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Who’s Afraid of Punitive Damages? – Conference in Augsburg, Germany

Conflict of Laws

It evidently has not stopped claimants from seeking enforcement of punitive damage awards in other civil law legal systems. Concluding the first panel (and day) of the conference, Rachel Mulheron (Queen Mary University) shared her insights into “Punitive Damages in English Law”.

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Out now: the Swiss IPRG in English

Conflict of Laws

Andreas Bucher (last updated 2021): www.andreasbucher-law.ch ; Umbricht attorneys (2017): www.umbricht.ch/de/schweizerisches-internationales-privatrecht-iprg 1294 (1990), 1295 , “Translation of Legal Texts: Three English Versions of the Swiss Federal Statute on Private International Law”). Walter König, 11 Mich.

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The Chinese villages win a lawsuit in China to repatriate a Mummified Buddha Statue hold by a Dutch Collector —What Role has Private International Law Played?

Conflict of Laws

After an unsuccessful negotiation, the Committee of Yunchun Village and the Committee Dongpu Village sued Van Overeem to demand the statue’s return both in Fujian Province of China and in Amsterdam of the Netherlands at the end of 2015, [2] fearing that a statute of limitation might bar their case. De dr. int. privé(1967). [16]

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Amendment of Pleadings | Order VI Rule 17 [CPC]: A Critical Analysis

LexForti

This study aims to explore these changes and assess the scope and judicial interpretation of amendment of pleadings in Civil procedure with a doctrinal legal research method by using primary sources like cases, statutes, legal commentary and reports. Keywords- Amendment of Pleadings, Civil Procedure Code 1908. Introduction.

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Out now: Zeitschrift für vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft (ZVglRWiss) 121 (2022) No. 1

Conflict of Laws

Thereafter, the present essay analyses the term “network”, using the classic means of interpretation of statutes and secondary European law in light of the jurisprudence of the ECJ (IV.). Since its founding in 1949, the PRC have undertaken numerous endeavors to codify its civil law, which finally culminated in this codification.

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UK Supreme Court in Jalla v Shell: the claim in Bonga spill is time barred

Conflict of Laws

The Nigerian landowners’ claim against Shell was thus barred by the limitation periods under applicable Nigerian law ( Jalla and another v Shell International Trading and Shipping Company and another [2023] UKSC 16 , on appeal from [2021] EWCA Civ 63 ). The lower courts and the UK Supreme court agreed with Shell.

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Does the President Need to be Involved in Federal Pardons?

The Crime Report

Need for relief” is described in the standards in terms of mandatory restrictions like those in statutes applicable to bonding and licensing. Additional Reading: No ‘Systematic’ Racial Bias in Presidential Pardon Process: Report , The Crime Report, June 18, 2021. An Opaque and Secretive Process. The RAND report can be accessed here.