Private International Law

Second Period: 29 July-16 August 2013

Inaugural Lecture

29 July
Transnational Commercial Law and Conflict of Laws: Institutional Co-operation and Substantive Complementarity
Herbert KRONKE
Professor at Heidelberg University

General Course

5-16 August
* The Role of Political Considerations in Private International Law
Patrick KINSCH
Lawyer, Visiting Professor at the University of Luxemburg

Special Courses

29 July-2 August
Conflict among Enforcement Regimes in International Economic Law
Hannah BUXBAUM
John E. Schiller Chair in Legal Ethics, Indiana University

29 July-2 August
Efficiency in Private International Law
Toshiyuki KONO
Professor at Kyushu University

29 July-2 August
* The Legal Status of Public and Private Standards in International Economic Relations
Jan WOUTERS
Professor at the University of Leuven

5-9 August
"Trusts" in Private International Law
David John HAYTON
Judge at the Caribbean Court of Justice

5-9 August
* Methods of Private International Law Put to the Test of Labour Law
Étienne PATAUT
Professor at Sorbonne Law School, Paris I University

12-16 August
International Commercial Arbitration, a Comparative Approach with Special Focus on Russia
Alexey KOSTIN
Head of the Private International Law Department, Moscow State Institute of International Relations

12-16 August
* International Protection of Human Rights and Activities of Transnational Companies
Fabrizio MARRELLA
Professor at the University of Venice

* Lectures delivered in French, simultaneously interpreted into English.