Sandrine Brachotte

Sandrine obtained the title of Docteur en Droit in May 2022. The PhD. thesis, carried out under the supervision of Horatia Muir Watt, is entitled “The Conflict of Laws and Non-secular Worldviews: A Proposal for Inclusion”.

Graduated from the Master in Public Law (Droit Public) at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and from the European Master in Human Rights and Democratisation (E.MA Master) of the European Inter-University Centre (EIUC), she qualified as a lawyer in Belgium where she worked for three years in international arbitration and private international law. She further was involved in legal research and EU advocacy work in business and human rights and development at A4ID (London) and Frank Bold (Brussels).

After having attended the Course of Private International Law of the Hague Academy in August 2017 with a merit-based award, Sandrine was a visiting PhD researcher for the academic year 2017-2018, at University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, under the supervision of Karen Knop. Since September 2018, she has been a member of the Pilagg (Private International Law and Global Governance) team at Sciences Po, which later became the Globinar. She has also been an ATER at Sciences Po Law School for the academic year 2019-2020 and a visiting researcher at the Perelman Center for Philosophy of Law of the Université Libre de Bruxelles from September 2020 to September 2022.

Sandrine currently teaches legal theory at UCLouvain (Saint-Louis, Brussels). Her most recent research is mainly dedicated to the decolonisation of private international law. She is also in charge of the book reviews section of the Revue critique de droit international privé. 

The Conflict of Laws and Non-secular Worldviews: A Proposal for Inclusion.

• (CURRENT) Course of Legal Theory (General), UCLouvain, (Saint-Louis), Brussels
• (CURRENT) Course of Legal Theory (In-Depth), UCLouvain (Saint-Louis), Brussels
• Course of International and EU Business Law, Université de Lille (Lille)
• Elective Course of Human Rights, Sciences Po, Paris
• Elective Course of International Arbitration, Sciences Po, Reims
• Seminars of Public International Law, Sciences Po, Reims
• Seminars of Political Institutions, Sciences Po, Reims
• Seminars of Droit International Privé, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels
• Seminars of Comparative Law, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels
• Teaching Assistant of Law and Global Governance (Parts I and II), Sciences Po Law School, Paris
• Teaching Assistant of Private International Law, Sciences Po Law School, Paris
• Monitor of Research Students (PIR programme), Sciences Po Law School, Paris
• Tutor of Clinique Students, Sciences Po Law School, Paris

• 2020: Laura Bassi Scholarship (Editing Press);
• 2017: The Hague Academy of International Law Scholarship;
• 2012: Ganshof Van der Meersch Prize (Université Libre de Bruxelles).

• Sandrine Brachotte. Treatment of Foreign Law in Asia, par Kazuaki Nishioka, et Treatment of Foreign Law: Dynamics towards Convergence?, par Yuko Nishitani (dir.). Rev. crit. DIP. Revue Critique de Droit International Privé, A paraître, 3. ⟨hal-04863594⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte. Law and Diversity: European and Latin American Experiences from a Legal Historical Perspective, vol. 1: Fundamental Questions, par Peter Collin & Agustín Casagrande (dir.). Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d'histoire du droit / Legal History Review, A paraître. ⟨hal-04863592⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte. Conflicts of worldviews and private international law. Hart Publishing, In press. ⟨hal-04863583⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte. Quand le droit international privé européen rencontre la décolonialité : une étude de cas. Droit et Cultures, A paraître. ⟨hal-04863581⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte. De la comparaison juridique plurielle. Julien Padovani, Mathilde Heitzmann-Patin, Florian Poulet et Alexandre Ferracci,. Traité d’études juridiques, Presses Universitaires d’Aix-Marseille, A paraître. ⟨hal-04863580⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte. Liens ancestraux. Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde, Delphine Misonne et Marie-Sophie de Clippele. Dictionnaire des droits de la nature, Presses Universitaires de France, A paraître. ⟨hal-04863579⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte. Pour une approche décoloniale du temps juridique: Analyse de la temporalité des revendications autochtones. Droit & société : théorie et sciences sociales du droit. [Carnet hypotheses.org], In press. ⟨hal-04863577⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte. PIL and (De)coloniality: For a Case-by-Case Approach of the Application of Postcolonial Law in European States. 2024. ⟨hal-04863429⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte. When European State Courts Face Post-Colonial Legality: A Private International Law Approach Inspired by Decolonial Theory. Buffalo Law Review, 2024, 72 (5). ⟨hal-04863578⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte. A French Private International Law Perspective on ‘Alterity' Horatia Muir Watt's Discours sur les méthodes du droit international privé (Des formes juridiques de l'inter-altérité). Alice Margaria and Larissa Vetters. Leading Works in Law and Anthropology, Routledge, 2024, 9781032118536. ⟨10.4324/9781003221845⟩. ⟨hal-04863406⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte. Private International Law and Conflict of Worldviews. 2023. ⟨hal-04863426⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte. Jurisdiction over cyber torts under the Brussels lBis Regulation. Andrej Savin and Jan Trzaskowski. Research Handbook on EU Internet Law, Edward Elgar, 2023, 978 1 80392 087 0. ⟨hal-04863574⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte. Pour une approche décoloniale du droit international privé. Rev. crit. DIP. Revue Critique de Droit International Privé, 2023, 2. ⟨hal-04863457⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte. The Application of Foreign Law in the British and German Courts, par A. Critchley. Rev. crit. DIP. Revue Critique de Droit International Privé, 2023, 4. ⟨hal-04863454⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte. Personalized Law. Different Rules for Different People, par Omri Ben-Shahar et Ariel Porat. Rev. crit. DIP. Revue Critique de Droit International Privé, 2023, 3. ⟨hal-04863452⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte. Blurry Boundaries of Public and Private International Law. Towards Convergence or Divergent Still?, par Poomintr Sooksripaisarnkit et Dharmita Prasad. Rev. crit. DIP. Revue Critique de Droit International Privé, 2023, 1. ⟨hal-04863450⟩
• Mariana Valverde, Sandrine Brachotte. Juridiction et échelle : les « technicités » juridiques comme ressources pour la théorie. Clio@Thémis : Revue électronique d'histoire du droit, 2022, 23, ⟨10.4000/cliothemis.2570⟩. ⟨hal-04099295⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte. The Conflict of Laws and Non-secular Worldviews: a Proposal for Inclusion. Law. Institut d'études politiques de Paris - Sciences Po, 2022. English. ⟨NNT : 2022IEPP0042⟩. ⟨tel-04072692⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte. Private International Law : Idealism, Pragmatism, Ecclectism par Symeon Symeonides. Rev. crit. DIP. Revue Critique de Droit International Privé, 2022, 3. ⟨hal-04863441⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte. The Limits of Arbitration Law in Addressing Cultural Diversity : The Example of Ismaili Arbitration in the United Kingdom. Law and Society Review, 2021, 10 (2), pp.1 - 24. ⟨10.3390/laws10020047⟩. ⟨hal-03297042⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte. Property, Power and Politics Why We Need to Rethink the World Power System par Jean-Philippe Robé. Rev. crit. DIP. Revue Critique de Droit International Privé, 2021, 2 (2), pp.510 - 514. ⟨10.3917/rcdip.212.0510⟩. ⟨hal-03297071⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte. The Elgar Companion to the Hague Conference on Private International Law. Rev. crit. DIP. Revue Critique de Droit International Privé, 2021, 2 (2), pp.491 - 495. ⟨hal-03297060⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte. Les rationalités entremêlées : le droit international privé et les conflits sans issue. Le tournant global en droit international privé, Editions Pedone, pp.247 - 258, 2020, 9782233009548. ⟨hal-03297081⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte, François-Xavier Licari, Nathalie Najjar. Arbitrage et religion : Jivraj c. Hashwani. H. Muir Watt, L. Bizikova A. Brandao de Oliveira, D. Fernandez Arroyo, et M. Ma. Le Tournant Global en Droit International Privé, Pédone, pp.235, 2020, 9782233009548. ⟨hal-04863590⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte. 'Linkages and Boundaries in Public and Private International Law' by Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm et al. Rev. crit. DIP. Revue Critique de Droit International Privé, 2019, 1, pp.283 - 290. ⟨hal-03567085⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte. Intermingled Rationalities in ‘Unsolvable Cases’. H. Muir Watt, D. Fernandez Arroyo, L. Bizikova and A. Brandao de Oliveira. Global Private International Law, Edward Elgar, 2019, 978 1 78811 922 1. ⟨hal-04863419⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte, Nathalie Najjar, François-Xavier Licari. Arbitration and religion: Jivraj v. Hashwani. Global Private International Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.181 - 210, 2019, 9781788119221. ⟨hal-03239254⟩
• Sandrine Brachotte, Arnaud Nuyts. Jurisdiction over cyber tort under the Brussels I Regulation. Research Handbook on EU Internet Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.231 - 253, 2014, 9781782544166. ⟨hal-03297086⟩