication of a volume dedicated to the Colombian Draft Project on Private International Law, a further significant contribution has now been published, this time offering a broader and more systematic perspective on the field. This new contribution takes the form of a book edited by María Julia Ochoa Jiménez (Loyola University) and Claudia Madrid Martínez (University of Antioquia), entitled “A Private International Law for Colombia”, published in the Springer Textbooks in Law series (Springer, 2025).

According to the publisher’s website, the book offers a “[c]omprehensive study of issues underlying PIL, particularly in Latin America and Colombia”, provides “[s]ystematical analysis of PIL rules in Colombia, allowing readers to understand how they deal with global issues”, and “[a]ddresses rules in force, critically examines them and, accordantly, presents and discusses a legislative proposal”. Read more