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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)

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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.

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Territorial Jurisdiction for Breach of Contract in Nigeria or whatever

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Jurisdiction is a fundamental aspect of Nigerian procedural law. In Nigerian judicial parlance, we have become accustomed to the principle that the issue of jurisdiction can be raised at any time, even at the Nigerian Supreme Court – the highest court of the land – for the first time. [1]

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 5/2023: Abstracts

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This decision provides an opportunity to examine the prerequisites and legal consequences of apparent establishments and so-called virtual establishments (internet presences) from a general perspective, both in the context of Article 7 (5) Brussels Ia Regulation and in connection with Article 19 (2) Rome I Regulation. A reshaping of Art.

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China Adopts Restrictive Theory of Foreign State Immunity

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To determine whether an act is commercial, “a PRC court shall undertake an overall consideration of the act’s nature and purpose.” Convention, the FSIL deals separately with employment contracts (Article 8) and intellectual property cases (Article 11). The corresponding provision in the draft law referred to Chinese “judgments” (??)

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 5/2022: Abstracts

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On applicable law for environmental pollution (Article 7 Rome II), a pinnacle of business and human rights as well as climate change litigation. The European Union rules on the law that applies to liability for environmental damage, are an outlier in the private international law agenda.

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A call for the wider study of Private International Law in Africa: A Review of Private International Law In Nigeria

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Writing on the importance of a private international law system that responds to the interests of Africa, Dr Okoli observed that with growing international trade with Africa comes an inevitable rise in disputes among contracting parties conducting trade on the continent. [4]

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