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Conflict of Laws
JANUARY 30, 2024
The Japanese Yearbook of Private International Law ( kokusai shiho nenpo ) (hereinafter “JYPIL”) is an annual publication of the Private International Law Association of Japan ( kokusai shih? Gakkai ) (hereinafter “PILAJ”). The PILAJ was founded in 1949 as an academic organization.
Conflict of Laws
MARCH 23, 2024
It evidently has not stopped claimants from seeking enforcement of punitive damage awards in other civil law legal systems. In his paper on “Compensation, Punishment, and the Idea of Private Law”, Lukas Rademacher (University of Kiel) explained the idea of punitive damages and its compatibility with German private law.
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Conflict of Laws
AUGUST 23, 2023
Very recently, Indonesian private international law has attracted significant scholarship in the English language. [1] 1] Dr Penasthika’s monograph (‘the monograph’) [2] is one such work that deserves attention for its compelling and comprehensive account of choice of law in international commercial contracts in Indonesia.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JUNE 1, 2022
The Supreme Court of Japan may soon weigh in on a growing field of climate litigation in Japan against coal-fired power plants. On May 6, 2022, the Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant filed an appeal to Japan’s Supreme Court in Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. Civil law cases.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JUNE 26, 2023
Coal-Fired power plants targeted at the case, taken by Attorney Shunsuke Sugit In March 2023, two important decisions regarding the operation of newly built coal-fired power plants were handed down by courts in Japan. Those rights are established through case law and frequently invoked in environmental pollution cases.
Conflict of Laws
DECEMBER 12, 2020
—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. Email: zhengxinh@cupl.edu.cn. Introduction. Summary of Facts.
Conflict of Laws
JULY 9, 2021
(This post is provided by Zeyu Huang, who is an associate attorney of Hui Zhong Law Firm based in Shenzhen. Mr. Huang obtained his LLB degree from the Remin University of China Law School. He is also a PhD candidate & LLM at the Faculty of Law in University of Macau.
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