From Theory to Practice in Private International Law

Justin Borg-Barthet and Katarina Trimmings are Professors of Law, Burcu Yüksel Ripley is a Senior Lecturer and Patricia Zivkovic is a Lecturer, all at the School of Law, University of Aberdeen, UK.

1. Introduction, Justin Borg-Barthet (University of Aberdeen, UK), Katarina Trimmings (University of Aberdeen, UK), Burcu Yüksel Ripley (University of Aberdeen, UK), and Patricia Živkovic (University of Aberdeen, UK)

Part I: The Evolving Nature and Scope of Private International Law
2. Private International Law and Pluralism, Alex Mills (University College London, UK)
3. The Private International Law of Mediated Settlement Agreements, Thalia Kruger (University Antwerp, Belgium)
4. Vulnerability and Private International Law: Mapping a Normative Approach Towards Asymmetrical Substantive Equality, Lorna E Gillies (Edinburgh Napier University, UK)
5. Private International Law as the Final Frontier for Feminist Scholarship? Justin Borg-Barthet (University of Aberdeen, UK) and Katarina Trimmings (University of Aberdeen, UK)

Part II: Civil and Commercial Matters in Private International Law
6. Damage, Andrew Dickinson (University of Oxford, UK)
7. Cryptocurrency Transfers in Distributed Ledger Technology-Based Systems and their Characterisation in Conflict of Laws, Burcu Yüksel Ripley (University of Aberdeen, UK)
8. Environmental Litigation in the European Union: All Quiet on the Western Front? Laura Carballo Piñeiro (University of Vigo, Spain)
9. International Trade Agreements and Private International Law: Narrowing Mutual Links, Carmen Otero García-Castrillón (Complutense University, Spain)
10. Cross-Border Protection of Human Rights: The 2021 German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act, Giesela Ruhl (Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany)
11. International Commercial Arbitration: Law Applicable to Merits and ‘Creeping’ Judicial Substantive Review, Patricia Zivkovic (University of Aberdeen, UK)
12. Authentic Instruments in Chinese Private International Law, Zheng Tang (Wuhan University, China) and Xu Huang (Wuhan University, China)

Part III: Family Matters in Private International Law
13. Judicial Subjectivism in Determining the Habitual Residence of Newborns: Wrong Questions and Questionable Answers in Pope v Lunday, Aude Fiorini (University of Dundee, UK)
14. Private Divorces under Brussels IIb: Three Questions for the New Article 65(1), Anatol Dutta (Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany)