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Academic publicationConflict of lawsSpain

Spain’s Succession Regulation and the clash between internal and international conflict rules

The article considers how the European Succession Regulation interacts with Spain’s coexisting civil law systems, using decisions of the Dirección General de Seguridad y Fe Pública from the Regulation’s first ten years of application.

Academic publicationConflict of lawsSpain

Spanish Courts and the Brussels I bis Regulation, 2015–2025

Eduardo Álvarez Armas’s article examines how Spanish courts applied the Brussels I bis Regulation between 2015 and 2025. It updates an analysis prepared for a national report in 2022 to 1 August 2025 and considers the development of the data where relevant.

Academic publicationConflict of lawsSpain

Spain and France take different paths on recognising parentage after overseas surrogacy

Antonia Durán Ayago’s article in the Anuario Español de Derecho Internacional Privado argues that the Spanish Supreme Court Civil Chamber is wrong in its approach to parentage created through surrogacy abroad, and that the French Cour de cassation adopts the sounder line by allowing recognition…

Academic publicationInternational civil procedureSpain

Recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards in OHADA law

Yawa Félicité Etse considers the legal regime governing the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards under OHADA law, identifying the applicable rules and the way in which they operate.

Academic publicationInternational civil procedureSpain

Lorena Sales Pallarés’s 2025 article considers the spread of strategic litigation from established fields such as…

Lorena Sales Pallarés’s 2025 article considers the spread of strategic litigation from established fields such as environmental protection and human rights into data protection, consumer law and corporate accountability.