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From 26 to 27 July 2016, the Faculty of Law and Economics at the University of Bayreuth hosted the Congress of the Network of Private International Law and of Integration: A European Perspective (REDPREA). Established in 2012 at the University of Granada, the Network, led by Professors Fernando Esteban de la Rosa and Sixto Sánchez Lorenzo, aims to enhance collaboration among universities in teaching and research on private comparative law. The congress featured speeches focusing on international contract law and alternative dispute resolution. In the realm of international contract law, topics included recent legislative instruments in Latin America (Adriana Drezyin de Klor), the significance of regulation techniques (Claudia Madrid Martínez), objectives for developing principles on international commercial contracts (Sixto Sánchez Lorenzo), autonomy of will in livestock farming contracts (Irene Canfora, Amarillide Genovese), and a comparative study on abuse of weakness, trust, or dependence (María Luisa Palazón Garrido). Regarding alternative dispute resolution, discussions provided insights into consumer mediation and EU law in Italy (Nicola Scannicchio, Giada Azadi), access to ADR in consumer disputes across various European countries, particularly Germany (Pablo Cortés, Rosa Miquel Sala), and the private international law issues raised by new EU legislative instruments (Fernando Esteban de la Rosa).

The newest volume in Kluwer's series of comparative analyses of Member State law and the Principles of European Contract Law (PECL), this book not only provides a comparison of the PECL with German law, but also takes into account the Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR). The latter incorporates the PECL and adds special rules that respond to current needs, notably in the area of consumer protection. Using a straightforward comparative method, the analysis reveals a significant area of convergence but also highlights the main differences between the PECL, the DCFR and German contract law. The reasons for these differences, both legal and non-legal (historical, social, economic), are clearly set forth.

Traditionally, private international law and intellectual property law were both regarded as specialist matters with little overlap. The territoriality principle and the lex loci protectionis rule, although sometimes frowned upon by conflict of laws academics, seemed to provide a straightforward answer to all problems. This has changed dramatically: globalization and the internet pose a challenge to all approaches based on territoriality. This book is the result of a conference which was organized within the framework of the Bayreuth graduate school „Intellectual Property and the Public Domain“. It brings together internationally renowned specialists from both fields of law. They discussed both current topics and fundamental issues in the fields of choice of law and jurisdiction. Contributors: Graeme B. Dinwoodie, Rochelle Dreyfuss by Frank Beckstein, Annette Kur, Matthias Leistner, Stefan Luginbühl, Peter Mankowski, Axel Metzger, Pedro A. de Miguel Asensio, Markus Norrgård, Haimo Schack, Paul L. C. Torremans