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DETENTION OF PROF. MAURICE KAMTO – PRESS RELEASE 28/08/19

SAVE THE DATE – October 8 2019 – The Use of Comparative Law Methodology in International Arbitration

SAVE THE DATE!8 OCT 2019 - ParisAFTERNOON The International Academy of Comparative Law will be launching its new publication "IUS COMPARATUM" on October 8th 2019 in Paris. The topic of the first volume is: THE USE OF COMPARATIVE LAW METHODOLOGY IN INTERNATIONAL...

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COMPARATIVE

CASE LAW

French Court finds the French State has committed a fault because of insufficient measures taken in terms of air quality

Jun 25, 2019

On 25th June 2019, the court of Montreuil found that "the [French] State has committed a fault because of insufficient measures taken in terms of air quality to remedy the overrun, between 2012 and 2016, in the region Ile -de-France, of the treshold values for the...

Ecuador: Constitutional Court approves same-sex marriage

Jun 14, 2019

On June 13th 2019, Ecuador's Constitutional Court approved same-sex marriage ( 5-to-4 ruling). Ecuador joins a handful of Latin American nations — Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia and Uruguay — that have legalized same-sex marriage in the recent years. More...

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LEGISLATIVE

REFORM

Canada and EU agree on interim alternative to WTO Appellate Body

Jul 29, 2019

Canada and the EU have agreed a new trade dispute resolution system as a temporary substitute to the WTO's Appellate Body, which is edging towards collapse. Over the past 2 years, US president Donald Trump has consistently blocked replacements for retiring judges....

Taiwan passes same-sex marriage legislation

May 17, 2019

On 17 May 2019, the Taiwanese Parliament has approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, a landmark decision making the island the first place in Asia to pass same-sex marriage legislation More information can be found via this link : CNN Le Monde

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DOCTRINAL

STUDIES

Niklas Brüggemann, Die Anerkennung prorogationswidriger Urteile im Europäischen und US-amerikanischen Zivilprozessrecht

Sep 5, 2019

Niklas Brüggemann, Die Anerkennung prorogationswidriger Urteile im Europäischen und US-amerikanischen ZivilprozessrechtThe summary is reproduced hereafter : "Gerichtsstandsvereinbarungen gewährleisten zuständigkeitsrechtliche Vorhersehbarkeit und Rechtssicherheit....

Droit français – droit québécois : inspirations mutuelles

Jul 29, 2019

Droit français - droit québécois : inspirations mutuelles Par : Didier Cholet, Sylvio Normand, ISBN 978-2-89730-537-6, Éditions Yvon BlaisThe summary is reproduced hereafter: "Les droits québécois et français présentent de nombreuses similitudes pour des raisons...