LegalReader

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

A civil trial can be stressful for anyone, so consider hiring an attorney to accompany you throughout the experience. The peace of mind that comes with having a legal expert at your side can make all the difference.

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JURIST

JANUARY 17, 2025

In 2003, the UN reported that “numerous problems arise” due to parallel institutions: In criminal law the most serious problem is the risk of double jeopardy. However, parallel institutions have not been unilaterally successful in reducing tension between Serbs and Albanians within Kosovo.

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JURIST

JULY 23, 2021

Schrems, the founder and current chairman of the noyb , a nonprofit organization dedicated to privacy causes, said : Facebook tries to strip users of many GDPR rights by simply ‘reinterpreting’ consent to be a civil law contract. He is credited with identifying the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook scandal.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 14, 2024

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. For more than a century, characterisation has been discussed in the conflict of laws without reaching a consensus on a generally accepted theory.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday ruled that the Turkey government violated Article 10 freedom of expression of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by imposing law on citizens which prosecuted them for insulting the president. Under the current law, tens of thousands of citizens have been prosecuted.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 13, 2023

The determination of the law applicable to limitation is a complex exercise. The aim of this post is to explore how would Indian substantive law of the contract impact limitation period and party autonomy, especially in the context of contracting out of limitation in a foreign-seated international arbitration.

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LegalReader

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Unless you’re well versed in civil law, specifically family and property laws, an attorney experienced in these types of cases will be able to help you get the best out of a messy situation.

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LegalReader

MAY 31, 2022

An interesting “intersection” between criminal and civil law regarding bodily and personal injury is wrongful death.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 27, 2024

It is a great pleasure to review the book titled Treatment of Foreign Law in Asia , edited by Kazuaki Nishioka. Currently, no international instrument comprehensively addresses the treatment of foreign law in cross-border matters. I have never been disappointed by reading Asian books on private international law.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The Swiss Institute of Comparative Law (Lausanne) is looking for a Postdoctorand in transnational family law (80%). The announcement can be found here.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 5, 2023

A book edited by Kazuaki Nishioka on Treatment of Foreign Law in Asia has just been published in the Hart Studies in Private International Law -Asia. The blurb read as follows: How do Asian courts ascertain, interpret, and apply a foreign law as the law governing the merits of the case?

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JURIST

APRIL 16, 2021

The Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, Germany, ruled Thursday that Berlin’s Rent Cap Act is unconstitutional as it has undermined Germany’s Basic Law. 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.

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Conflict of Laws

JULY 6, 2022

In a new paper forthcoming in the American Journal of International Law, we set out to determine how many members of the Standing International Forum of Commercial Courts hire such “traveling judges,” who they are, why they are hired, and why they serve. Nearly two-thirds had at least one law degree from a UK university.

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Mondaq

AUGUST 13, 2021

Marcus Draaisma and Lydia Milders have special expertise in adequately solving fraud cases within boards of directors and in the workplace.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

In February 2023, the Tokyo District Court found that the Notice of Finalization, which had been issued through a simplified permitting procedure, was lawful. Since climate change affects people globally, distinguishing plaintiffs from the rest of the population will likely remain an issue for establishing standing under administrative law.

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MorneauLaw

JANUARY 21, 2022

Morneau J oin us in congratulating attorney and Morneau Law firm founder, Katherine J. Sponsored by the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law and 603 Legal Aid Pro Bono Referral Program. 603 Legal Aid is a private, nonprofit law firm that provides free legal services to eligible, low-income people in New Hampshire.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

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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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 12, 2020

—What Role has Private International Law Played? By Zhengxin Huo, Professor of Law, China University of Polit’l Science and Law; Associate Member of International Academy of Comparative Law; Observer of the UNESCO 1970 Convention. Choice of Law Issue: Lex Rei Sitae = Lex Furti ? Email: zhengxinh@cupl.edu.cn.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 1, 2022

Civil law cases. Civil lawsuits were filed in Sendai in 2017 and Kobe in 2018 by citizens against corporations that planned to build new coal-fired power plants. a group of citizens submitted a civil law complaint requesting an injunction to stop the construction and subsequent operation of two coal-fired power plants.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 26, 2021

Chinese Private International Law. Written with the assistance of a team of lecturers at the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, this book is the leading reference on Chinese private international law in English. Edited by Xiaohong Liu and Zhengyi Zhang. Discount Price: £104.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 24, 2023

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/199, dated June 16, 2023). M/73 of 9 March 2022, entered into force on June 18, 2022).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A civil law breakthrough came in 2021, with the ruling of a Dutch court against Shell. In Smith v Fonterra , decided by New Zealand’s Supreme Court this week, we have perhaps the biggest common law breakthrough. Even as successful cases against governments have blossomed, private suits face significant barriers.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 29, 2024

After reading and reviewing a thought-provoking book on the choice of law in international commercial contracts in Indonesia last year, I decided to delve further into the subject by picking up a book on Indonesian private international law. However, Indonesia does not have a comprehensive code on private international law.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

“ Japanese Private International Law ” certainly contains the currently leading reference to Japanese private international law in English. The chapters do not merely cover the traditional conflict of law areas of jurisdiction, applicable law (choice of law), and enforcement.

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Mondaq

APRIL 16, 2022

The main difference between civil law and criminal law in Australia is that criminal law has a higher onus of proof.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Based on four months of research and insights from policing officials, criminal and civil law attorneys, and community leaders, Morganelli proposed four major changes that could form part of new legislation. He recommended placing “backstop liability” with the law enforcement agency that employed the officer.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Outline of the main characteristics of criminal and civil law.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

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. A thorough knowledge of civil law and the German language is a necessity.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Published by Hart/Bloomsbury as a part of their Asia-Private International Law Series, this provides an authoritative account of the evolution and application of private international law principles in India in civil, commercial and family matters.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 29, 2022

The Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI) has recently released a free publication titled Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in ASEAN: Ranking the Portability of ASEAN Judgments within ASEAN, a derivative publication under its Foreign Judgments Project. Second, judgments rendered by the other civil law countries of ASEAN come in second place.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Cornell), Bachelor of Laws (ZUEL). * The doctrine of forum non conveniens is an important principle in civil procedure laws and frequently applied by courts in many legal systems, especially those of common law countries.

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Conflict of Laws

JULY 11, 2021

Notes on Law, Psychology, and Practice ; in Italian). In addition, alternative dispute resolution mechanisms are in tune with the current changes in administrative law; there is a deep link between droit souple and justice douce , between soft law and ADR, between non-traditional substantive law and alternative administrative judicial review.

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LegalReader

APRIL 22, 2022

Child liability has been around for many years and is still a part of our civil law system. Under this doctrine, parents are responsible for the acts and injuries of their children.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas , Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting Perú. Mégara Sophia La Torre Pino is a law student from UNSAAC and a member of CIED. She files this dispatch from Cusco.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 26, 2020

A coalition of human rights groups joined Wednesday WhatsApp’s lawsuit against Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group and accused the company of selling Pegasus surveillance software to government agencies to target human rights activists under the guise of terrorism laws. The groups filed an amicus brief before the U.S.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 30, 2024

The Japanese Yearbook of Private International Law ( kokusai shiho nenpo ) (hereinafter “JYPIL”) is an annual publication of the Private International Law Association of Japan ( kokusai shih? ’ Proposing a name change to conflicts law studies, the author emphasizes the need for a broader approach.

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JURIST

APRIL 6, 2022

In December 2019 the district court judge dismissed the claims against the McDonald’s Corporation stating that under f ederal and state anti-discrimination laws McDonald’s could not be held liable because Ries and three other women were employed by the franchise and not the corporation.

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