Subjects:

Conflict of Laws

Contents:

Preface

Table of statutes

Table of cases

Part I. General Principles:
1. Introduction

2. Characteristics of the English conflict of laws

3. Choice of law rules

4. Proof of foreign law

5. Domicile and residence

6. Substance and procedure

Part II. Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments:
7. Jurisdiction of the English courts

8. Staying of English actions and restraint of foreign proceedings

9. Foreign judgments

10. Jurisdiction and judgments in the EU

11. Arbitration

Part III. Law of Obligations:
12. Contact

13. Tort

Part IV. Property and Successions:
14. Property inter vivos

15. Succession

16. Matrimonial property relations

17. Trusts

Part V. Family Law:
18. Marriage

19. Matrimonial causes

20. Children

Guardianship, custody and other orders

Legitimacy and legitimation

Adoption

Declarations as to status

Part VI. Exclusion and Foreign Laws:
21. Public policy

Part VII. Theoretical Considerations:
22. Reasons for and basis of the conflict laws

23. Public international law and the conflict of laws.

This clear and authoritative introduction to the principles of private international law, a complex and rapidly changing area, now appears in a revised and fully updated form. The English conflict of laws is a body of rules whose purpose is to assist an English court in deciding a case which contains a foreign element. In this new third edition, the chapters on tort, jurisdiction, and staying of actions have been almost entirely rewritten. The chapter on the Brussels and Lugano Conventions has been recast and expanded. The growing influence of European Union law on UK private international law is evident in this new edition, which will be a valuable text for students and practitioners alike.