The revision of conflict-of-laws rules on names in Germany – New clarity and new uncertainties

Development summary

Bettina Rentsch and Alessa Karlinski discuss the reform of Germany’s conflict-of-laws rules on names. According to the source, the reform shifts the connecting factor from nationality to habitual residence and broadens party choice-of-law options, thereby liberalising the regime while also leaving new interpretive questions after addressing practical and legal shortcomings in the former system.