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.

This book is devoted to the applicable law to contractual and non-contractual obligations in the European Union as applied before the Courts.

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.

The essays collected in this volume critically address some of the main issues concerning the relations of the EU with non-EU countries and international organisations in the area of private international law, as well as the impact of these relations on EU legislation dealing with matters featuring cross-border implications.

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.

This publication is the first in a series of three volumes entitled Proceedings of the Twentieth Session (2005).