Dr Eva Lein
Eva Lein joined the Institute as Herbert Smith Senior Research Fellow of Private International Law in September 2009. Prior to joining BIICL, Eva Lein was Head of the Continental Law Section and Staff Legal Adviser at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law (SICL) in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Eva received her education in Germany, where she also passed the bar exam, and at the Academy of International Law at The Hague. Her fields of expertise are comparative, European and private international law. Eva is fluent in English, French, Italian, Spanish and German, her native language and has lectured in Italy, Spain, Switzerland and England. Her PhD, on European, international and comparative contract law, was graded summa cum laude. She is assistant editor of the Yearbook of Private International Law and engaged in several research projects, in collaboration with scientific institutions such as the University Pablo de Olavide in Sevilla.
Recent publications include:
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Lein, E./ Skala, J./ Heckendorn-Urscheler, L. (eds.), Business Law in Transition, A Comparative Perspective on Eastern Europe, Zurich 2010.
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Les compétences spéciales dans la proposition de Règlement sur les Successions, in Bonomi, A./Schmid, C., Successions internationales, Réflexions autour du futur règlement européen et de son impact pour la Suisse, Zurich 2010, p. 77 ff.
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A Further Step Towards a European Private International Law Code - The Commission Proposal for a Regulation on Succession, in Šarcevic, P./ Volken P./ Bonomi, A. (eds.), Yearbook of Private International Law 2009, Sellier, Munich 2010, p. 107-141.
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Liberté, Loyauté et Convergence - La responsabilité précontractuelle en droit comparé in Centre de Droit Economique d'Université Aix Marseille III (ed.), Regards comparatistes sur le phénomène contractuel, Aix-en-Provence 2009, p. 17-38 (with B. Volders, University of Antwerp).
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The new Rome I, Rome II, Brussels I Synergy in Šarcevic P./ Volken P./ Bonomi, A. (eds.), Yearbook of Private International Law 2008, Munich 2009, p. 177-198.
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Legal transplants in European Private Law in Cashin-rRtaine, E. (et al., eds.), Legal engineering, Zurich 2008, p. 69-93.
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Book Review : Ferrari, F/ Leible, S. (eds.), Ein neues Internationales Vertragsrecht für Europa, Studien zum Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrecht, in Revue critique de droit international privé 2007/IV, 2008, p. 973-980.
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La compétence en matière contractuelle: un regard critique sur l'article 5 § 1er de la nouvelle Convention de Lugano, in Bonomi, A. (et al., eds.), La Convention de Lugano : passé, présent et devenir, Zurich 2007, p. 41-63; also published in Popescu, D.A. (et al., eds.), Revista de Drept International Privat si drept privat comparat 2008.
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