Giesela Ruhl - Böcker

This tribute to Professor Arthur von Mehren from the Harvard Law School is a contribution to the evolving transatlantic dialogue on the conflict of laws. It contains ten contributions that discuss the problems conflict of laws is facing in a globalized world. The first five contributions deal with current legal topics in international civil litigation and transatlantic judicial co-operation ranging from the design of judgments conventions to the recently adopted Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements, and from problems involving negative declaratory actions in international disputes to recent transatlantic developments relating to service of process and collective proceedings. The remaining five contributions focus on choice of law in international relationships. They cover comparative and economic dimensions of party autonomy, reflect on discussions in the choice of law relating to intellectual property rights, and critically discuss the applicable law in antitrust law litigation, international arbitration, and actions for punitive damages.

This tribute to Professor Arthur von Mehren from the Harvard Law School is a contribution to the evolving transatlantic dialogue on the conflict of laws. It contains ten contributions that discuss the problems conflict of laws is facing in a globalized world. The first five contributions deal with current legal topics in international civil litigation and transatlantic judicial co-operation ranging from the design of judgments conventions to the recently adopted Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements, and from problems involving negative declaratory actions in international disputes to recent transatlantic developments relating to service of process and collective proceedings. The remaining five contributions focus on choice of law in international relationships. They cover comparative and economic dimensions of party autonomy, reflect on discussions in the choice of law relating to intellectual property rights, and critically discuss the applicable law in antitrust law litigation, international arbitration, and actions for punitive damages.

Over the course of the last few decades, the European legislature has adopted a total of 18 Regulations in the area of private international law, including civil procedure. The resulting substantial legislative unification has been described as the first true 'Europeanisation' of private international law, and even as a kind of 'European Choice of Law Revolution'. However, it remains largely unclear whether the far-reaching unification of the 'law on the books' has turned private international law into a truly European 'law in action': To what extent is European private international law actually based on uniform European rules common to all Member States, rather than on state treaties or instruments of enhanced cooperation? Is the manner in which academics and practitioners analyse and interpret European private international law really different from previously existing domestic approaches to private international law? Or, rather, is the actual application and interpretation of European private international law still influenced, or even dominated, by national legal traditions, leading to a re-fragmentation of a supposedly uniform body of law?In bringing together academics from all over Europe, How European is European Private International Law? sets out to answer for the first time these crucial and interrelated questions. It sheds light on the conspicuous lack of 'Europeanness' currently symptomatic of European private international law and discusses how this body of law can become truly European in character in the future.

Volume 12 of the EYIEL focuses on “The Future of Dispute Settlement in International Economic Law”.

Volume 12 of the EYIEL focuses on “The Future of Dispute Settlement in International Economic Law”. While new forms of dispute settlement are emerging, others are in deep crisis. The volume starts off with reflections on Dispute Settlement and the World Trade Organisation, most prominently the crisis of the Appellate Body, but also addressing international intellectual property law and the African Continental Free Trade Area. This is followed by a section on Dispute Settlement and Investment Protection/International Investment Law, which includes articles on the summary dismissal of claims, the margin of appreciation doctrine, the use of conciliation to settle sovereign debt disputes, and contract-based arbitration in light of Achmea and Hagia Sophia at ICSID. Further contributions consider the emerging role of commercial courts, the dejudicialization of international economic law, dispute settlement in the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement, reference mechanisms in dispute resolution clauses,and UNCLOS.

Through a mix of foundational inquiries and coverage of current issues (such as climate change litigation), the volume offers a rich and nuanced account of international economic law in an era of "Climate Change and Liability".

Through a mix of foundational inquiries and coverage of current issues (such as climate change litigation), the volume offers a rich and nuanced account of international economic law in an era of "Climate Change and Liability".

The focus of volume 14 of the EYIEL is on “(Public) Procurement and Competition Law in European and International Economic Law”. It is testimony to the fact that areas of law originally perceived as purely economic are permeated by the challenges of society today and adapting to these by embracing innovation, promoting sustainability and social responsibility and including new values in their legal constitutions. Thus, the focus section provides a broad spectrum of contributions considering the interaction between (public) procurement law and WTO law, the role of RTAs, the inclusion of sustainability aspects as well as the influence recent development and challenges such as the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change have on public procurement and competition policy.In its general section the EYIEL considers “Current Challenges, Developments and Events in European and International Economic Law”. It provides a cross-section of recent developments touching upon the Next Generation EU, food commodification, new regulatory approaches to geographical indications, the interaction between investment law and human rights as well as the newest developments with regard to Public-Private Partnership Legislation.

As global economic governance faces mounting challenges—from climate change to geopolitical shifts—the 2024 edition of EYIEL revisits the enduring debate of fragmentation vs.

Ist das Internationale Privatrecht eine effiziente Antwort auf die Probleme grenzüberschrei­tender Transaktionen? In ihrer Untersuchung zu den ökonomischen Grundlagen des Interna­tionalen Privatrechts geht Giesela Rühl dieser Frage nach. Sie unterzieht die einschlägigen Normen auf breiter rechtsvergleichender Grundlage einer Analyse mit Hilfe des öko­nomischen In­strumentariums und macht Erkenntnisse der ökonomischen Theorie für die Beantwor­tung konzeptioneller Fragen sowie für die Lösung konkreter Probleme aus dem Internationalen Ver­trags- und Deliktsrecht fruchtbar. Indem sie das im Werden begriffene europäische Kolli­sions­recht in den Mittelpunkt ihrer Untersuchung rückt, leistet die Autorin gleichzeitig einen Beitrag zur Entwicklung eines kohärenten und funktionsfähigen europäischen Kolli­sionsrechts sowie zur Herausbildung einer eigenständigen europäischen Kollisionsrechtswissen­schaft.

Seit der Verabschiedung des Vertrags von Amsterdam im Jahre 1997 hat die Europäische Union eine Vielzahl von Verordnungen auf dem Gebiet des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts erlassen. Die daraus resultierenden Probleme der konsistenten Auslegung und wechselseitigen Abstimmung dieser Instrumente waren Gegenstand einer Konferenz, die im Oktober 2014 in Freiburg i.Br. stattfand. Die dort gehaltenen Referate sind in dem vorliegenden Band versammelt. Sie arbeiten Wertungswidersprüche zwischen den verschiedenen Rechtsakten heraus, beleuchten die Rahmenbedingungen für eine kohärentere Regelung und zeigen Perspektiven für eine mögliche Kodifikation des europäischen Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts auf. Zudem enthält der Band englische Zusammenfassungen der gehaltenen Referate sowie ausführliche Diskussionsberichte.