Conference presentations at the University of Nicosia in Cyprus
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Research methods in Private International Law - launch events
Following the publication of the book Research Methods in International Private Law: A Handbook on Regulation, Research and Teaching (Elgar, 2024), edited by Xandra Kramer and Laura Carballo Piñeiro (see our earlier news item), two launch events were held.
The first webinar took place on 10 September 2024. After a brief introduction by the editors, eminent contributors to the book presented their views on methods of regulation, research and education in private international law. Topics addressed included recognition as a method, European law perspectives, the essence of comparative law, law & economics, and feminism in private international law. The webinar is co-organised by the University of Vigo. Speakers were Dulce Lopes (University of Coimbra), Adriani Dori (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Diego P. Fernández Arroyo (Sciences Po Law School Paris), Giesela Rühl (Humboldt University of Berlin), and Mary Keyes (Griffith University of Brisbane).
The second webinar took place on 23 September 2024. This webinar will zoomed in on the importance and methodology of education in private international law, addressing general educational aspects from the perspective of laymen and colonialism as well as teaching private international law in different jurisdictions, including The Netherlands and Nigeria. This webinar was co-organised by the University of Vigo, the American Society of International Law (ASIL) and hosted by the University of Sydney (moderated by Jeanne Huang). Speakers were Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm (University of Edinburgh), Chukwuma Okoli (Birmingham Law School), Abubakri Yekini (University of Manchester), Ramani Garimella (South Asian University) and Aukje van Hoek (University of Amsterdam).
Published: December 18, 2022
On December 15, 2022, two members of the VICI team, Adriani Dori and fellow Masood Ahmed, delivered online presentations at the 2nd Procedural Law Unit Annual Symposium organised by the School of Law at the University of Nicosia in Cyprus. The event was dedicated in memory of the late Professor Konstantinos Kerameus, one of the most emblematic and influential figures of civil procedural law in Greece. The conference centred around the broader theme “European Civil Procedure After Brexit: delays and need to speed-up, technology in justice and ADR”, attracting the participation of academics and policymakers from across Europe.
Adriani participated in the panel discussing EU cross-border transactions, their challenges, potentials, and solutions. Titled “Challenging Borders through EU Convergence: Unexplored Potentials of Integration Policies”, her presentation delved into the soft-law mechanisms developed within the European Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice (AFSJ) to harmonise Member States’ procedural and justice systems. Masood contributed to a panel focusing on new technologies and their intersection with civil procedure and ADR. His presentation, titled “[A]DRand Digitization within the Civil Justice System of England and Wales”, shed light on the legal, practical, and policy challenges associated with these domains in the UK system.
The conference’s full agenda is available here.