C. Pryles, Michael Keywords: Accountability | Private international law | Mots clefs: Responsabilité | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Michael Pryles, Professor at the University of Sydney, emphasizes that in the introduction to his course non-contractual obligations are one of the most fascinating areas of private international law. The revolution that took place during the 1980s and before in the United States with regard to the determination of applicable law has largely unfolded in this area. Professor Pr…

González Lapeyre, Edison Keywords: Ports | Régime juridique | Transport maritime | Connaissements | Affrètement | Responsabilité | Mots clefs: Ports | Legal regime | Carriage of goods by sea | Bills of lading | Affreightment | Accountability | ABSTRACT Edison Gonzalez Lapeyre, Former Professor at the University of Uruguay, devotes his course to maritime transport and the port regime. Starting from the observation of the tremendous quantitative increase in trade following globalization and the development of the use of containers, whic…

Baxi, Upendra Keywords: Multinational enterprises | Tort | Private international law | Accountability | Mots clefs: Entreprises internationales | Quasi-contrats et quasi-délits | Droit international privé | Responsabilité | ABSTRACT Professor Upendra Baxi's course focuses on mass disasters as they appear in private international law. It seeks to narrate the ways in which most received doctrines and tools of private international law cognize the distinctive problems arising from different cross-border mass disasters. Professo…

Von Bar, Christian Keywords: Environmental protection | Environmental pollution | Accountability | Private international law | Polluter pays principle | Torts | Mots clefs: Protection de la nature et de l’environnement | Pollution de l’environnement | Responsabilité | Droit international privé | Principe du pollueur payeur | ABSTRACT Christian von Bar, Professor at the University of Osnabrück, starts his course on environmental damage in private international law by presenting the international dimension of "environmental liability" and the p…

J. Fawcett, J. Keywords: European Economic Community | Products | Accountability | Mots clefs: C.E.E. | Produits | Responsabilité | ABSTRACT The European Community has developed a set of rules relating to products liability that is unique in the world. The European consumer product liability law is the object of this course by J.J. Fawcett, Professor at the University of Leicester. The author first of all presents the substantive law background in Europe and its significance for private international law. Professor …

Barboza, Julio Keywords: Environmental protection | Environmental pollution | Environmental damage | Accountability | Transboundary pollution | State responsibility | Civil liability | Mots clefs: Responsabilité | Pollution transfrontière | Protection de la nature et de l environnement | ABSTRACT Customary international law on liability for the injurious consequences of acts not prohibited by international law is not fully developed. In this course, the author considers the relationship between liability and the international law of e…