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PIL conference University of Johannesburg: provisional programme

By Jan Neels

COMPARATIVE PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW CONFERENCE

8?11 SEPTEMBER 2009

UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG

TUESDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 2009

WELCOMING ADDRESS

Prof P H O?Brien

Executive Dean: Faculty of Law

University of Johannesburg

OPENING ADDRESS

Member Executive Leader Group

University of Johannesburg

KEY-NOTE ADDRESS (I)

Reconciling classic private international law with fidelity to constitutional values

Prof C F Forsyth

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF OBLIGATIONS

KEY-NOTE ADDRESS (II)

The Rome I and Rome II regulations in European private international law ? a critical analysis

Prof M Martinek

University of Saarland

Saarbrücken

Germany

Conflicts methodology in contemporary European private international law: the Rome I and II regulations

Prof X Kramer

Erasmus University

Rotterdam

the Netherlands

The law applicable to contractual obligations: a comparative analysis of Brazilian and the new European private international law rules (Rome I)

Mr R Dias

University of Coimbra

Portugal

The capacity of natural persons to conclude commercial contracts: the relevance of Roman-Dutch law and civil-law codifications for contemporary Southern African private international law

Prof E A Fredericks

University of South Africa

Pretoria

South Africa

PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL FAMILY LAW

The recognition of foreign gay unions in South Africa

Prof A Pantazis

University of the Witwatersrand

Johannesburg

South Africa

Les marriages religieux musulmans en droit international privé compare / Muslim religious marriages in comparative private international law

Dr R P Gunput

University of Mauritius

Reduit-Moka

Mauritius

External public policy, the incidental question properly so-called and the recognition of foreign divorce orders

Prof J L Neels

University of Johannesburg

South Africa

WEDNESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2009

COMMERCIAL PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW

Application of the CISG by default

Mr A I Pribetic

Steinberg Morton Hope & Israel LLP

University of Toronto

Canada

References to ?the rules of private international law? in the CISG: an analysis of articles 1(1)(b) and 7(2)

Ms M Wethmar-Lemmer

University of South Africa

Pretoria

South Africa

Revalorisation in private international law

Prof S F du Toit

University of Johannesburg

South Africa

Cross-border attachment of bank accounts in the European Union

Prof B Sujecki

University of Tilburg

the Netherlands

Conflicts issues in infringement of intellectual property rights: from strict territoriality to modest universality

Dr I Kunda

University of Rijeka

Croatia

The reform of Japanese rules concerning international jurisdiction and applicable law in cross-border intellectual property matters

Ms Z Zheng

Southwest University of Political Science and Law

Chongqing

China

and

Mr P Jurcys

Kyushu University

Fukuoka City

Japan

The proper law of the individual labour contract ? proposals for Southern African private international law

Prof L G Mpedi

University of Johannesburg

South Africa

The opening of cross-border insolvency proceedings

Dr A Espiniella Menéndez

University of Oviedo

Spain

THURSDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2009

PROCEDURAL PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW

Finding a proper nexus for constructing specific (special) jurisdiction regarding commercial contract and tort cases ? a comparative study of the American approach and the European approach

Prof G J Tu

University of Macau

China

The resolution of commercial disputes in Africa: the case of the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration of OHADA

Ms P Essama Mekongo

University of Yaounde II

Cameroon

Guidelines for the introduction and application of the forum non conveniens doctrine in South Africa with comparative reference to other common-law jurisdictions

Prof G T S Eiselen

University of South Africa

Pretoria

South Africa

EU rules on concurrent proceedings in non-EU states in a comparative perspective: is European private international law moving towards judicial protectionism?

Dr G Vitellino

Carlo Cattaneo University

Castellanza

Italy

Mutual recognition of judicial decisions in civil and commercial matters: the founding of the European legal decision

Prof P Orejudo Prieto de los Mozos

University of Oviedo

Spain

Reciprocal enforcement of judgments in mainland China and Hong Kong: justifications, challenges and potential impacts

Mr C H Sunny Chiang

City University of Hong Kong

China

The enforceability of treble damages awards in class action cases from the US in UK courts

Dr S Gopalam

University of Reading

United Kingdom

FRIDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2009

PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ARBITRATION

When law and policy diverge: international arbitration in Latin America

Ms K Claussen

Yale University

New Haven

United States of America

Arbitration agreements and jurisdiction in terms of the Brussels I Regulation: the good and the bad of the West Tankers case

Prof H C A W Schulze

University of South Africa

Pretoria

South Africa

Determining the validity of arbitration agreements in China

Prof W Zhu

University of Xiangtan

China

A critical view on tronc commun as applicable law in international commercial arbitration

Mr Z Nový

Masaryk University

Brno

Czech Republic

The progressive marginalization of national law in investment arbitration

Prof N Zambrana-Tévar

University of Navarra

Spain

Taking of evidence in aid of international commercial arbitration ? a comparative perspective

Dr O L Knöfel

University of Hamburg

Germany

The current application of the New York convention on arbitral awards in Spain

Prof K Fach Gómez

University of Zaragoza

Spain

MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW

The case for sovereign immunity without sovereignty: civil litigation against the Palestinian authority before Israeli courts

Dr M Karayanni

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Israel

Harmonization of private international law: harnessing our colonial heritage

Mr R F Oppong

University of Lancaster

United Kingdom

Mixedness in EC private international law

Ms Aude Fiorini

University of Dundee

United Kingdom

CLOSING ADDRESS

Prof H Strydom

University of Johannesburg

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