INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTION AND APPLICABLE LAW IN CROSS-BORDER FAMILY DISPUTES: JUNCTA JUVANT?
- Authors: Voytovich E.P1
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Affiliations:
- Siberian Institute of Management – Branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
- Issue: No 11 (2025)
- Pages: 113-122
- Section: Court, prosecutor’s office, bar, notarial system
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1026-9452/article/view/355670
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7868/S3034543X25110081
- ID: 355670
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Abstract
The differentiation between the applicable law and the competent court is a key feature of the isolated model of choice-of-law and jurisdiction principles. Due to the changing paradigm of social development and the improvement of conflict-of-laws approaches, as well as the transformation of jurisdictional regimes and their mutual influence, there is a need to revise this model. A new framework for coordinating choice-of-court and choice-of-law principles should take into account the interplay between conflict-of-laws and International Civil Procedure, as well as its manifestations in both conventional and national mechanisms for cross-border family relationships. This framework should ensure that the rules on applicable law are consistent with the forum's jurisdiction.
About the authors
E. P Voytovich
Siberian Institute of Management – Branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Author for correspondence.
Email: voytovich-ep@ranepa.ru
PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Civil Law and Procedure Novosibirsk, Russia
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