Ralf Michaels – författare

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.

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.

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.

Haben deutsche Gerichte aufgrund der Vorgaben des internationalen Privatrechts einen Fall nach ausländischem Recht zu entscheiden, können sie zu dessen Ermittlung ein Sachverständigengutachten einholen. Obgleich diese Vorgehensweise in der deutschen Gerichtspraxis lange Tradition hat, wirft sie eine Fülle praktischer und theoretischer Fragen auf. Dies betrifft etwa die genaue Abgrenzung der Aufgabenbereiche zwischen Gerichten, Sachverständigen und Parteien sowie die zielführende Formulierung des Beweisbeschlusses. Der vorliegende Band versammelt die Referate, die zu diesen und benachbarten Themen am 16./17. Juni 2023 auf einer wissenschaftlichen Konferenz am Hamburger Max-Planck-Institut gehalten wurden. Zudem enthält er, zusammen mit einer Einführung, die im Kontext der Veranstaltung erarbeiteten "Hamburger Leitlinien für die Ermittlung und Anwendung ausländischen Rechts in deutschen Verfahren".

Die Rechte der Natur haben sich von einem etwas exzentrischen Nischenthema zu einem Mainstream-Forschungsfeld entwickelt. Zuerst in Rechtsordnungen der südlichen Hemisphäre eingeführt, haben sie . seither ihren Weg auch in nördliche Rechtsordnungen gefunden - von Kanada bis Spanien. In vielen anderen stoßen sie jedoch auf Ablehnung. Als rechtliche Innovation aus dem Globalen Süden, die ihren Weg in den Norden findet, sind sie für eine dekoloniale Rechtsvergleichung, die Eurozentrismus vermeidet und überwindet, ebenso von besonderer Bedeutung wie für Analysen des globalen Rechtspluralismus jenseits des Staates..Dieser Sammelband vereint zwei Generalberichte, fünf Spezialberichte und 20 Länderberichte, die ursprünglich für den Weltkongress 2022 der Internationalen Vereinigung für Rechtsvergleichung erstellt und seither gründlich aktualisiert wurden. Durch die Verknüpfung der Rechte der Natur mit Diskussionen über globalen Rechtspluralismus trägt er zu einem tieferen Verständnis beider Phänomene bei. Innovativ ordnet er die Länder drei Kategorien zu: poietische Systeme, die am Ursprung der Rechte der Natur stehen, mimetische Systeme, die das Konzept übernommen haben, sowie widerständige Systeme, die dies nicht getan haben. Gerade die letztgenannte Kategorie ist bislang weitgehend unbeachtet geblieben; dabei sind Widerstand und seine Gründe entscheidende Elemente für das Verständnis der Rechte der Natur. Das Buch verbindet formelles Recht mit der Analyse sozioökonomischer und kultureller Rahmenbedingungen und untersucht insbesondere die lokalen und transnationalen Bewegungen, die hinter der Einführung der Rechte der Natur stehen.

Este libro presenta y examina algunas de las líneas argumentativas centrales del derecho comparado crítico. Para ello, reúne tres textos clave que han contribuido al derecho comparado desde perspectivas teóricas diferentes. El primer capítulo del libro, "Comparaciones críticas: repensar el derecho comparado" de Günter Frankenberg, expone algunos de los fundamentos del pensamiento crítico en el derecho comparado. Le siguen dos autores que han tenido una intervención destacada en el debate sobre los trasplantes. "La imposibilidad de los trasplantes jurídicos" de Pierre Legrand representa de manera poderosa los enfoques culturalistas del derecho, mientras que el texto de Ralf Michaels, "''Talla única'': algunas ideas heréticas sobre la producción masiva de trasplantes jurídicos" muestra una versión reconstruida del funcionalismo y del formalismo que tiene en cuenta las críticas que históricamente se han ofrecido en contra de estas perspectivas. En el sentido usado en este volumen, lo "crítico" no se reduce a las críticas marxistas o materialistas del derecho, abarca también los cuestionamientos al derecho comparado tradicional en los cuales se mantiene una distancia crítica con respecto a su objeto, el derecho, y se problematiza la posición privilegiada y la jerarquía que usualmente se le otorga al discurso jurídico.

El derecho comparado es una práctica común en los Estados latinoamericanos contemporáneos. Las cortes, los congresos, las administraciones, las firmas de abogados y los profesores de derecho de la región constantemente hacen derecho comparado. Este hacer se concreta de manera típica en alguna forma de trasplante jurídico. Las sentencias, las partes motivas de las leyes, los fundamentos de los decretos, las justificaciones de los conceptos de las firmas de abogados o las investigaciones jurídicas a menudo incluyen secciones sobre derecho comparado, que buscan contribuir a solucionar un problema social o jurídico específico por medio de la transferencia de conocimientos legales. Infortunadamente, estas formas de hacer derecho comparado no siempre se sustentan en un diseño de investigación sólido, no ofrecen un análisis comparativo (solo un listado de normas extranjeras) o no presentan uno que sea suficientemente rico y complejo. La práctica del derecho comparado, en este tipo de ejercicio, está separada de la teoría del derecho comparado. Así, este libro tiene como objetivo contribuir a cerrar la brecha entre el hacer y el teorizar sobre el derecho comparado en América Latina. Se divide en tres partes: conceptos, fines y métodos; trasplantes jurídicos; y perspectivas interdisciplinarias y críticas. Cada una de estas secciones reúne textos alrededor de los cuales han girado los debates sobre estos problemas clave de la disciplina o que resultan útiles para comprenderlos. Estos escritos, además, no están disponibles en español o sus traducciones no son de fácil acceso para una buena parte de la audiencia latinoamericana.