Ralf Michaels - Böcker

Private international law has long been understood as a doctrinal and technical body of law, without interesting theoretical foundations or implications. By systematically exploring the rich array of philosophical topics that are part of the fabric of private international law, Philosophical Foundations of Private International Law fills a significant and long-standing void in the legal and philosophical literature.The contributions to this volume are testimony to the significant potential for interaction between philosophy and private international law. Some aim to expand and rethink classical jurisprudential theories by focusing on law beyond the state and on the recognition of foreign law and judgments in domestic courts. Others bring legal and moral theories to bear on traditional debates in private international law, such as legal pluralism, transnational justice, the interpretation of foreign legal policies, and the boundaries of the legal system. Several engage with the history of both private international law and legal and political philosophy. They point to missed opportunities when philosophers ignored law's transnational dimensions, or when private international law scholars failed to position their theories within broader philosophical schools of thought. Some seek to complete past attempts to articulate the philosophical dimensions of private international law that were never carried through. Thought-provoking and topical, this volume displays the varied themes cutting through the disciplines of private international law and philosophy.

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.

In 2015, the United Nations formulated 17 ambitious goals towards transforming our world the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 2030). Their relation to public international law has been studied, but private law has received less attention in this context and private international law none at all. Yet development happens, not only through public action, but also through private action and such action is governed predominantly by private law and private international law. This book demonstrates an important, constructive role for private international law as an indispensable part of the global legal architecture needed to turn the SDGs into reality. Renowned and upcoming scholars from around the world analyse, for each of the 17 SDGs, what role private international law actually plays towards advancing these goals and how private international law could, or should, be reformed to advance them. Together, the chapters in the book bring to the fore the hitherto lacking private side of transforming our world.

Globalisierung und Europäisierung stellen die Rolle des Staates in Frage. Für das Privatrecht - Vertragsrecht, Eigentumsrecht, kurz: das Recht Privater - ergeben sich daraus zwei zentrale Fragen: Wie hängt das Privatrecht mit dem Staat zusammen? Und welche Folgen hat die veränderte Rolle des Staates für das Privatrecht? Diesen Fragen gehen die Autoren der hier gesammelten Beiträge nach.

Die Frühehe, ein globales und altes Phänomen, ist seit einigen Jahren nicht nur in den Blickwinkel menschenrechtlicher und rechtspolitischer Diskussionen geraten, sondern auch Objekt nationaler Rechtsreformen geworden. Mehrere europäische Staaten, darunter 2017 Deutschland, reformierten ihr Recht dahingehend, nicht nur die inländische Frühehe ausnahmslos zu verbieten, sondern zudem der im Ausland geschlossenen Frühehe die Anerkennung zu verweigern. Der Sammelband stellt vergleichend Praxis und soziale Hintergründe der Frühehe sowie ihre rechtliche Behandlung in ausgewählten Rechtsordnungen Europas, Nord- und Lateinamerikas, des Nahen Ostens und Asiens dar. Darauf aufbauend untersucht er, ob die Reform des deutschen internationalen Privatrechts zielführend ist und ob sie mit höherrangigem Recht vereinbar ist.