Conflict of Laws rules in the Digital Age: Challenges for Slovak Private International Law
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https://doi.org/10.62874/afi.2025.1.04Keywords:
Conflict of laws rules, Private international law, Digitalization, Digital domicileAbstract
Digitalization is transforming the perspective on legal relationships in private international law (PIL) and exposing the limitations of traditional conflict-of-law rules. PIL faces new challenges, raising the question of whether the Slovak Act No. 97/1963 Coll. on Private International and Procedural Law and the regulations Rome I and Rome II adequately address the specifics of the digital environment, where physical ties and clearly defined subjects are often absent. In this context, the paper focuses on identifying the challenges that PIL encounters in the digital age. However, the aim of the paper is not merely to identify the issues with PIL and its conflict-of-law norms in the digital era, but also to propose solutions to these existing problems and challenges, thereby contributing to enhanced legal certainty.
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