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Litigating Enforcement: Germany’s Contested Climate Governance and the New Wave of Climate Litigation

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Climate litigation in Germany has achieved another major victory. On November 30, 2023, the Higher Administrative Court Berlin-Brandenburg ruled in DUH and BUND v. Against this backdrop, the decision of the Higher Administrative Court must also be understood as part of a new wave of climate litigation.

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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. However, no substantial revisions were made to the provisions concerning foreign-related civil litigation. Since then, it had undergone four revisions in 2007, 2012, 2017, and 2021. Jurisdiction 2.1

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New Titles on Conflict of Laws in the Latest Issue of the Osaka University Law Review

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Zhengxin HUO A Landmark Change from Absolute to Restrictive Immunity: A Commentary on Foreign Sovereign Immunity Law of the Peoples Republic of China Abstract: On 1 September 2023, the Chinese national legislature adopted the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Foreign State Immunity.

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Amendment of Chinese Civil Procedure Law Concerning Foreign Affairs

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Add provisions on parallel litigation First, this revision adds a general provision for parallel litigation and a mechanism for coordinating jurisdictional conflicts.

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The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: PIL and Litigation Aspects

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Likewise, the Brussels I-bis Evaluation Study (2023) also examined how the Brussels I-bis applies to business and human rights disputes. This disclosure must adhere to national procedural laws. If such a disclosure is requested in a cross-border setting within the EU, the Taking of Evidence Regulation also applies.

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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. 57 Austrian Code of Civil Procedure. It was approved by means of Law No. Pursuant to Art.

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Newest Commentaries and Newsletter on Private International Law (Vol. 7, Issue 1)

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Section one contains Highlights on the indirect jurisdiction in India, an amendment to the Chinese Civil Procedural Law, the James Finlay (Kenya) Ltd litigation in the United Kingdom, and a review of the development of PIL in the US and beyond in the year of 2023.

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