Subjects:

Conflict of Laws

Contents:

PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Definition, nature and scope of private international law

2. Historical development and current theories

PART II: PRELIMINARY TOPICS
3. Classification
4. The incidental question

5. Renvoi

6. Substance and procedure

7. The proof of foreign law

8. Exclusion of foreign law

9. Domicil, nationality and residence

PART III: JURISDICTION, FOREIGN JUDGMENTS AND AWARDS
10. Jurisdiction of the English courts - an introduction

11. Jurisdiction under the Brussels and Lugano Conventions

12. The competence of the English courts under the traditional rules

13. Stays of English proceedings and restraining foreign proceedings

14. Limitations on jurisdiction

15. Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments: the traditional rules

16. Recognition and enforcement of judgments under the Brussels and Lugano Conventions

17. Foreign arbitral awards

PART IV: THE LAW OF OBLIGATIONS
18. Contracts

19. Non-contractual obligations

PART V: FAMILY LAW
20. Marriage

21. Matrimonal causes

22. Declarations

23. Financial relief

24. Children

25. Legitimacy, legitimation and adoption

26. Mental disorder

PART VI: THE LAW OF PROPERTY
27. The distinction between movables and immovables

28. Immovables

29. The transfer of tangible movables

30. The assignment of intangible movables

31. Administration of estates

32. Succession

33. Matrimonial property

34. Trusts

Cheshire, North and Fawcett's Private International Law is invaluable for the practitioner as well as being the leading students' textbook in its field, providing within a manageable compass a clear exposition of basic principles for this popular law school option. It offers students, teachers and practitioners not only a work of stimulating erudition, but also a thorough and practical guide to the whole complex subject of private international law.

The new edition has been substantially updated to offer an up-to-date and authoritative account of the law in this rapidly changing field. As well as general updating, the chapter on Torts has been completely rewritten. Major developments in the law on jurisdiction and the recognition of foreign judgments have also been fully discussed. These changes will enable the new edition to sustain the place of this work as the leading English language student textbook on private international law.