Private international law and conflict of laws

This book covers the pressing issues of cross-border cases involving admiralty and bankruptcy law.

There is something visceral about ownership.

Today, a California resident can incorporate her shipping business in Delaware, register her ships in Panama, hire her employees from Hong Kong, place her earnings in an asset-protection trust formed in the Cayman Islands, and enter into a same-sex marriage in Massachusetts or Canada--all the while enjoying the California sunshine and potentially avoiding many facets of the state's laws.

This collection offers a study of the regimes for the recognition and enforcement of foreign commercial judgments in 15 Asian jurisdictions: mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India.

Do private and public international law coincide in their underlying objectives when it comes to their respective contribution to the realisation of global values?

A critical 2010 introduction to European Private Law, written by the leading scholars in the field.

Sex Trafficking: A Private Law Response examines existing and potential causes of action against sex traffickers, clients and the state and argues for fair and effective private law remedies.

We are not You starts with a 1992 court case, Peters v.

This book focuses on international harmonisation and the law of secured transactions by distilling and analysing the unifying principles of various significant international conventions and instruments such as the UN Convention on the Assignment of Receivables, the Unidroit Convention on International Factoring, the EBRD Model Law on Secured Transactions, the Unidroit Convention on the International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions.

New essays by leading figures from the judiciary, practicing lawyers and academics illuminating the worlds of trusts and wealth management.

This book considers how the process of ''Europeanization'' will affect regions such as Scotland and Catalonia, and compares with similar jurisdictions elsewhere.

Globalization is an extraordinary phenomenon affecting virtually everything in our lives.

International child abduction occurs when one parent wrongfully (ie in breach of the parental responsibility of the other parent) takes a child to a country other than that of the child's habitual residence, or wrongfully keeps a child in such country.

In Brexit and the Future of Private International Law in English Courts, Mukarrum Ahmed discusses the impact of Brexit upon jurisdiction, foreign judgments, and the applicable law in civil and commercial matters.

This new edition has been extended to include chapters on the Czech Republic, Gibraltar, Indonesia, Luxembourg, and the Phillipines, making this the most comprehensive analysis of succession laws available.

This helpful book will equip the lawyer whether notary, barrister or solicitor with the legal information necessary to understand what an authentic instrument is (and what it is not), what it can (and what it cannot) be used to do in the course of contentious or noncontentions legal proceedings.

Updated and refreshed version of this classic text for a new generation of students.

An original, comprehensive study of the legal and regulatory issues surrounding commercial mediation across numerous jurisdictions.

This book provides an extensive analytical examination of the Cape Town Convention and its Protocols.

Since the Amsterdam Treaty of 1997 empowered the EC to adopt rules in the field of conflicts of laws, legal instruments have been adopted that provide common rules on issues that touch upon the day-to-day life of European citizens.

Bei der Vorausabtretung, die zahlreichen Transaktionstypen des modernen Wirtschaftsverkehrs zugrunde liegt, tritt der Zedent eine Forderung ab, die es als solches noch nicht gibt.

The new edition of this highly regarded work has been fully updated to reflect current trends and concerns in commercial litigation practice.

Showcases a novel method for approaching private international law combining theoretical insight, textual analysis and historical context.

The rise and spread of the Internet has accelerated the global flows of money,technology and information that are increasingly perceived as a challenge to thetraditional regulatory powers of nation states and the effectiveness of their constitutions.

Conflicts in a Conflict outlines and analyzes the legal doctrines instructing the Israeli courts in private and civil disputes involving the Occupied Palestinian Territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, since 1967 until the present day.

The concept of the One Belt One Road initiative (OBOR) was raised by the President of the People's Republic of China in October 2013.

Increasing numbers of people have connections with one country, but live and work in another, frequently owning property or investments in several countries.

This substantial and original book examines how the EU Private International Law (PIL) framework is functioning and considers its impact on the administration of justice in cross-border cases within the EU.

This book analytically reviews the impact of the global anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) framework on the compliance trajectory of a number of jurisdictions to this framework.

Sixty years after Jessup''s Transnational Law Lectures, this collection traces the field''s development and significance to the present day.

This book focuses on the subject of choice of law as a whole and provides an analysis of its various rules, principles, doctrines and concepts.

The digital era shows an unprecedented worldwide flow of data within multinational companies and their external service providers.

Conflict of Laws provides a straight-forward and accessible introduction to English private international law.

A human rights analysis of international efforts to confiscate wealth in grand corruption cases that focuses on protections for property.

Examining the impact, both actual and potential, of human rights concerns on private international law as well as the oft overlooked topic of the impact of private international law on human rights, this work represents an invaluable resource for all those working or conducting research in these areas.

Election interference is one of the most widely discussed international phenomena of the last five years.

Offers expert comparative analysis of the child''s best interests within the context of Article 3 of the UNCRC.

This is the first text to address all the instruments that will govern choice-of-court agreements in Europe and to engage in a practical discussion of their mutual relationship.

The United States and Canada are salt water neighbors on the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Oceans.

This classic textbook provides a thorough overview of European private international law.

As the world becomes smaller, family law is becoming truly global, giving rise to more and more questions for private international law.

The second edition builds on the excellent reputation earned by the first as a comprehensive and practical work focussing on civil law claims and remedies.

Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book explains the role of private law in governing markets.

A comprehensive and in-depth analysis of how courts in the countries of Commonwealth Africa decide claims under private international law.

In recent decades, the rise in cross-border law violations has harmed numerous victims around the globe.

Highlights specific features of various international commercial arbitration forms, thus enabling lawyers drafting arbitration clauses to make informed choices.

This book studies ideological divisions within Chinese legal academia and their relationship to arguments about the rule of law.

International child abduction is one of the most emotionally charged and fascinating areas of family law practice.