The article addresses the doctrine of forum necessitatis from a comparative-law perspective, explaining how a court that would otherwise lack jurisdiction in a dispute with a foreign element may exceptionally assume jurisdiction so that the claimant’s right of access to court is not defeated.
Stefan Huber authored the academic publication “Transnational Commercial Law Teachers’ Meeting 2025: enforcement and interpretation” in Uniform Law Review, published on 2026-07-20. The publication forms part of the private-international-law literature concerning International.
Nesar Ahmad Mohammadi, Teaching Assistant Abdul Basir Nasiri and Dr Sayed Yadullah Gowhari compare the conflict-of-laws rules on personal status in Iran and Afghanistan, addressing marriage, divorce, parent–child relations, guardianship, tutorship and legal capacity.
The article by Dewa Sukma Kelana, Agus Gandara, Siah Khosyi’ah and Ahmad Fathonih, published in Jurnal Pustaka Cendekia Hukum dan Ilmu Sosial, addresses the distribution of assets in cross-border succession disputes under Islamic law and Indonesian positive law.
The European Association of Private International Law has announced the publication of the Wrocław conference volume, Private International Law and Global Crises, based on the Second EAPIL Conference held in Wrocław in June 2024.
Sophie Duparc traces conflicts between free-movement freedoms and Member States’ private international law rules from company law and surname disputes to same-sex marriage, homoparental affiliation and changes of gender identity.
Review of Asma Alouane’s 2025 work, prefaced by L. Gannagé, examining private international law in light of the right to respect for private and family life.
Leontine Bruijnen authored the academic publication “Culturele diversiteit en recht, by Susan Rutten, Elles Ramakers and Annick van den Eshof (eds), Larcier-Intersentia, 2023, 2nd ed., 382 pages” in Revue critique de droit international privé, published on 2026-07-07.
Georgette Salamé authored the academic publication “Rethinking Law’s Families and Family Law, par Frederik Swennen, Elise Goossens et Tine Van Hof (dir.), Edward Elgar, 2024, 296 pages” in Revue critique de droit international privé, published on 2026-07-07.
Horatia Muir Watt authored the academic publication “Sur le désastre de Mariana Dam: responsabilité écologique selon le droit brésilien” in Revue critique de droit international privé, published on 2026-07-07.
Aysun Bolaca’s article in Ticaret ve Fikri Mülkiyet Hukuku Dergisi examines investor obligations in new-generation investment treaties through an ESG lens.
Lorenzo Bernardini’s article, published in the Journal of Perpetrator Research as “Mass Immigration Detention: Thorny Pathologies and Large-Scale Impact”, examines mass immigration detention in Europe through the EU migration-law framework and the ECHR.
Hanen Medromi treats Moroccan border law not simply as a question of territorial boundaries, but as a composite legal regime operating across land, air and maritime borders.
Badr Al-Maskari and Abdulwahab Hamid’s article offers an analytical, critical and comparative reading of Omani nationality law under Royal Decree No. 17/2025.
The Verfassungsblog post on the Court of Justice’s judgment in Case C-147/24, Safi, reports that Union citizenship was read as protecting not only mobile citizens but also static minor Union citizens who have never exercised free movement.
James Kraska authored the academic publication “U.S. Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Measures for North Korea Maritime Sanctions Enforcement” in The Korean Journal of International and Comparative Law, published on 2026-06-01.
Mohamed Kamal Arafa Elrakhawi’s work on Zenodo brings French private international law and European private law together in a codification-oriented framework. It seeks to organise the relationship between those two legal layers within a single systematic structure.
Alla Barabash considers the place of conflict-of-laws rules in EU regulations within Germany’s private international law system. The article offers a comparative assessment of the law applicable to cross-border private-law relationships.
Mykola Matiiko’s article, published in Chasopys tsyvilistyky, addresses the contractual component of the regulatory function of civil law, private international law and Roman private law.
This Zenodo article by Diyorakhon Payzullaeva offers a comparative analysis of conflict-of-laws rules in intellectual property. It is relevant to private international law through questions of applicable law and connecting factors in cross-border disputes.
This Open MIND episode traces the shift in dual-citizenship rules from early twentieth-century hostility to the present-day patchwork of permissive, conditional and restrictive regimes.