Wednesday, March 25, 2009

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