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. The question remains, however, if these efforts have turned private international law into a truly European field? The book analyses – for the first time – how ‘European’ European private international law actually is.

For a millennium, Roman Law has been part and parcel of the Western legal canon. This book follows the interpretation efforts triggered by a specific problem concerning multiple tortfeasors’ liabilities for homicide. The complete evolution of Roman law scholarship is reflected in the discussions of one single problem.

This book systematically and exhaustively analyses existing PIL rules and issues in EU and national legislation, covering all EU Member States in the process. It then demonstrates that the characteristics of PIL themselves imply a framework for “general issues” – independently from language, codification or underlying legal tradition.

Each year, the Jura Falconis conference is held to discuss prior developments, draw lessons from the past and offer perspectives for the future of European private international law. The 50th anniversary of the Brussels Convention (1968) presented itself as the perfect discussion point for the 2018 conference.

Dit Cahier reikt praktijkjuristen adequate antwoorden aan op de vele vragen die de recente wetswijzigingen in het nationale en internationale beslagrecht doen rijzen. Het is niet de ambitie van de auteurs om volledig en exhaustief te zijn. De auteurs zijn er wel in geslaagd enkele minder bekende onderwerpen uit het beslagrecht te belichten en te verduidelijken voor de rechtspracticus.

This book compiles and puts into perspective portraits of 36 professors of private law from Germany, Austria and Switzerland who completed the core of their academic oeuvre in the 20th century.

Common Interests in International Litigation provides answers to questions that international litigation faces as the result of an increasing recognition of common interests in this area, with an ever-expanding network of specialised judicial bodies.

Belgische rechtbanken en hoven moeten steeds meer IPR-wetgeving van EU-oorsprong toepassen. Hoe doen ze dat? Volgen zij de rechtspraak van het Hof van Justitie van de EU? In deze bijdrage maken de auteurs een analyse van de (gepubliceerde) rechtspraak over de Brussel I-, de Brussel II bis- en de Onderhoudsverordening.

This book examines the private international law treatment of American punitive damages in the European Union. It poses the crucial question whether U.S. punitive damages (should) penetrate the borders of the European Union through the backdoor of private international law.