Tobias Lutzi – Författare

Private International Law Online is a dedicated analysis of the private international law framework in the European Union as it applies to online activities such as content publishing, selling and advertising goods through internet marketplaces, or offering services that are performed online. It provides an insight into the history of internet regulation, and examines the interplay between substantive regulation and private international law in a transaction space that is inherently independent from physical borders. Lutzi investigates the current legal framework of the European Union from two angles: first questioning how the rules of private international law affect the effectiveness of substantive legislation, and then considering how the resulting legal framework affects individual internet users. The book addresses recent judgments like the Court of Justice's controversial decision in Glawischnig-Piesczek v Facebook, and the potential consequences of global injunctions, including the adverse effects on freedom of speech and the challenges of coordinating different national laws with regard to online platforms. It also considers the European Union's new Copyright Directive, and the way private international law affects the ability of instruments such as this to create a coherent legal framework for online activities in the European Union.Based on this discussion, Lutzi advocates an alternative approach and sets out how reform might provide a more effective framework, and develops individual elements of the approach to propose new rules and how those rules might adapt to accommodate more recent phenomena and technologies.

This book looks at the question of extending the reach of the Brussels Ia Regulation to defendants not domiciled in an EU Member State. The Regulation, the centrepiece of the EU framework on civil procedure, is widely recognised as one of the most successful legal instruments on judicial cooperation. To provide a basis for the discussion of its possible extension, this volume takes a closer look at the national rules that currently govern the question of jurisdiction over non-EU defendants in each Member State through 17 national reports. The insights gained from them are summarised in a comparative report and critically discussed in further contributions, which look at the question both from a European and from a wider global perspective. Private international lawyers will be keen to read the findings and conclusions, which will also be of interest to practitioners and policy makers.

This book looks at the question of extending the reach of the Brussels Ia Regulation to defendants not domiciled in an EU Member State. The Regulation, the centrepiece of the EU framework on civil procedure, is widely recognised as one of the most successful legal instruments on judicial cooperation. To provide a basis for the discussion of its possible extension, this volume takes a closer look at the national rules that currently govern the question of jurisdiction over non-EU defendants in each Member State through 17 national reports. The insights gained from them are summarised in a comparative report and critically discussed in further contributions, which look at the question both from a European and from a wider global perspective. Private international lawyers will be keen to read the findings and conclusions, which will also be of interest to practitioners and policy makers.

This book examines the EU Member States’ national rules on recognition and enforcement of Non-EU judgments.Through its country report methodology, it explores the rules of 21 Member States in a structured manner. The emerging points of convergence – and divergence – form the basis of a detailed comparative report, which provides a unique overview of the current legal framework of recognition and enforcement of non-EU judgments across the European Union. This allows for (at least) three intriguing points of comparison: between the laws of the individual Member States; between the laws of the Member States and the legal framework applicable to EU judgments under the Brussels Ia Regulation; and between the laws of the Member States and the 2019 HCCH Judgments Convention. This ambitious and unique work will be an indispensable reference for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners in the field of international commercial law.

Der Tagungsband enthält die Beiträge der zweiten Tagung des IPR-Nachwuchses in Würzburg, die im Frühjahr 2019 stattfand.Das heutige Kollisionsrecht ist einerseits stark durch traditionelle Ansätze und Methoden geprägt, sieht sich andererseits jedoch wie kaum ein anderes Rechtsgebiet mit den Veränderungen und Herausforderungen des 21. Jahrhunderts konfrontiert. Die Beiträge zeichnen verschiedene Facetten und Entwicklungslinien aus den unterschiedlichsten Gebieten des IPR nach und spannen den Bogen von den historischen Grundlagen und dem Allgemeinen Teil über aktuelle Entwicklungen im Gesellschafts-, Familien- und Erbrecht hin zum Kontext der Digitalisierung; auch internationalverfahrensrechtliche Fragen werden beleuchtet. Die Gesamtschau der Vielfalt der Verbindungen zwischen Altbewährtem und Neuentdecktem zeigt neue Synergieeffekte für die künftige Entwicklung des IPR.

Was tut sich beim Strafschadensersatz, wie wird weltweit mit ihm umgegangen? Die Autoren des vorliegenden Bandes erörtern die Ablehnung von Strafschadensersatz in zivilrechtlichen Rechtsordnungen, seine Fortentwicklung im US-Recht und jüngere internationale Trends, um die Frage zu beantworten: "Wer hat (noch) Angst vor Strafschadensersatz?"