European Parliament approves enhanced Cooperation in the Area of Property...
In a plenary vote, the European Parliament has formally approved the two proposals on property regimes for international married couples or registered partnerships (see our earlier post) on 23 June...
View ArticleOut now: Hay/Rösler on Private International Law
A few days ago, the 5th of edition of a (German language) classic on private international law, the “Hay”, was released. Fully revised and updated by Hannes Rösler, a Professor for Civil Law,...
View ArticleJob Vacancy at the University of Jena: Lecturer in English Common Law
The Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (FSU), Faculty of Law, invites applications for the post of a fulltime, permanent Lecturer in English Common Law (salary class E 13) beginning 1 October 2016....
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Out now: Fundamental Questions of European Private International Law
Stefan Arnold from the University of Graz has edited a volume on fundamental questions of European Private International Law (Grundfragen des Europäischen Kollisionsrechts, Mohr Siebeck 2016, VII + 167...
View ArticleChoice of Forum Agreements under Brussels Ibis and the Hague Convention
Our co-editor Matthias Weller has written an article on jurisdiction clauses under the Brussels Ibis Regulation and the Hague Choice of Court Convention (Choice of Forum Agreements under the Brussels I...
View ArticleConference on the new European Matrimonial Property Regulations in Würzburg
The German Notary Institute and the Chair of Civil Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law at the University of Regensburg are hosting a joint conference on the new Matrimonial Property...
View ArticleChanges and challenges in cross-border litigation – a post-referendum view...
On Friday, 7 October 2016, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies at the University of London will host a half-day conference on Changes and challenges in cross-border litigation after the Brexit...
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New book on the legal consequences of Brexit
Only five months after the UK Brexit Referendum the first (German) book dealing with the legal consequences of Brexit has been published (“Brexit und die juristischen Folgen, Nomos 2017, ISBN...
View ArticleBrexit, but rEEAmain? The Effect of Brexit on the UK’s EEA Membership
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Professor of Law at the University of Mannheim (Germany) and Heinrich Nemeczek, Research Fellow at the University of Mannheim (Germany) and an Academic Visitor at the Law Faculty...
View ArticleSupreme Court of Latvia: Final Outcome of “flyLAL Lithuanian Airlines”
By Baiba Rudevska On 23 October 2014 the European Court of Justice (hereinafter referred to as the “ECJ”) delivered its judgment in the case “flyLAL Lithuanian Airlines AS v. Starptautiska lidosta Riga...
View ArticleThank you, Martin, for 10 years of conflictoflaws.net!
Dear Martin, dear all, We would like to take the opportunity and thank you, Martin, very much for setting up and taking care of the blog for more than 10 years! Under your supervision the blog has...
View ArticleJob Vacancy: PhD Position/Fellow at the University of Bonn, Germany
The Institute for Private International and Comparative Law, University of Bonn, Germany, is looking for one highly skilled and motivated PhD candidate and fellow (Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in)...
View ArticleHouse of Lords EU Committee on Judicial Cooperation post-Brexit
On 20 March 2017 the European Union Committee of the House of Lords has published its Report on Judicial cooperation post-Brexit (“Brexit: Justice for families, individuals and Businesses?”). The full...
View ArticleBrexit, again: White Paper on the Great Repeal Bill
Since Wednesday it is official: The UK will leave the EU. What this means for judicial cooperation in cross-border matters has been the subject of an intense debate over the last months. The UK...
View ArticleHague Securities Convention in force
This is no April fool’s prank: The Hague Convention of 5 July 2006 on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in Respect of Securities held with an Intermediary will enter into force today. It will apply...
View ArticleNew Hungarian Private International Law Act
By Tamás Szabados, LL.M. (UCL), PhD (ELTE), Senior Lecturer at the Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary) On 11 April 2017, the new Hungarian Private International Law Act (Act XXVIII of 2017), adopted...
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Brexit Negotiations Series on OBLB
On 17 March 2017 Horst Eidenmüller and John Armour, both from the University of Oxford, organised a one-day conference at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, on ‘Negotiating Brexit’. One panel focused on the...
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Now (partly) online: Encyclopedia of Private International Law
During the last four years a group of 181 authors from 57 countries has been working very hard to make a special book project come true: the 4-volume Encyclopedia of Private International Law...
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RabelsZ Vol. 81 (2017) No. 1
We have not yet alerted our readers to the first issue of Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht (RabelsZ) which was published in February 2017. So, here we go: Jürgen...
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Save the date: LSE-Workshop on International Finance, Party Autonomy and...
The LSE Law and Financial Markets Project will host a workshop on “International Finance, Party Autonomy and Public Interest” on 18 May 2017. Speakers include Philipp Paech (LSE), Stéphanie Francq...
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