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Guest Post: Climate Litigation in Japan: Citizens’ Attempts for the Coal Phase-Out

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On May 6, 2022, the Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant filed an appeal to Japan’s Supreme Court in Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. As of May 2022 , there are 163 operating coal-fired power plants in Japan. Civil law cases. By Yumeno Grace Nishikawa, LLM*. Kobe Steel Ltd.,

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Third Issue of Journal of Private International Law for 2023

Conflict of Laws

The third issue of the Journal of Private International Law for 2023 has just been published. To answer this question, the article explores primary and secondary sources from various jurisdictions around the world, including common law, civil law, and mixed legal systems, together with insights from experts in commercial conflict of laws.

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LEX & FORUM Vol. 3/2022

Conflict of Laws

The European Regulations of Private and Procedural International Law are part of an enclosed legislative system. Like any regional unification, EU law involves discriminatory treatment against those who fall outside its scope. This editorial has been prepared by Prof. Paris Arvanitakis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

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EU dispatch: Irish judge elected first female ECHR president at challenging juncture

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Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Ciara Dinneny is a trainee with the Law Society of Ireland. She was then appointed as a judge in the ECHR in 2015 and took up the role of vice-president in January 2022.

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Review of: PP Penasthika, Unravelling Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts: Indonesia as an Illustrative Case Study (The Hague: Eleven Publishers 2022)

Conflict of Laws

Very recently, Indonesian private international law has attracted significant scholarship in the English language. [1] 1] Dr Penasthika’s monograph (‘the monograph’) [2] is one such work that deserves attention for its compelling and comprehensive account of choice of law in international commercial contracts in Indonesia.

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The New Saudi Civil Transaction Act and its Potential Impact on Private International Law in Saudi Arabia

Conflict of Laws

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has recently enacted a new Civil Transactions Law (Royal Decree No. The law will enter into force on December 16, 2023, 180 days after its enactment (hereinafter referred to as “the new law”). M/73 of 9 March 2022, entered into force on June 18, 2022).

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Now Hiring: Research Assistant in Private International Law in Freiburg (Germany)

Conflict of Laws

At the Institute for Comparative and Private International Law of the University of Freiburg (Germany), a vacancy has to be filled at the chair for civil law, private international law and comparative law ( Prof. Dr. Jan von Hein ), from April 1st, 2022 with.

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