Editorial
Editorial In October 2015, the Faculty of Law at ELTE University hosted the Greek-Hungarian Symposium on Private International Law and Private Law for the second time in the history of this long-standing cooperation between the University of Athens and ELTE. The academic cooperation between the law faculties of the two universities goes back […]
The Professio iuris in EU Regulations
The Professio iuris in EU Regulations** I Introduction The current so-called professio iuris, i.e. the party autonomy in private international law, or otherwise the possibility/power of those involved to choose the law applicable to a relationship, has deep roots in a remote past. The main source of inspiration for the choice-of-law […]
The Rise and Fall of Common European Sales Law
The Rise and Fall of Common European Sales Law I Introduction While the UNIDROIT Principles have occupied their well-deserved places in Lex Mercatoria for a long time, the fate of its possible regional counterpart, the Common European Sales Law, is more than uncertain. The prospects and hurdles of harmonisation of European […]
Simplifying the Circulation of Public Documents in the European Union – Present and Future Solutions
Simplifying the Circulation of Public Documents in the European Union – Present and Future Solutions I The Genesis of a New Legislative Instrument of EU Law 1. Following the results of the Eurobarometer on civil status, in 2010 the European Commission[1] launched a debate on all the public documents that require […]
Reforming Jurisdiction in Contract – A Success Story or a Painful Compromise?
Reforming Jurisdiction in Contract – A Success Story or a Painful Compromise? One of the cornerstones of EU law is the principle of autonomous interpretation. As the ECJ ruled in the Linster case: ‘The need for uniform application of Community law and the principle of equality require that the terms of a […]
Cohabitation of EU Regulations and National Laws in the Field of Conflict of Laws
Cohabitation of EU Regulations and National Laws in the Field of Conflict of Laws Since the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1999, the European Union is entitled to issue legislative instruments in the field of private international law. This shift of competences first resulted in the transformation (at […]
Challenges of the Codification of the Law Applicable to Legal Persons from the Perspective of Recodifying Hungarian Private International Law
Challenges of the Codification of the Law Applicable to Legal Persons from the Perspective of Recodifying Hungarian Private International Law I Introduction The decision to recodify Hungarian private international law was taken by the Hungarian Government in 2015.[1] The changed social and economic circumstances since the time of its adoption require […]
Limitation of Proceedings under Article 12 Successions Regulation (2012) An Impossible Codification of the Improbable
Limitation of Proceedings under Article 12 Successions Regulation (2012) An Impossible Codification of the Improbable I Introduction Private international law at the European level is designed to simplify cross-border transactions and procedures, both through unification of the national solutions and, at the same time, through codification of ‘good practices’ identified across […]
The Successions in Europe A Contribution to the Classification and Unification of the Succession Systems in Europe
The Successions in Europe A Contribution to the Classification and Unification of the Succession Systems in Europe I Alea Iacta Est? As it is evident, the expression ius commune refers to the Romanistic-Germanic legal family which was developed in the 12th and 13th century in Western Europe under the direct influence of […]
The UNIDROIT Principles of International Contracts as a Basis for Teaching Law Reform and other Legal Skills in the Course on Transnational Law
The UNIDROIT Principles of International Contracts as a Basis for Teaching Law Reform and other Legal Skills in the Course on Transnational Law I would first like to put this in context. Among the audience of teachers of transnational commercial law at a conference on the teaching of transnational commercial law, we […]
