EAPIL Blog

• Gridel on Registered Shares in PIL
  Augustin Gridel (University of Nancy, France) has posted Registered Shares in Private International Law -A French and European Perspective on SSRN. The abstract reads: The private international law ru (…)

  24 août 2026

• Mills on PIL and Property in Outer Space:
  Alex Mills (University College London) has posted Private International Law and Property in Outer Space: ‘Finders, Keepers’ or ‘the Province of All Mankind’? on SSRN. The abstract reads: This chapter (…)

  17 août 2026

• Rühl on Regulating Contracts across Borders
  Giesela Rühl (Humboldt University of Berlin) has posted Regulating Contracts across Borders: The Role of Private International Law on SSRN. The abstract reads: Private international law – or conflict (…)

  14 août 2026

• EAPIL Announces New Governance
  At the recent Geneva Conference, EAPIL’s members were called to elect new officers to serve on the Board and the Scientific Council of the Association until 2030. Congratulations and thanks to the fel (…)

  9 juillet 2026

• Second LJUBLJANA PIL Conference – express registration up to 30 June!
  On 10 September 2026, the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law, together with the Institute for Comparative Law, will host the Second Private International Law Conference, a unique regional event d (…)

  25 juin 2026

• Nordic Conference on Direct Claims, Forum and Choice of Law
  The Centre for Private Governance of the Faculty of Law of the University of Copenhagen and UNIDROIT Nordic Law Centre will host a conference on Direct claims, forum and choice of law on 11-12 June 20 (…)

  30 mai 2026

• Commission Expert Subgroup on Brussels I bis holds First Meeting
  The European Commission has established an expert sub-group on the Brussels Ia Regulation composed of 28 members representing as widely as possible the Member States and including some scholars based (…)

  22 mai 2026

• Is Denmark an EU Member State for Purposes of the 2005 Hague Convention?
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  21 mai 2026

• EAPIL conference in Geneva: Registration ends this week!
  The third bi-annual conference of the European Association of Private International Law (EAPIL) will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, on 18-20 June 2026. The conference will present current developm (…)

  12 mai 2026

• EU Establishes Anti Suit Injunction against Russian Litigation
  On 23 April 2026, the EU amended Regulation (EU) 833/2014 concerning restrictive measures against Russia (the ‘Sanctions Regulation’) and established an anti suit injunction for European entities bein (…)

  5 mai 2026

• EAPIL conference in Geneva: Only two weeks left for registration!
  The third bi-annual conference of the European Association of Private International Law (EAPIL) will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, on 18-20 June 2026. The conference will present current developm (…)

  1 mai 2026

• French Supreme Court Rules Rome I Forbids Application of Religious Law
  In a judgment of 11 February 2026, the French supreme court for private and criminal matters (Cour de cassation) ruled that Article 3(3) of the Rome 1 Regulation forbids courts to apply non state law. (…)

  22 avril 2026

• Journal du droit international: Issue 2 of 2026
  The second issue of the Journal du droit international for 2026 has been released. It contains one article and several case notes relating to private international law issues. The article is authored (…)

  21 avril 2026

• EAPIL Issues Position Paper on HCCH Jurisdiction Project
  The EAPIL Working Group on Parallel Proceedings has issued a position paper to answer the public consultation of the Hague Conference on Private International Law on the HCCH Draft text of a future co (…)

  12 mars 2026

• Combination Rather than Dichotomy: A New Framework for Understanding Party Autonomy in Contracts
  Philippine Blajan, who is a professor at the University of Versailles Saint Quentin, has published La combinaison des autonomies en droit international privé des contrats. Étude des interactions entre (…)

  26 février 2026

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