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The Private Side of Transforming our World
30-12-2021
New acquisition: Michaels, R., Ruiz Abou-Nigm, V. and Loon, H. van (eds.), The Private Side of Transforming our World - UN Sustainable Development Goals 2013 and the Role of Private International Law, Cambridge, Intersentia Online, 2021.
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This book demonstrates an important, constructive role for private international law as an indispensable part of the global legal architecture needed to turn the SDGs into reality.
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The book is divided into four sections, exploring conflict of laws issues of different kinds and engaging with Professor Briggs' work on a diverse range of topics.
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La Conférence de La Haye de droit international privé (HCCH) est une organisation, créée il y a 125 ans, sous l’égide de laquelle sont adoptés des conventions et protocoles internationaux. On en dénombre 40, à ce jour.
Research guide
Private International Law or International Private Law governs the choice of law to apply when there are conflicts in the domestic law of different countries related to private transactions.
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International commercial law is a body of applicable rules, principles and customary practices that govern cross-border commercial activities of private parties.
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Dutch Professor Tobias Asser, Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1911, was the initiator of the first session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law in 1893.
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International Family Law describes all family law matters with an international element. People are increasingly mobile, living outside their country of origin and experiencing international relationships more frequently.
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Ce recueil d’analyses a pour projet pédagogique de rendre accessibles à un lectorat francophone, des “affaires” essentiellement mais non exclusivement contentieuses, qui ne figurent généralement ni dans les ouvrages, ni dans les programmes d’enseignement traditionnel du droit international privé.
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Ferrari, F. and Simowitz, A.D. (eds.), Forum shopping and international commercial law, 2020
10-06-2021
Commentators and courts disagree on such fundamental issues as the definition of forum shopping and whether it is an ‘unsung virtue’ or an untrammelled vice.