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Overview of the 2023 Amendments to Chinese Civil Procedure Law

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Background China’s Civil Procedure Law was enacted in April 1991 by the Fourth Session of the Seventh National People’s Congress. The latest amendments to the Civil Procedure Law in 2023, referred to as the new CPL, involve 26 amendments, including 14 modified articles and 15 new additions. See the table below.

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China’s Cause of Foreign-related Rule of Law

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(drafted by Liu Zuozhen and revised by Tu Guangjian) In recent years, China has put much emphasis on foreign-related rule of law. China’s top legislature has prioritized and made significant progress in foreign-related legislations across various legal domains, including civil, commercial, economic, administrative, and procedural laws.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 5/2023: Abstracts

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Nitschmann: The consequences of Brexit on Civil Judicial Cooperation between Germany and the United Kingdom The United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union has far-reaching consequences for international civil procedure law. It was approved by means of Law No. A reshaping of Art. Pursuant to Art.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 4/2023: Abstracts

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Freitag: More Freedom of Choice in Private International Law on the Name of a Person! The author analyses the background of the decision and discusses its consequences for the long-standing conflict of procedural laws ( Justizkonflikt) between the United States and Germany. Kronke: Obituary on Jürgen Basedow (1949–2023) C.

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Final Update: Repository HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention

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Final Update of 29 August 2023: New entries are printed bold. A Critical Overview of the Hague Preliminary Draft on Judgments”, Yearbook of Private International Law 17 (2015/2016), pp 1-31 Bonomi, Andrea; Mariottini, Cristina M. Implementing the Hague Judgments Convention”, New York University Law Review 97 (2022), pp.

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Conflict of Laws - Untitled Article

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The EU Sustainability Directive and Jurisdiction The Draft for a Corporate Sustainable Due Diligence Directive currently contains no rules on jurisdiction. The EU Parliament has thereby backed the compromise text reached by its legal affairs committee on 25 April 2023. The current state of the CSDDD already represents a milestone.

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China Adopts Restrictive Theory of Foreign State Immunity

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Ayer Chair in Business Law and Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law. On September 1, 2023, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress promulgated the Foreign State Immunity Law of the People’s Republic of China (FSIL) (English translation here ).