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Litigating Enforcement: Germany’s Contested Climate Governance and the New Wave of Climate Litigation

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On November 30, 2023, the Higher Administrative Court Berlin-Brandenburg ruled in DUH and BUND v. Germany that the federal government must adopt an immediate action program (‘Sofortprogramm’) under the Federal Climate Change Act (CCA). These three parties have very different climate policies and visions for climate governance.

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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?

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—What Role has Private International Law Played? By Zhengxin Huo, Professor of Law, China University of Polit’l Science and Law; Associate Member of International Academy of Comparative Law; Observer of the UNESCO 1970 Convention. The Jurisdiction of the Chinese Court: Prorogated Jurisdiction.

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States ask Supreme Court to keep Title 42 border policy in effect

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The states, led by Arizona, warn the justices that if the court does not block a federal judge’s order that would end the policy on Wednesday, it will “cause a crisis of unprecedented proportions at the border.”. The federal law at the center of the case is known as Title 42 of the Public Health Services Act. The policy allowed U.S.

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

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Though decided almost four months ago, the case merits discussion of several private international law aspects that will perhaps become one of the milestones in the broader context of liability of parent companies for the actions of their foreign-based subsidiaries. in the 2015 ruling). Application of (substantive) Nigerian law.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 6/2022: Abstracts

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Magnus: A new Private International Law and new Procedural Rules for Adoptions in Germany. As a result of two recent reforms the German private international and procedural laws applicable to adoptions have changed quite substantively. Laukemann: Protecting procedural confidence against the insolvency estate?

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China Adopts Restrictive Theory of Foreign State Immunity

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Ayer Chair in Business Law and Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law. On September 1, 2023, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress promulgated the Foreign State Immunity Law of the People’s Republic of China (FSIL) (English translation here ). In 2005, China signed the U.N.

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Conflict of Laws - Untitled Article

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The EU Sustainability Directive and Jurisdiction The Draft for a Corporate Sustainable Due Diligence Directive currently contains no rules on jurisdiction. It not only introduces corporate responsibility for human rights violations and environmental damage – as already found in some national laws (e.g. 22 (5) CSDDD.