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UN Draft Treaty on Transnational Business Enterprises and Human Rights in the Making: Raising the Global Bar in Corporate Litigation

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Upon the initiative of the United Nations Human Rights Council (the UNHRC), a new legally binding agreement regulating transnational business enterprises’ human rights violations is likely on its way. The future legal value of the Draft Treaty will be that of enforceable regulation, provided of course that it is adopted in its current form.

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

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Climate litigation in Germany has achieved another major victory. The judgment and the underlying (political and legal) conflicts are also interesting beyond their German relevance, as the case raises fundamental questions for climate governance. However, this has not occurred, again due to resistance from the FDP.

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Implied Jurisdiction Agreements in International Commercial Contracts

Conflict of Laws

These cross-border transactions present complex legal questions, such as the place where potential disputes will be adjudicated. Explicit jurisdiction clauses offer cross-border litigants the benefit of predictability by allowing them to anticipate where disputes arising from their commercial transactions will be resolved.

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Legalities of Third-Party Funding in India: The Road Ahead

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There are various types of third-party funding in international arbitration, such as litigation funding, success based legal fee arrangement, loan agreements, insurance policy, etc. TPF helps cover the cost of litigation, especially in arbitration proceedings where disputes involve monetary amounts in generous quantities.

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Review of: PP Penasthika, Unravelling Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts: Indonesia as an Illustrative Case Study (The Hague: Eleven Publishers 2022)

Conflict of Laws

The monograph predominantly examines 19 Indonesian court decisions on choice of law in international commercial contracts during the period, 2000-2020. Conversely, Chapter One also acknowledges the book’s limitations, namely, that it only covers the express choice of law in international commercial contracts.

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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. Likewise, “ Indian Private International Law ” certainly contains the currently leading reference to Indian private international law in English.

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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.