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

New Volume: Yearbook of Private International Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of Private International Law (Vol. 14, 2012/2013) is out. Contents include:

• Doctrine
• Marc Fallon & Thalia Kruger, The Spatial Scope of the EU’s Rules on Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments: From Bilateral Modus to Unilateral Universality?
• Pierre Mayer, Conflicting Decisions in International Commercial Arbitration
• Horatia Muir Watt, A Semiotics of Private International Legal Argument
• Thomas Kadner Graziano, Solving the Riddle of Conflicting Choice of Law Clauses in Battle of Forms Situations: The Hague Solution
• Sirko Harder, Recognition of a Foreign Judgment Overturned by a Non-Recognisable Judgment
• Marta Requejo Isidro, The Use of Force, Human Rights Violations and the Scope of the Brussels I Regulation
• A General Part for European Private International Law?
• Stefan Leible & Michael Müller, The Idea of a “Rome 0 Regulation”
• Luís de Lima Pinheiro, The Methodology and the General Part of the Portuguese Private International Law Codification: A Possible Source of Inspiration for the European Legislator?
• Protection of Personality Rights
• William Bennett, New Developments in the United Kingdom: The Defamation Act 2013
• Laura E. Little, Internet Defamation, Freedom of Expression, and the Lessons of Private International Law for the United States
• Michel Reymond, Jurisdiction in Case of Personality Torts Committed over the Internet: A Proposal for a Targeting Test
• Thomas Thiede, A Topless Duchess and Caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed: A Flexible Conflict of Laws Rule for Cross-Border Infringements of Privacy and Reputation
• The Chinese Private International Law Acts: Some Selected Issues
• Jin HUANG Creation and Perfection of China’s Law Applicable to Foreign-Related Civil Relations
• Yujun Guo, Legislation and Practice on Proof of Foreign Law in China
• Yong Gan, Mandatory Rules in Private International Law in the People’s Republic of China
• Qisheng He, Changes to Habitual Residence in China’s lex personalis
• Guangjian Tu, The Codification of Conflict of Laws in China: What Has/Hasn’t Yet Been Done for Cross-Border Torts?
• Wenwen Liang, The Applicable Law to Rights in rem under the Act on the Law Applicable to Foreign-Related Civil Relations of the People’s Republic of China
• Weidong Zhu, The New Conflicts Rules for Family and Inheritance Matters in China

New Volume: Yearbook of Private International Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of Private International Law (Vol. 13, 2011) is out. Contents include:

• Doctrine
• Stefania Bariatti, Multiple Nationalities and EU Private International Law – Many Questions and Some Tentative Answers
• George A. Bermann, Parallel Litigation: Is Convergence Possible?
• Patrick Kinsch, Private International Law Topics Before the European Court of Human Rights – Selected Judgments and Decisions (2010-2011)
• Jonathan Hill, The Powers of the English Court to Support an Arbitration in “Foreign Seat” and “No Seat” Cases
• Christa Roodt, Border Skirmishes between Courts and Arbitral Tribunals in the EU: Finality in Conflicts of Competence
• Koji Takahashi, Conflict of Laws in Emissions Trading
• Thomas Kadner Graziano, The CISG Before the Courts of Non-Contracting States? Take Foreign Sales Law as You Find It
• European Family Private International Law
• Cristina González Beilfuss, The Proposal for a Council Regulation on the Property Consequences of Registered Partnerships
• Ilaria Viarengo, The EU Proposal on Matrimonial Property Regimes – Some General Remarks
• Andrea Bonomi, The Interaction among the Future EU Instruments on Matrimonial Property, Registered Partnerships and Successions
• Beatriz Campuzano Díaz, The Coordination of the EU Regulations on Divorce and Legal Separation with the Proposal on Matrimonial Property Regimes
• Simone Marinai, Matrimonial Matters and the Harmonization of Conflict of Laws: A Way to Reduce the Role of Public Policy as a Ground for Non-Recognition of Judgments

New Volume: Yearbook of Private International Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of Private International Law (Vol. 12, 2010) is out. Contents include:

• Doctrine
• Katharina Boele-Woelki, For Better or for Worse: The Europeanization of International Divorce Law
• Chen Weizuo, Chinese Private International Law Statute of 28 October 2010
• Talia Einhorn, The Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments: on International Commercial Arbitral Awards
• Sixto Sanchez Lorenzo, Choice of Law and Overriding Mandatory Rules in International Contracts after Rome I
• Recent Developments in U.S. Conflicts of Laws
• Patrick J. Borchers, The Emergence of Quasi Rules in U.S. Conflicts Law
• Ronald A. Brand, U.S. Implementation vel non of the 2005 Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements
• Linda J. Silberman, Morrison v. National Australia Bank: Implications for Global Securities Class Actions
• Robert G. Spector, A Guide to United States Case Law under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
• David P. Stewart, Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in the United States
• Symeon C. Symeonides, Codifying Choice of Law for Tort Conflicts: The Oregon Experience in Comparative Perspective
• The Revision of the Brussels I Regulation
• Andrew Dickinson, Surveying the Proposed Brussels I bis Regulation: Solid Foundations but Renovation Needed
• Adrian Briggs, What Should Be Done about Jurisdiction Agreements?
• Alegría Borrás, Application of the Brussels I Regulation to External Situations – From Studies Carried Out by the European Group for Private International Law (EGPIL/GEDIP) to the Proposal for the Revision of the Regulation
• Rafael Arenas García, Abolition of Exequatur: Problems and Solutions – Mutual Recognition, Mutual Trust and Recognition of Foreign Judgments: Too Many Words in the Sea
• Sara Sánchez Fernández, Choice-of-Court Agreements: Breach and Damages Within the Brussels I Regime
• Diana Sancho Villa, Jurisdiction over Jurisdiction and Choice of Court Agreements: Views on the Hague Convention of 2005 and Implications for the European Regime

New Volume: Yearbook of Private International Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of Private International Law (Vol. 11, 2009) is out. Contents include:

• Doctrine
• Erik Jayme, Party Autonomy in International Family and Succession Law: New Tendencies
• Ralf Michaels, After the Revolution – Decline and Return of U.S. Conflict of Laws
• Diego P. Fernández Arroyo, Private International Law and Comparative Law: A Relationship Challenged by International and Supranational Law
• Koji Takahashi, Damages for Breach of a Choice-of-Court Agreement: Remaining Issues
• Eva Lein, A Further Step Towards a European Code of Private International Law: The Commission Proposal for a Regulation on Succession
• Giulia Rossolillo, Personal Identity at a Crossroad between Private International Law, International Protection of Human Rights and EU Law
• Urs Peter Gruber & Ivo Bach, The Application of Foreign Law: A Progress Report on a New European Project
• Juan José Alvarez Rubio, Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods: Jurisdiction and Arbitration under the New UNCITRAL Convention 2008
• Private International Law in China - Selected Topics
• Yongping Xiao & Weidi Long, Contractual Party Autonomy in Chinese Private International Law
• Qisheng He, Recent Developments with Regards to Choice of Law in Tort in China
• Renshan Liu, Recent Judicial Cooperation in Civil and Commercial Matters between Mainland China and Taiwan, the Hong Kong S.A.R. and the Macao S.A.R.
• Weidong Zhu, Law Applicable to Arbitration Agreements in China
• Yongping Xiao, Foreign Precedents in Chinese Courts
• Guoqiang Luo (Steel Rometius), Crime of Law-Bending Arbitration in Chinese Criminal Law and Its Effects on International Commercial Arbitration
• Fang Xiao, Law Applicable to Arbitration Clauses in China: Comments on the Chinese People’s Supreme Court’s Decision in the Hengji Company Case

New Volume: Yearbook of Private International Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of Private International Law (Vol. 10, 2008) is out. Contents include:

• Doctrine
• Fausto Pocar, The New Lugano Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters
• Peter Mankowski, Commercial Agents under European Jurisdiction Rules: The Brussels I Regulation Plus the Procedural Consequences of Ingmar
• Koji Takahashi, Damages for Breach of a Choice-of-court Agreement
• Carlos Esplugues Mota, Arbitration Agreements in International Arbitration: The New Spanish Regulation
• Gerhard Dannemann, Accidental Discrimination in the Conflict of Laws: Applying, Considering, and Adjusting Rules from Different Jurisdictions
• Matthias Lehmann, What’s in a Name? Grunkin-Paul and Beyond
• Rome I Regulation - Selected Topics
• Andrea Bonomi, The Rome I Regulation on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations – Some General Remarks
• Eva Lein, The New Rome I / Rome II / Brussels I Synergy
• Pedro A. De Miguel Asensio, Applicable Law in the Absence of Choice to Contracts Relating to Intellectual or Industrial Property Rights
• Marie-Elodie Ancel, The Rome I Regulation and Distribution Contracts
• Laura García Gutiérrez, Franchise Contracts and the Rome I Regulation on the Law Applicable to International Contracts
• Francisco J. Garcímartin Alférez, New Issues in the Rome I Regulation: The Special Provisions on Financial Market Contracts
• Helmut Heiss, Insurance Contracts in Rome I: Another Recent Failure of the European Legislature
• Andrea Bonomi, Overriding Mandatory Provisions in the Rome I Regulation on the Law Applicable to Contracts
• Yasuhiro Okuda, A Short Look at Rome I on Contract Conflicts from a Japanese Perspective
• The New Hague Maintenance Convention and Protocol
• William Duncan, The Hague Convention of 23 November 2007 on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance Comments on its Objectives and Some of its Special Features
• Andrea Bonomi, The Hague Protocol of 23 November 2007 on the Law Applicable to Maintenance Obligations
• Philippe Lortie, The Development of Medium and Technology Neutral International Treaties in Support of Post-Convention Information Technology Systems – The Example of the 2007 Hague Convention and Protocol

Conference: The Future of PIL between National and International Law: Codifications and Caselaw

Swiss Institute of Comparative Law and Sellier European Law Publishers will sponsor a conference celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Yearbook of Private International Law, March 19, 2009. The theme is "The Future of PIL between National and International Law: Codifications and Caselaw." The program is here.

New Volume: Yearbook of Private International Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of Private International Law (Vol. 9, 2007) is out. Contents include:

• The Rome II Regulation – An Overview
• Gerhard Hohloch, Place of Injury, Habitual Residence, Closer Connections and Substantive Scope – the Basic Principles
• Th.M. De Boer, Party Autonomy and its Limitations in the Rome II Regulation
• Peter Huber & Martin Illmer, International Product Liability. A Commentary on Article 5 of the Rome II Regulation
• Michael Hellner, Unfair Competition and Acts Restricting Free Competition. A Commentary on Article 6 of the Rome II Regulation
• Thomas Kadner Graziano, The Law Applicable to Cross-Border Damage to the Environment. A Commentary on Article 7 of the Rome II Regulation
• Nerina Boschiero, Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights. A Commentary on Article 8 of the Rome II Regulation
• Guillermo Palao Moreno, The Law Applicable to a Non-Contractual Obligation with Respect to an Industrial Action. A Commentary on Article 9 of the Rome II Regulation
• Bart Volders, Culpa in Contrahendo in the Conflict of Laws. A Commentary on Article 12 of the Rome II Regulation
• Georgina Garriga, Relationship between Rome II and Other International Instruments. A Commentary on Article 28 of the Rome II Regulation
• Symeon C. Symeonides, Rome II: A Centrist Critique
• Yuko Nishitani, The Rome II Regulation from a Japanese Point of View
• Cecilia Fresnedo de Aguirre & Diego P. Fernandez Arroyo, A Quick Latin American Look at the Rome II Regulation
• Reid Mortensen, A Common Law Cocoon: Australia and the Rome II Regulation

New Volume: Yearbook of Private International Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of Private International Law (Vol. 8, 2006) is out. Contents include:

• Alfred E. von Overbeck, Three Steps With Petar Sarcevic
• Tito Ballarino, Is a Conflict Rule for Living Wills and Euthanasia Needed?
• Katharina Boele-Woelki, Ian Curry-Sumner, Miranda Jansen, & Wendy Schrama, The Evaluation of Same-Sex Marriages and Registered Partnerships in the Netherlands
• Alegría Borrás, Competence of the Community to Conclude the Revised Lugano Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters - Opinion C-1/03 of 7 February 2006: Comments and Immediate Consequences
• Lawrence Collins: The United States Supreme Court and the Principles of Comity: Evidence in Transnational Litigation
• William Duncan, Nationality and the Protection of Children across Frontiers, and the Example of Intercountry Adoption
• Jasnica Garasic, What is Right and What is Wrong in the ECJ's Judgment on Eurofood IFSC Ltd
• Huang Jin, Interaction and Integration between the Legal Systems of Hong Kong, Macao and Mainland China 50 Years after Their Return to China
• Ulrich Magnus, Set-off and the Rome I Proposal
• Yuko Nishitani, International Child Abduction in Japan
• Yasuhiro Okuda, Reform of Japan's Private International Law: Act on the General Rules of the Application of Laws
• Robert G. Spector, Same-Sex Marriages, Domestic Partnerships and Private International Law: At the Dawn of a New Jurisprudence in the United States