Drafting Government Litigating Procedural Law 
Conflict of Laws
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Background China’s Civil Procedure Law was enacted in April 1991 by the Fourth Session of the Seventh National People’s Congress. However, no substantial revisions were made to the provisions concerning foreign-related civil litigation. The amendment does not address some matters that remain unclear in Chinese law.
Conflict of Laws
MAY 26, 2021
As was briefly announced earlier on this blog , on 29 January 2021, the Dutch Court of Appeal in The Hague gave a ruling in a long-standing litigation launched by four Nigerian farmers and the Dutch Milieudefensie. Climate change and related human rights litigation is undoubtedly of increasing importance in private international law.
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Conflict of Laws
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
For the law of state immunity, this move is particularly significant because China had been the most important adherent to the rival, absolute theory of foreign state immunity. In two prior posts ( here and here ), I discussed a draft of the FSIL (English translation here ). These provisions track Articles 7-9 of the U.N. Convention.
Conflict of Laws
AUGUST 3, 2023
The EU Sustainability Directive and Jurisdiction The Draft for a Corporate Sustainable Due Diligence Directive currently contains no rules on jurisdiction. Nor do we want to add to the lively discussion on the choice-of-law- aspects regarding civil liability (see, amongst others, van Calster , Ho-Dac , Dias and, before the Proposal, Rühl ).
Conflict of Laws
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
According to a widespread view, adaption is very often necessary with regard to the spouse’s share in the deceased’s estate, namely if the matrimonial property regime and questions relating to succession are governed by different laws. 57 Austrian Code of Civil Procedure. A reshaping of Art. Pursuant to Art.
Conflict of Laws
APRIL 27, 2023
Ayer Chair in Business Law and Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law. In December 2022, Chinese lawmakers published a draft law on foreign state immunity , an English translation of which is now available. These provisions generally follow the U.N. Convention.
Conflict of Laws
AUGUST 30, 2023
Judgments Convention: Application to Governments”, Netherlands International Law Review (NILR) 67 (2020), pp 121-137 Beaumont, Paul; Holliday, Jayne (eds.) “A A Critical Overview of the Hague Preliminary Draft on Judgments”, Yearbook of Private International Law 17 (2015/2016), pp 1-31 Bonomi, Andrea; Mariottini, Cristina M.
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