This leading text provides authoritative and comprehensive coverage of the three main areas of private international law: jurisdiction, choice of law and recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards. The wide-ranging subject matter includes international commercial dealings and other civil obligations, administration of estates and succession, international child abduction, adoption, proof of foreign law, and the recognition of same-sex marriages. It covers the legislation and civil procedure rules of all Australian jurisdictions as well as important common law developments. The clear explanations of complex concepts make Nygh’s Conflict of Laws in Australia ideal for both legal practitioners and students of conflict of laws or private international law.
The eleventh edition has been comprehensively revised and updated. It includes discussion and analysis of significant developments in the field, including:
reference to all High Court and intermediate Australian appellate court decisions on private international law since the last edition
updated statutory references
adoption by all jurisdictions of uniform rules for service of originating process outside Australia without leave
the ever-expanding body of case law involving transnational litigation including in relation to exclusive jurisdiction clauses and arbitration agreements, anti-suit injunctions and the relatively new phenomenon of anti-enforcement injunctions
an expanded chapter on the cross-vesting regime as between Australian courts
developments from foreign jurisdictions including England, Singapore, Hong Kong and New Zealand.
Features
Provides clear explanations of complex concepts
Authoritative authors
Comprehensive coverage
Covers legislation and civil procedure rules of all Australian jurisdictions
