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Issue 1 of Journal of Private International Law for 2024

Conflict of Laws

The article argues that the regulation is overall a helpful and welcome addition to international family law because it strengthens the welfare of the child and enhances the practical functionality and normative structure of its predecessor. Nevertheless, scope for further improvements in another recast regulation is identified.

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Dubai Supreme Court Admits Reciprocity with the UK and Enforces an English Judgment

Conflict of Laws

In that judgment, the English court ordered the division and transfer of property as part of the distribution of matrimonial property on divorce. 2) The foreign judgment is contrary to public policy because it violates Islamic Sharia law, individual property rights and the distribution of property under UAE law.

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The Abu Dhabi Civil Family Court on the Law on Civil Marriage – Applicability to Foreign Muslim and the Complex Issue of International Jurisdiction

Conflict of Laws

Introduction In a previous post , I reported and commented on a decision rendered by the Abu Dhabi Supreme Court (hereinafter “ADSC”) in which the Court addressed the issue of the applicability of the Abu Dhabi Civil Marriage Law (Law No. Rules of international jurisdiction in divorce matters.

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Review of Afifah Kusumadara, Indonesian Private International Law, Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2021, 288 pp, hb $140

Conflict of Laws

Notably, this structure is largely mirrored in Chapters 3 and 4, which focus on choice of law and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. Pereira (Supreme Court decision 376 K/Pdt. Chapter 3 focuses on the choice of law. Luis F.S.S. Sus-PHI/2013, 29 October 2013, pp. 97, 111-112).

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European Commission Proposal for a Regulation on Private International Law Rules Relating to Parenthood

Conflict of Laws

Recognition : the proposal provides for the recognition of court decisions and authentic instruments with binding legal effects, which establish parenthood, without any special procedure being required. What is next?

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Caught Between Legal Boundaries: Child Custody Disputes Across Japan and Bangladesh

Conflict of Laws

By late December 2020, a family dispute arose, after which (on 18 January 2021) Y informed X of her intention to divorce and ask him to leave their home. It concluded that the appropriate forum to resolve the custody dispute is the Family Court, where proceedings were already pending. 233 of 2022 of 13 February 2022.

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