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Leuphana Law School is looking for a highly skilled and motivated Ph.D. candidate and fellow (wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in) on a part-time basis (50%) as of 1 December 2017.

The successful candidate holds a first law degree (ideally the First State Exam (Germany) or LL.M. (UK)/J.D. (USA)/similar degree) and is interested in private international law, international economic law, and intellectual property law—all from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. A very good command of German and English is expected; good IT skills are required.

The fellow will be given the opportunity to conduct his/her own Ph.D. project (under the faculty’s regulations). The position is paid according to the salary scale E-13 TV-L, 50%. The initial contract period is three years, with an option to be extended. The research fellow will conduct research as part of the unit led by Professor Dr. Tim W. Dornis (Chair in Private Law, International Private and Economic Law, and Comparative Law) and will have an independent teaching obligation (2 hours/week).

If you are interested in this position, please send your application (cover letter, CV, and relevant documents) by 4 October 2017 to

Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Personalservice, Corinna Schmidt

Kennwort: WiMi Rechtswissenschaften

Universitätsallee 1

21335 Lüneburg

bewerbung@leuphana.de

Leuphana University is an equal opportunity employer.

The job advert in full detail is accessible here

http://www.leuphana.de/news/jobs-und-karriere/forschung-lehre/ansicht-forschung-lehre/datum/2017/08/24/wissenschaftlichen-mitarbeiterin-zur-juristischen-promotion.html

Today (6 September 2017) Bolivia joined the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (Apostille Convention). With the accession of Bolivia, the Apostille Convention now has 115 Contracting Parties. The Apostille Convention will enter into force for Bolivia on 7 May 2018.

Four out of the last five States that have joined the Apostille Convention since December 2015 have been from the Americas (Brazil, Chile, Guatemala and Bolivia). The Apostille Convention has already entered into force for Brazil and Chile and will enter into force for Guatemala on 18 September 2017.

There are 5 States that are yet to join the Apostille Convention from the Americas: Canada, Cuba, Guyana, Haiti and Jamaica.

For more information visit https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=568. The full list of Contracting Parties is available here.

Slovaquie / Conseil
Espace de liberté, sécurité et justice
La Cour rejette les recours de la Slovaquie et de la Hongrie contre le mécanisme provisoire de relocalisation obligatoire de demandeurs d’asile

Intel / Commission
Concurrence
La Cour annule l’arrêt du Tribunal qui avait confirmé l’amende de 1,06 milliard d’euros infligée à Intel par la Commission pour abus de position dominante

Gratuit:  Payant

La Convention internationale relative aux droits de l’enfant, signée à New York, le 20 janvier 1990, est invocable à l’encontre d’une demande d’expulsion d’occupants sans droit ni titre d’une dépendance du domaine public lorsque l’exécution de cette demande est susceptible de concerner des enfants.

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For the first time, a Chinese court has recognized and declared enforceable a commercial monetary judgment from the United States. Jie Huang from the University of New South Wales provides more information and commentary. Some further information and background from Don Clarke is here.