In einer Studie im Auftrag von Gesamtmetall e.V. untersucht das Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft die Auswirkungen des deutschen Sorgfaltspflichtengesetzes, welches im Juni 2021 vom Bundestag verabschiedet wurde. Auf die geplante EU-Richtlinie wird ebenfalls eingegangen. Das Gesetz wird für...

The chapter “Applicable Law” of the International Law Association’s Guidelines on Intellectual Property and Private International Law (“Kyoto Guidelines”) provides principles on the choice of law in international intellectual property matters. The Guidelines confirm the traditional...

The chapter “Jurisdiction” of the International Law Association’s Guidelines on Intellectual Property and Private International Law (“Kyoto Guidelines”) provides where international intellectual property claims can be brought to court. It defines the basic forum at the defendant's...

The emergence and development of global business activities, and the inception of the Internet have resulted in the creation of a new field of legal studies concerning cross-border enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights. This novel area of law is known as private international law and...

In proceedings in front of an arbitrary tribunal, at international such as also, at the national level, the question always arises as to the applicable substantive law. For the purpose of determining the applicable law, the Arbitration largely recognized the principle of party autonomy.This...

Recent introduction of fully-fledged homosexual marriages in certain countries like the Netherlands and Belgium have opened a range of issues which appear difficult to solve. This difficulty is, at least in case of Serbian law, compounded by inadequacy of existing regulation. While it is obvious...

The present article offers perspectives on the possible adaptation of traditional connecting factors to the digital space. It analyses cases that pit platform users against each other and cases that pit platform users against the digital platform itself. For the first set of cases, reliable...

On 18 October 2016 the European Court of Justice, in the case Greece v. Nikiforidis, decided: ‘Article 9 (3) of the Regulation No. 503/2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations must be interpreted as precluding overriding mandatory provisions other than those of the State of the...

This paper explores how Chinese private international law responds to online data protection from two aspects: jurisdiction and applicable law. Compared with foreign laws, Chinese private international law related to online data protection has two distinct features. Chinese law for personal...

This paper contains materials reflecting the practice of Chinese private international law in 2017. First, the statistics of the foreign-related civil or commercial cases accepted and decided by Chinese courts is extracted from the reports of the Supreme People's Court (SPC), released in 2018,...

The present report is aimed at describing the concept, legal framework, and features of the public policy clause in the Portuguese legal order, and at giving an account of the main applications of this clause in modern Portuguese case law and literature (marriage, children, custodianship,...

The purpose of this article is to dissect the nature of intellectual property rights in the context of private international law. In other words, the primary focus is how private international law, i.e., conflict of laws, from the perspective of jurisdiction, applicable law, and enforcement...

Geschädigte von unternehmerischer Tätigkeit im Globalen Süden können zumeist weder die gaststaatliche Konzern- oder Zulieferergesellschaft noch die entsprechende Mutter- oder Abnehmergesellschaft aus dem Globalen Norden in Anspruch nehmen. Paul Meder unter-sucht die einschlägigen...

Introduction -- Economic competition and the development of International Labour Law -- Multilateral Trade Law and labour -- International investment law and labour -- Preferential trade and investment agreements and labour -- Conclusions.

This paper discusses the German conflict of law rules as they apply to companies (ie, the private international law of companies in Germany). Amongst others, it addresses the connecting factor, the scope of the lex societatis, outreach statutes and the possibility of reincorporations in German...

On the occasion of the centenary of the International Labour Organization (ILO), this 11th special issue of International Development Policy explores the Organization's capacity for action, its effectiveness and its ability to adapt and innovate. The collection of thirteen articles, written by...

In times of (discussions about) globalisation, due attention must be given to the operation of rules of private international law. Examination of the ongoing developments in private international law itself and in private international law in its interaction with other disciplines from the...

The relationship between public and private international law is a topic which has long been debated, and which remains highly controversial. Despite an increasing range of scholarship looking at connections between the two fields, some modern public and private international lawyers would doubt...

This report examines Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Germany. To this aim, it first takes a closer look at the German definition of CSR as well as the enforcement of CSR rules by the German government and its agencies (at A.). It then assesses the ways in which CSR standards are or may...

This article examines private international law issues raised by transnational contractual networks. The focus is on choice-of-law questions that arise in the context of 1) relations between network members who are contractually bound to one another, 2) relations between network members not...

This article restores to academic circulation the names of representatives of the 16th century Belgian School of Realism, who have been unjustly forgotten in modern Private International Law [PIL] doctrine — Nicolas Everhard, Pieter Peck and Johannes à Sande. These scholars are the founders...

This article deals with the recognition and enforcement of judgments in employment matters in European private international law. After looking into the theoretical underpinnings of the protection of employees by rules of recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, this article examines...