Description
Book SynopsisThis work consists of nine essays in the broad field of private international law, some originally delivered as lectures, others written as law journal articles. The author draws on his experience as a Law Commissioner, in European Community negotiations in Brussels, and in providing advice to the government on private international law matters. Where appropriate, the essays include new introductions, examining major developments which have occurred since they were originally written.
Trade Review`Publication of this volume is to be welcomed in that it presents in accessible form important scholarship by a leader in the field.' Law Quarterly Review
Table of ContentsIs European Harmonization of Private International Law a Myth or a Reality?: A British Perspective ; The EEC Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations (1980): Its History and Main Features ; Varying the Proper Law ; Torts in the Dismal Swamp: Choice of Law Revisited ; Contract as a Tort Defence in the Conflict of Laws ; Development of Rules of Private International Law in the Field of Family Law ; Choice in Choice of Law ; The Draft UK/US Judgments Convention: A British Viewpoint ; Hague Conventions and the Reform of English Conflict of Laws
