Entries by Marie Nioche

Localisation of Damages in Private International Law : 30-31 May 2022

Many thanks to Olivera Boskovic and Caroline Kleiner for this post. Monday 30 and Tuesday 31 May 2022 Paris Cité University The determination of jurisdiction and applicable law in the field of non-contractual obligations largely depends on the localisation of damage. However, this can prove to be very difficult, or even impossible. What is the […]

Second Issue of 2021’s Revue Critique de Droit International Privé

The last issue of the Revue Critique de Droit International Privé has been released. It contains eight articles and several case notes. The editorial (authored by Horatia Muir Watt, Dominique Bureau and Sabine Corneloup) and five of the articles deal with the reserved share (réserve héréditaire) in international successions. These five articles are authored by: […]

First Issue of 2021’s Revue Critique de Droit International Privé

The last issue of the Revue critique de droit international privé has been released. It contains several case notes and four articles. The first article, by Didier Boden (University of Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne), proposes new names and definitions in order to enrich private international law. Pursuant to the author: “Private international law and the […]

Establishing Foreign Law: In the Search for Appropriate Cooperation Instruments – International Symposium, 28th November 2019, Cour de cassation, Paris

Many thanks to Gustavo Cerqueira for this post: The Société de législation comparée and the International Commission on Civil Status organize in partnership with the universities of Strasbourg and Reims an international symposium dedicated to the establishment of the content of foreign law and the need to consider appropriate instruments for cooperation. The importance of […]

Last Issue of 2018’s Revue Critique de Droit International Privé

The last issue of the Revue critique de droit international privé has been released. It contains several casenotes and one article, authored by Professor Paul Lagarde (“La codification du droit international privé monégasque”). The abstract reads as follows: “The princedom of Monaco has just given itself a brand-new legislation, a more or less complete codification […]

Book Launch: Global Private International Law

Global Private International Law is a new casebook, published by Edward Elgar and edited by Horatia Muir Watt, Lucia Bíziková, Agatha Brandão de Oliveira, and Diego P. Fernandez Arroyo. The publisher provided the following summary: “Providing a unique and clearly structured tool, this book presents an authoritative collection of carefully selected global case studies. Some […]

Oral Rounds of the Pax Moot 2019

Thanks to Daniel Chan for this post. The Oral Rounds of the Pax Moot 2019 has been definitively set at May 24th and May 25th, the detailed schedule can be found on the website (

PAX Moot 2019

Thanks to Daniel Chan for this post. PAX Moot 2019 is here! PAX Moot is a specialized moot court competition focused on private international law issues. We foster a competition in which participants will be able to learn and apply first hand the complexities and nuances of this area of law. Instead of pleading primarily […]