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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.
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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.