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Should this symbolic change of French law be applauded?

Prof. Dr. Jan Smits on the David Cameron’s long awaited speech on the future of Europe.

Last week the book based on the 2012 conference was published by Hart Publishing under the title Objectivity in Law and Legal Reasoning.

This week, the book based on the conference on pluralism in European private law, organised by Leone Niglia of the University of Exeter, was published by Hart Publishing. 

'Tang Prize' as the Asian equivalent of the Nobel Prize.

We as legal scholars should not only think about which topics can be better regulated at a higher (European) level, but also about when exactly a lower geographical level is better.

Effective solutions do not have to be taken by consensus, but can also come about by one or more courageous states acting unilaterally.

While fragmentation is a well-known phenomenon in core areas of private law such as the law of contract, property and tort, it is much less studied in other fields.

Making use of the possibilities of present-day jurisdictional arbitrage may offer a viable and less expensive alternative to seasteading.