2022 Civil Law Tort 
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JUNE 1, 2022
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.,
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
In 2022, the amount of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions nationwide was over one billion tons , making Japan the 5 th largest GHG emitter in the world. The Nagoya District Court will consider whether private actors can be held liable for their GHG emissions under Japanese tort law. Royal Dutch Shell plc. ,
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Conflict of Laws
NOVEMBER 26, 2022
During an online conference on this topic, which took place on the 29 th of September 2022, we had the great honor to host a discussion between well-known academics and leading domestic lawyers, who have dealt with this topic in depth. We had the horror to welcome the presentations of: Ms. Chronopoulou.
Conflict of Laws
AUGUST 23, 2023
The monograph predominantly examines 19 Indonesian court decisions on choice of law in international commercial contracts during the period, 2000-2020. Finally, this second chapter discusses the limits on choice of law, such as public policy and mandatory rules. 2] Penasthika (ibid). [3] 4] Penasthika (n 1), 179.
Conflict of Laws
JANUARY 21, 2022
Issue 1/2022 of RabelsZ is out. It contains the following articles (including three open-access articles focusing on “Decolonial Comparative Law”): Johannes Ungerer: Nudging in Private International Law. The Design of Connecting Factors in Light of Behavioural Economics, Volume 86 (2022) / Issue 1, pp.
Conflict of Laws
MARCH 23, 2024
It evidently has not stopped claimants from seeking enforcement of punitive damage awards in other civil law legal systems. Rademacher then analysed whether punitive elements could be found in German tort law. She pointed out that although parliament abolished punitive damages in certain areas of law (e.g.
LexForti
JUNE 2, 2022
This was further supported when the Criminal Law Act, of 1967 did away with these crimes and torts of “maintenance” and “champerty”. 7] Gourab Banerji, Third Party Funding In International Arbitration: An Indian Perspective , International Arbitration and the Rule of Law 407–423 (2021). [8] 12] Union of India v. 2068 of 2017. [21]
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