The conflict of laws
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The conflict of laws
Sweet & Maxwell, 2000
5th ed. / by David McClean
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Morris: The conflict of laws
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This fifth edition of an established and popular textbook on the conflict of laws, sometimes described as Private International Law, builds upon the strengths of previous editions and incorporates changes brought about by: * Statute, e.g. the Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 * The European Union, notably the continuing revision of the texts derived from the Brussels Convention 1968 and the increasingly important case law of the ECJ * Case law developments and the growing volume of decisions of the English courts, e.g., those on the Hague Child Abduction Convention and, more generally, affecting the conduct of international litigation
Table of Contents
Introduction to the conflict of laws. Personal connecting factors. The exclusion of foreign law. Sovereign and diplomatic immunity. Jurisdiction. Staying actions: Forum non conveniens, Lis alibi pendens and jurisdiction clauses: Foreign judgements. Foreign arbitral awards. Marriage. Matrimonal causes: Guardianship and the care of children. Legitimacy, legitimation and adoption. Contracts. Torts. Property. Administration of Estates. Succession. The effect of marriage on property. Substance and procedure. Characterisation, the incidential question and renvoi. The time factor. Theories and methods.
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