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............................................................................................................................ Description The new edition of this well-established and highly regarded work has been fully updated to encompass the major changes and developments in this area of law, including the Rome II Regulation and the newly finalised Rome I Regulation. The book is invaluable for the practitioner as well as being one of the leading students' textbooks in the field, giving comprehensive and accessible coverage of the principles and rules of private international law. It offers students, researchers and practitioners not only a rigorous academic examination of the subject, but also a practical guide to the complex subject of private international law. Written by academics who are both qualified as solicitors, there is extensive coverage of commercial topics such as the jurisdiction of courts and their limitations, stays of proceedings and restraining foreign proceedings, the recognition and enforcement of judgments, and choice of law rules pertaining to contractual and non-contractual obligations. There are also sections on the various aspects of family law in private international law, and the law of property, including the transfer of property, administration of estates, succession and trusts. ............................................................................................................................ Contents Part I – Introduction Chapter 1. Definition, nature and scope of private international Law Chapter 2. Historical development and current theories Part II - Preliminary Topics Chapter 3. Classification Chapter 4. The incidental question Chapter 5. Renvoi Chapter 6. Substance and Procedure Chapter 7. The proof of foreign law Chapter 8. Exclusion of foreign law Chapter 9. Domicil, nationality and residence Part III - Jurisdiction, foreign Judgments and Awards Chapter 10. Jurisdiction of the English courts – an introduction Chapter 11. Jurisdiction under the Brussels and Lugano Conventions Chapter 12. The competence of the English courts under the traditional rules. Chapter 13. Stays of English proceedings and restraining foreign proceedings Chapter 14. Limitations on jurisdiction Chapter 15. Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments: the traditional rules Chapter 16. Recognition and enforcement of judgments under the Brussels/Lugano system Chapter 17. Foreign arbitral awards Part IV - The Law of Obligation Chapter 18. Contracts Chapter 19. Non Contractual Obligation Part V - Family Law Chapter 20. Marriage and other adult relationship Chapter 21. Matrimonial and related causes Chapter 22. Declarations Chapter 23. Financial Relief Chapter 24. Children Chapter 25. Legitimacy, Legitimation and adoption Chapter 26. Mental Incapacity Part VI - The Law of Property Chapter 27. The distinction between movables and immovables Chapter 28. Immovables Chapter 29. The transfer of tangible movables Chapter 30. The assignment of intangible movables Chapter 31. Administration of estates Chapter 32. Succession Chapter 33. Matrimonial property Chapter 34. Trusts Index ............................................................................................................................ Author Details James Fawcett, Professor of Law, University of Nottingham Janeen M. Carruthers, Reader in conflict of Laws, University of Glasgow Sir Peter North, Former Principal of Jesus College, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor ............................................................................................................................
