Hart Publishing launched the Journal in spring 2005. The journal covers all aspects of private international law, reflecting the role of the European Union and the Hague Conference on Private International Law in the making of private international law, in addition to the traditional role of domestic legal orders. The JPIL is now published by Routledge Taylor & Francis.
The conference convenors were Richard Fentiman, Pippa Rogerson and Louise Merrett and the conference was supported by the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law (3CL).
The four plenary sessions from the conference are now available to view:
- Theory:
- Professor Horatia Muir Watt, Sciences Po, Paris: 'Conflicts Reframed: PIL and Global legal Theory'
- Dr Alex Mills, University College London, England: 'Non-State Law in Practice and Theory'
- Professor Joost Blom, Peter A Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, Canada: 'Constitutionalizing Private International Law: the Canadian Experience'
- Choice of Law:
- Professor Mary Keyes, Griffith Law School, Australia: 'Implied Choices of Law and of Courts'
- Professor Peter Mankowski, University of Hamburg: 'Germany Just How Free is a Free Choice of Law?'
- Professor Monika Pauknerová, Faculty of Law, Charles University, Czech Republic: 'Escape Clauses and Legal Certainty in Private International Law'
- Natural Persons in Private International Law:
- Professor Paul Beaumont and Jayne Holliday, University of Aberdeen, Scotland and Dr Lara Walker, University of Sussex, England: 'Conflicts of EU Courts on Child Abduction'
- Professor Janeen Carruthers, University of Glasgow, Scotland and Professor Elizabeth Crawford, University of Glasgow, Scotland: 'The Succession Regulation and its Impact Beyond its Apparent Scope of Application'
- Professor Koji Takahashi, Doshisha University Law School, Japan: 'Jurisdiction and Choice-of-Law Questions Arising in the Process of Unmasking Anonymous'
- Jurisdiction and Forum Clauses:
- Professor Stephen Pitel,Western University, Canada and Professor Vaughan Black, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Canada: 'Forum Selection Clauses: Beyond the Contracting Parties'
- Professor Matthias Weller, EBS University, Wiesbaden, Germany: 'Choice of Forum Agreements Under the Brussels I Recast and Under the Hague Convention: Coherence or Clash?'
- Professor Carmen Otero García-Castrillón, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain and Professor Elena Rodriguéz-Pineau, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain: 'Competition Damages' Claims in the EU: Moving on but Still a Long Way to Go'