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Overview of the 2023 Amendments to Chinese Civil Procedure Law

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Background China’s Civil Procedure Law was enacted in April 1991 by the Fourth Session of the Seventh National People’s Congress. The latest amendments to the Civil Procedure Law in 2023, referred to as the new CPL, involve 26 amendments, including 14 modified articles and 15 new additions.

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Relevance of Indian Limitation Law vis-à-vis Foreign-seated International Arbitration With Indian Law As The Applicable Substantive Law

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The determination of the law applicable to limitation is a complex exercise. The aim of this post is to explore how would Indian substantive law of the contract impact limitation period and party autonomy, especially in the context of contracting out of limitation in a foreign-seated international arbitration.

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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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Who is bound by Choice of Court Agreements in Bills of Lading?

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According to the doctrine of privity of contract, only parties to a choice of court agreement are subject to the rights and obligations arising from it. Effectively, this is a context specific harmonised approach to developing substantive contract law rules to regulate the effectiveness of choice of court agreements.

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Peru dispatch: corruption allegations made by arrested ex-advisor to dismissed Prosecutor throw new light on an old issue

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In this situation the country was fragmented into groups governed by the military, who soon sought greater power, land, servants and money; the military began to form alliances among themselves and their close circles. The state was in the hands of the military who governed with their own interests in mind.

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Limitation Period for Enforcement of Foreign Judgments: Australian Court Recognized and Enforced Chinese Judgment Again

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However, the two original defendants failed to fulfill their liability for repayment as agreed while the Plaintiff has performed the contract obligations. Under the principle of reciprocity, Chinese court may enforce Australian judgments according to Article 288 of Civil Procedural Law of China. [14]

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There and Back Again? – The unexpected journey of EU-UK Judicial Cooperation finally leads to The Hague

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by Achim Czubaiko, Research Fellow („Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter“) and PhD Candidate, supported by the German Scholarship Foundation, Institute for German and International Civil Procedural Law, University of Bonn. Union Jack and European Union flag 2012 © Dave Kellam (CC BY-SA 2.0 Brussels Ibis, Rome I-II etc.),