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Comparative Procedural Law and Justice Final Conference in Luxembourg (11–12 July 2024)

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On 11 and 12 July 2024 , the Comparative Procedural Law and Justice (CPLJ) Final Conference will take place at the University of Luxembourg. The project was designed to provide a comprehensive analysis of comparative civil procedural law and contemporary civil dispute resolution mechanisms.

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The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: PIL and Litigation Aspects

Conflict of Laws

Conflict of laws and overriding mandatory provisions The role of PIL in the agenda of business and human rights has increasingly received scholarly attention. This disclosure must adhere to national procedural laws.

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U.S. Court Issues Worldwide Anti-Enforcement Injunction

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As Ralf Michaels and I found in a recent analysis , the anti-enforcement injunction is an unusual but important device in transnational litigation. cases involving these orders, and one of the leading decisions arose in the context of the wildly complicated and somewhat anomalous Chevron Ecuador litigation. sanctions law.

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Chinese Judicial Practice on Asymmetric Choice of Court Agreements in International Civil & Commercial Disputes

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This article gives a glimpse of how Chinese courts handle asymmetric choice of court agreements in international and commercial civil litigations. [4] Choice of Law Most Chinese courts tend to apply lex fori on the effectiveness of asymmetric choice of court agreements. Chen Fuxiang et al , (2020) Min 72 Min Chu 239 Hao [(2020)?72??239?],

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Virtual Hearing in China’s Smart Court

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The pandemic causes serious disruption to litigation. In 2015, the Provisions of the SPC on Several Issues Concerning Registration and Filling of Cases provides the People’s courts should provide litigation services including online filing. [1] However, the pandemic outbroke in the UK in March 2020. Background.

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The Chinese villages win a lawsuit in China to repatriate a Mummified Buddha Statue hold by a Dutch Collector —What Role has Private International Law Played?

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By Zhengxin Huo, Professor of Law, China University of Polit’l Science and Law; Associate Member of International Academy of Comparative Law; Observer of the UNESCO 1970 Convention. The Court, thereafter, held the hearings on 26 July and 12 October of 2018 respectively, and publicly pronounced the judgement on 4 December 2020.

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Shell litigation in the Dutch courts – milestones for private international law and the fight against climate change

Conflict of Laws

As was briefly announced earlier on this blog , on 29 January 2021, the Dutch Court of Appeal in The Hague gave a ruling in a long-standing litigation launched by four Nigerian farmers and the Dutch Milieudefensie. Climate change and related human rights litigation is undoubtedly of increasing importance in private international law.