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This blog piece is based on a conference held in Ljubljana on 26 April 2024. This seminar was co-organised by the Centre for Private International Law of the University of Aberdeen, the Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana and the Pax Project (co-funded by the European Commission). The…
I. Introduction
I was privileged to moderate a panel at the Pax Moot Private International Law Conference held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on April 26, 2024, and sponsored by the Centre for Private International Law at the University of Aberdeen Faculty of Law. My fellow panelists were Dr. Tsvetelina Dimitrova, a…
The second stream of the 2024 PAX Moot Court Half-Day Conference focused on business and human rights litigation and private international law. The two presentations in this panel, moderated by Dr Uglješa Grušić from University College London, were given by Dr Jachin Van Doninck from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and…
Rules of private international law are most often considered in the dispute resolution (mostly litigation) context. But those rules are of fundamental importance to the transaction planner (the contract drafter). Particularly when considering how rules of private international law relate to jurisdiction based upon consent, whether in…
In the changing post-World War II global economic landscape, the UN Vienna Sales Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) emerged as a project of uniform law.[i] In a transnational context, it aimed to displace the localization of the law in favor of delocalization to remove the…
The EU instruments governing cross-border cooperation in civil matters extend to cases and legal relationships that are characterised by an international element. So does the Brussels Ia Regulation 1215/2012, which harmonises the law of international jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments. In the case of Inkreal (C-497/22), the…
This is the first post in the blog posts series entitled Perspectives on Law in a Transnational Context. The idea behind the blog post series is to explore the transnational tendencies in the application of laws and rules of law and critically assess their purpose from different legal and ethical…
Sûrement, Dr. Aminata Touré n’est plus à presenter.[1] With an unapologetic track record of dedication to human rights, especially women’s rights, economic injustice and opposing corruption; she now stands in the running to become the next President of Senegal. Dr Touré was the country’s Justice Minister (2012-2013), Prime Minister (2013-2014),…
The seminar was held on the 13th June 2023 with the two speakers leading the two sessions and eight panels - Magdalena Zabrocka and Shahab Saqib. The event focused on the concept of citizenship, its different faces, meaning and places within various areas of law, as well as relevance to…
What is World Press Freedom Day?
The 3rd of May was proclaimed “World Press Freedom Day” by the UN General Assembly in 1993. The Day raises awareness about the importance of independent media, threats to media freedom, and presents an opportunity for States to reflect on and recommit to protecting…
