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Third Issue of Journal of Private International Law for 2023

Conflict of Laws

To answer this question, the article explores primary and secondary sources from various jurisdictions around the world, including common law, civil law, and mixed legal systems, together with insights from experts in commercial conflict of laws.

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Out Now! Comprehensive commentary on Indian Private International Law by Stellina Jolly and Saloni Khanderia

Conflict of Laws

Divided into 13 chapters, the book provides a contextualised understanding of legal transformation on key aspects of the Indian conflict-of-law rules on jurisdiction, applicable law and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments or arbitral awards.

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25th Volume of the Japanese Yearbook of Private International Law (2023)

Conflict of Laws

It outlines trends, legislative changes, and Supreme Court precedents since 1996, with a focus on judgments involving the United States and China. In particular, it examines the recognition of ancillary judgments in divorce cases, concluding that they fall under article 118 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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Out now: Nishioka / Nishitani, “Japanese Private International Law”; Jolly / Khanderia, “Indian Private International Law”

Conflict of Laws

In addition to summarising relevant principles and scholarly views, the authors discuss case law whenever possible and identify deficiencies and anticipate difficulties in the existing law. For those who are particularly interested in unified or harmonized global PIL Chapter 6, still rather short (pp.

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

LexForti

Considering this principle, parties in a civil suit enjoyed unrestricted access to modify their pleadings under Order VI Rule 17 of the Indian Civil Procedure Code, 1908. Keywords- Amendment of Pleadings, Civil Procedure Code 1908. Introduction. Order VI Rule 17 applies to such situations. However with the case Cropper v.

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The Need for an Uniform Civil Code in the Modern India

LexForti

Every religious practice has its civil law or particular law administrating its exclusive matters such as Marriage, Divorce, Maintenance, inheritance, and succession, etc. The Major Aspects Which Fabricated The Need For An Universal Civil Law. The differences are-. In the case of Sarla Mudgal v.

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Conversations on transnational surrogacy and the ECtHR case Valdís Fjölnisdóttir and Others v. Iceland (2021)

Conflict of Laws

Iceland brings to the attention of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) the no longer new, yet persistently complex, question of the determination of legal parenthood following international surrogacy arrangements. The Court has indeed no difficulty in qualifying the bonds existing between the two women and their child as ‘family life’.

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