From cross-border surrogacy to data access rights and the right to repair: this volume presents fresh perspectives on current issues in private international law. It showcases research from the Fellows of the Lindemann Fellowship, presented at the first annual meeting in Hamburg in the year 2025.
This volume presents the contributions stemming from the inaugural annual meeting of the Lindemann Fellowship. The Fellowship is an initiative dedicated to supporting early-career academics in the field of private international law. The papers within this collection are based on the presentations delivered at the first meeting of the fellows and coordinators in Hamburg on 26 to 28 March 2025. Reflecting the broad and dynamic nature of the discipline, the contributions delve into pressing issues across several key areas. In the realm of cross-border family and human rights law, the authors examine the recognition of legal gender changes, filiation following foreign surrogacy arrangements, and cross-border couple relationships, while also analyzing the principle of the best interests of the child under the Brussels IIter Regulation. Additionally, the volume addresses foundational questions of jurisdiction and procedure. These include exploring the substantive validity of choice-of-court agreements and the use of forum legis as a policy-implementing tool. Looking toward modern commercial and digital challenges, the authors investigate the international scope of company law, the cross-border dimensions of the right to repair, and the private international law implications of data access rights under the Data Act. Ultimately, this volume does more than merely compile research on current legal challenges; it highlights the vibrant evolution of European private international law. By navigating these complex issues, the inaugural publication of the Lindemann Fellowship not only showcases the high caliber of its emerging scholars but also provides great insights into their current research.
Table of contents:
Caterina Benini: The Reliance of EU Law on National Law for the Purposes of Assessing the Substantive Validity of Choice-of-Court Agreements: Rationale and Implications -
Carlos Santaló Goris: The EU Law Response to the Cross-Border Recognition of a Legal Change of Gender: Some Reflections Around the Case C-4/23, Mirin -
Tine Van Hof: Families Shaped by Private International Law and Children's Rights Law: The Recognition in Belgium of Filiation Following Surrogacy Abroad -
Charlotte Wendland: Cross-border Recognition of Couple Relationships -
María González Marimón: The Principle of the Best Interests of the Child and the Overriding Mechanism of the Brussels IIter Regulation: Finding the Right Balance Between Flexibility and Rigidity -
Benjamin Saunier: Forum legis as a Policy-Implementing Tool -
Antonia Sommerfeld: Claiming the EU Right to Repair from Manufacturers in Cross-Border Contexts -
Markus Lieberknecht: The Private International Law of Data Access Rights Under the Data Act -
Augustin Gridel: The International Scope of European Company Law
