Monday, September 29, 2014

New Volume: Yearbook of Private International Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of Private International Law (Vol. 15, 2013/2014) is out. Contents include:
  • Doctrine
    • Paul Lagarde, The Movement of Civil-Status Records in Europe, and the European Commission’s Proposal of 24 April 2013
    • Christian Kohler, Towards the Recognition of Civil Status in the European Union
    • Working Group of the Federal Association of German Civil Status Registrars, One Name Throughout Europe – Draft for a European Regulation on the Law Applicable to Names
    • Patrick Kinsch, Harroudj v. France: Indications from the European Court of Human Rights on the Nature of Choice of Law Rules and on Their Potentially Discriminatory Effect
    • Jan L. Neels, The Nature, Objective and Purposes of the Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Contracts
    • Benedetta Ubertazzi, Private International Law before the International Court of Justice
  • The Brussels I-bis Regulation and Future Perspectives
    • Fabrizio Marongiu Buonaiuti, Lis alibi pendens and Related Actions in the Relationships with the Courts of Third Countries in the Recast of the Brussels I Regulation
    • Ilaria Queirolo, Choice of Court Agreements in the New Brussels I-bis Regulation: A Critical Appraisal
    • Dorothee Schramm, Enforcement and the Abolition of Exequatur under the 2012 Brussels I Regulation
    • Francesco Seatzu, A Plea for Civil Remedy: The Municipal Implementation of Fundamental Rights Provisions in the Framework of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012
    • Luigi Mari & Ilaria Pretelli, Possibility and Terms for Applying the Brussels I Regulation (Recast) to Extra-EU Disputes – Excerpta of the Study PE 493.024 by the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law
  • Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Decisions in Non-EU Jurisdictions
    • Sirko Harder, Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Australia
    • Gérald Goldstein, The Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Decisions in Québec
    • Geneviève Saumier, Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in the Canadian Common Law Provinces
    • Wenliang Zhang, Recognition of Foreign Judgments in China: The Essentials and Strategies
    • Song Lu & Kun Fan, The Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Hong Kong
    • Richard Frimpong Oppong, Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Commonwealth African Countries
    • Karim El Chazli, Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Decisions in Egypt
    • Yasuhiro Okuda, Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Japan
    • Kwang Hyun Suk, Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in the Republic of Korea
    • Anna Grishchenkova, Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Russia – Recent Trends
    • Tiong Min Yeo, Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Singapore
    • Paul Bäder & Thalia Kruger, The Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in South Africa
    • Ceyda Süral & Zeynep Derya Tarman, Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Court Decisions in Turkey