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Climate Litigation in Japan: What to Expect in 2025

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As of February 2025, there are two pending climate cases in Japan, namely, Youth Climate Case Japan for Tomorrow and Citizens Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. (See Japanese Court Upholds Mistakes in post-disaster Energy Policy in Yokosuka Climate Case Decisions.) (See See another blog post for the overview of the older cases.)

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Vacancy at the University of Bremen: Paid PhD-Researcher Position in Civil Law, Private International Law and Legal Theory

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The Faculty of Law of the University of Bremenis recruiting a doctoral researcher in Private International Law, Civil Law and Legal Theory ( wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter m/w/d; salary group 13 TV-L), part time 50 per cent, starting in 2025, for a duration of 36 months.

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Germany top court rules Berlin rent cap is unconstitutional

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million apartments, which was supposed to last until 2025. After 2025, rental rates were only allowed to rise by 1.3 The Constitutional Court stated that the main rationale of striking down the law was procedural and did not comment on the contents of the law. It froze rental rates for 1.5

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The Development of forum non conveniens in the Chinese Law and Practice

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Thirdly, no matter whether in common law jurisdictions or civil law jurisdictions, when applying the doctrines of forum non conveniens or lis pendens , the foreign courts upholding the jurisdiction is an important consideration for domestic courts to reject the exercise of ones own jurisdiction. 138 Civil Ruling. [3]

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Conference on “Characterisation in the Conflict of Laws” at Oxford, 20–21 March 2025

Conflict of Laws

Information kindly provided by Johannes Ungerer At the University of Oxford, a conference on ‘Characterisation in the Conflict of Laws’ will be held on 20 and 21 March 2025. It will feature contributions from 15 speakers in three sessions: the programme can be accessed here.

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