A discussion forum on the subject of the European Research Network has been opened upon The European Legal Forum. All those doing research in European private international law are invited to join the discussion. You can submit short articles for publication in The European Legal Forum and/or communicate statements of opinions which can be published on this site.

Contributions should

• describe the initiatives and institutions which engage in private international law research in your Member State;
• express ideas, aspirations and requests on how the European research network should be most appropriately structured;
• inform on the preferred type of information input and opinion exchange with a view to further developing your European research projects.

Articles contributed:

• Rainer Hausmann: The German Council for Private International Law (pdf file)
• Thomas Simons: The European research network project. Challenges, chances, perspectives (pdf file)
• Martin Stanford: Steering Committee for the Feasibility Study on the Creation of a European Research Network (pdf file)