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Comparative Procedural Law and Justice Final Conference in Luxembourg (11–12 July 2024)

Conflict of Laws

On 11 and 12 July 2024 , the Comparative Procedural Law and Justice (CPLJ) Final Conference will take place at the University of Luxembourg. The project was designed to provide a comprehensive analysis of comparative civil procedural law and contemporary civil dispute resolution mechanisms.

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Amendment of Chinese Civil Procedure Law Concerning Foreign Affairs

Conflict of Laws

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

Conflict of Laws

These updates reflect Chinas efforts to modernize its legal framework, enhance judicial efficiency, align with international norms, promote cross-border legal cooperation, and ensure the protection of national interests while facilitating cross-border legal interactions.

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Overview of the 2023 Amendments to Chinese Civil Procedure Law

Conflict of Laws

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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India dispatches: CJI calls for ‘Indianisation’ of ‘colonial’ justice system

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V Ramana deploring the Indian justice system as “colonial” and calling for its “Indianisation” for the benefit of ordinary litigants. The CJI said that the judgments delivered by the courts these days are also becoming lengthy, which make them incomprehensible to litigants.

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Supreme Court likely to let vape company’s FDA challenge proceed

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He contended that language at issue in this case is quite similar to both the Hobbs Act, which bars robbery and extortion, and the general law governing venue in federal courts, all of which have been construed to allow just one party to establish venue. Thomas was unsympathetic to the governments plight here too.

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Shell litigation in the Dutch courts – milestones for private international law and the fight against climate change

Conflict of Laws

As was briefly announced earlier on this blog , on 29 January 2021, the Dutch Court of Appeal in The Hague gave a ruling in a long-standing litigation launched by four Nigerian farmers and the Dutch Milieudefensie. Climate change and related human rights litigation is undoubtedly of increasing importance in private international law.