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Doctoral scholarship: International accountability through the value chain in Antwerp

Conflict of Laws

The research can be approached from the perspective of human rights law, public international law or private international law, including private law mechanisms (either in tort or in contract law). The deadline for applications is 14 February 2022 and the start date is 15 September 2022.

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Global Value Chains and Transnational Private Law Workshop at Edinburgh Law School – Report

Conflict of Laws

Candidate in Law, Peking University Law School) The ‘Global Value Chains and Transnational Private Law’ workshop was successfully held at Edinburgh Law School in a hybrid format from June 23 to 25, 2024. This project is funded by the Law Schools Global League (LSGL) , convened by Prof. By Zihao Fan (Ph.D.

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Supreme Court limits homeowners’ ability to sue their lenders in tort

At the Lectern

” The court settles a conflict in Court of Appeal case law and notes a similar divide in federal district court rulings. ” The court settles a conflict in Court of Appeal case law and notes a similar divide in federal district court rulings.

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Now or Then? The Temporal Aspects of Choice-of-Law Clauses

Conflict of Laws

courts interpret choice-of-law clauses. That paper contains a detailed discussion of the most common interpretive issues—whether the clause selects the tort laws of the chosen jurisdiction in addition to its contract laws, for example—that arise in litigation. Jeff argued for the laws at the time of signing.

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Out Now: Bizer on Violations of Personality Rights on Social Media

Conflict of Laws

Based on a tweet by the ‘ enfant terrible of tech’, Elon Musk, Michael Douglas recently discussed ‘Conflict of Laws of Freedom of Speech on Elon Musk’s Twitter’ on this blog. Concerning tort law, Bizer is generally critical of the existing legal framework under Art. 4(3) Rome I.

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Court endorses private Section 1983 enforcement of spending clause enactments

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FNHRA, a law enacted under Congress’s spending clause powers, requires nursing facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid to “protect and promote the rights of each resident” as a condition of receiving funds. He warned of lurking question in this area of law, which HHC failed to develop and are “for another day.”

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New issue alert: RabelsZ 2/2021

Conflict of Laws

The Law and Economics of Extreme Sports Sponsoring in Comparative Perspective. This article investigates the law and economics of extreme sports sponsoring in a comparative perspective. It is based on 40 structured interviews with sponsored athletes from various common law and civil law jurisdictions.