On 8 September 2026 Andrea Bonomi and the Centre for Comparative, European and International Law of the University of Lausanne are organizing a conference titled „Wills substitutes” in comparative and private international law.
Speakers include: Michael W. Galligan (New York), Edward
This note has been co-authored with Dr. Samuel Vuattoux-Bock, LL.M. (Kiel). It is based on a legal expert opinion for White and Case LLP, Frankfurt. A more comprehensive version – in German – is forthcoming in the Zeitschrift für Internationales
The following announcement has kindly been shared with us by Dr. Benedikt Schmitz.
Save the Date: 4 November 2026
Online Book Launch – Choice of Law or Consumer Contracts in Theory and Practice
We are pleased to announce an
On 10 September 2026, the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law, in cooperation with the Institute for Comparative Law, will host the Second Private International Law Conference, a regional forum dedicated to current developments and emerging challenges in private international
The latest issue of the „Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts“ (IPRax) features the following articles:
L. Schwannecke: Challenging the European Certificate of Succession: Prerequisites and consequences after the CJEU decision in Albausy [German]
According to Art. 67 of
This post was kindly prepared by <a Sai Ramani Garimella, Associate Professor, Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University.
A judgment-creditor is often concerned about the enforcement of foreign court orders, and that concern is not completely misplaced in India.
For those (like myself) who view private international law as we know it today as essentially a European invention of the 19th century it is fascinating to see examples of earlier and non-European regimes. One example is Article 48 (on
