This bibliography covers private international law, or conflict of laws, in a broad sense. In particular, it covers judicial or adjudicatory jurisdiction, prescriptive jurisdiction, choice of forum, choice of law, federal-state conflicts, recognition and enforcement of sister-state and...

Europe has witnessed an intensive debate on collective redress over the course of the last decade. Discussions in Europe are characterized by opposing views in the Member States and fear for abusive litigation. In June 2013, the European Commission released its long-awaited policy in the form of...

In this contribution we set out to answer the question whether a transnational response to relieve the need of victims of transnational environmental pollution is required, and if so, what response would be in order. The first part of the question should be answered with a firm “yes.” It is...

There is an international trend towards civil liability claims against parent companies of multinational corporations for damage caused to people and planet in host countries. The district court in The Hague recently assumed jurisdiction over claims by two Nigerian farmers and the Dutch NGO...

This article discusses the legal status of links, in connection with the pending cases before the Court of Justice of the European Union in Svensson, C More and BestWater. Hyperlinks, deep links, framed links and embedded links are discussed. It focuses on the Opinion of the European Copyright...

This brief text is based on the commentary delivered by the authors at the 5th Annual Conference of the Global Competition Law Centre: The Commission's review of regulation 1/2003. (Brussels, 11 June 2009). The organisers of the conference invited the authors to take the role of "discussant" and...

Transparency in EU Public Procurement regime can be divided into advertising obligations under the EU Procurement Directives and access to documents under national laws of Member States. Due to limited EU rules on post-award transparency the disclosure rules are subject to national laws. Here...

This Report, conducted within the framework of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, addresses the question of extraterritoriality (extraterritorial jurisdiction) in the area of competition law from the developing countries perspecitive. It examines whether or not domestic...

There are some important reasons why low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) may choose to make greater use of competition law and policy to reduce the cost of treatment. First, multilateral trade rules allow substantial flexibility in the development and application of competition law and...

Given the high levels of greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere and the likelihood of growing emissions in the future, even aggressive limits on greenhouse gas emissions might ultimately fail to prevent dangerous climate disruptions. To prepare for this risk, some scientists have started to...