Category Archives: European Private Law
50 Years of Consumer Law in the European Union: Past, Present, and Future: University of Luxembourg and online, 21 November 2025
The conference will critically examine the acquis through the lens of legislation and Court rulings. The conference celebrates five decades of EU consumer law, bringing together leading academics, judges, and policy-makers to reflect critically on its evolution and future direction. Its objective is to look back at how consumer law has developed and to propose […]
‘Reforming Consumer Alternative Dispute Resolution in the EU’
Online shopping has transformed how we buy goods and services, but it has also exposed a recurring challenge: resolving disputes when things go wrong. Damaged products, delayed deliveries, or disputes over contract terms, can leave consumers frustrated. Traditional litigation is often slow, costly, and intimidating, particularly for low-value claims. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) provides a […]
Rodrigo Vallejo, ‘The Jurisprudence of Process and European Transnational Private Law’
ABSTRACT The present chapter elaborates on the legal theory or jurisprudential foundations informing the notion of European transnational private law. Building upon the influential scholarship by Anu Bradford and Joanne Scott on the global reach of EU law, the chapter traces the widespread reliance in contemporary legal thought on proceduralisation parameters as a benchmark to […]
Vallejo, Beckers, Micklitz and Letto-Vanamo, ‘European Transnational Private Law – Considerations for a Research Agenda’
ABSTRACT This chapter introduces the building blocks of this book’s endeavour to lay the foundations of a European Transnational Private Law. After an effort of contextualising the research project in its wider institutional and research context, we explain the central concepts, ‘European’, ‘private law’ and ‘transnational law’, that the book relies on. This is followed […]
Filippo Rizzi, ‘The contribution of digital assets in trust: a brief overview of the main challenges’
ABSTRACT This contribution aims to focus on trust, as an instrument for the management, preservation as well as transmission of digital assets, trying to define the main challenges for the configuration of this instrument in the context of the virtual economy. Filippo Rizzi, The contribution of digital assets in trust: a brief overview of the […]
Pablo Marcello Baquero and others, ‘Unveiling transparency in data protection enforcement across the EU: Assessing the level and quality of disclosure of GDPR fines by data protection authorities’
ABSTRACT Despite the increasing recognition of data protection rights across the European Union (EU), evidence suggests they are often underenforced, thereby undermining the effectiveness of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This article shows that an often neglected aspect in GDPR enforcement is the variability in transparency exhibited by data protection authorities across EU Member […]
‘Pets as baggage in air travel – CJEU in Iberia (C-218/24)’
From an outsider’s perspective, the recent judgment may appear controversial. ‘Pets as baggage’ is likely to strike non-lawyers as dehumanising – suggesting that animals are treated as mere objects. However, lawyers may appreciate the legal advantages of such classification. Under international travel rules, such as the Montreal Convention, categorising pets as baggage can trigger compensation […]
Gsell and Mayrhofer, ‘The New Product Liability Directive 2024: Missed Updates or Upgrades for the Interplay with National Liability Rules and for Service Liability’
INTRODUCTION The new Directive (EU) 2024/2853 on liability for defective products and repealing Council Directive 85/374/EEC of 23.10.2024 (hereinafter: ‘PLD 2024’) entered into force on 8.12.2024 and must be implemented by 9.12.2026. The European legislator acknowledges that the previous Directive 85/374/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States […]
Oleksii Shamov, ‘AI and Copyright: From a Doctrinal Crisis to a Hybrid Model of Collective Licensing’
ABSTRACT The explosive development of generative artificial intelligence (hereinafter – AI) has triggered a fundamental crisis within intellectual property law. A central conflict has emerged between artificial intelligence developers, who require access to vast datasets for model training, and rights holders, who seek to protect their works and receive fair compensation for their use. The […]
Paulina Milewska, ‘The Price of Reputation: Freedom of the Press and Proportionality in Real Madrid v Le Monde (ECJ 4 October 2024)’
INTRODUCTION In recent years, the threat posed by strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) has come sharply into focus in the EU. The case of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who faced over 40 defamation actions before her assassination, became emblematic of how powerful actors use litigation to silence critical reporting. These lawsuits can chill […]