Title: Reform and development of private international law : essays in honour of Sir Peter North /
Authors: North, P. M.; Fawcett, J. J.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Conflict of laws.
Contents: 1. The brussels convention becomes a regulation: implications for legal basis, external competence, and contract jurisdiction / Paul R Beaumont -- 2. Reform of private international law by judges: Canada as a case study -- 3. Forum selection and forum rejection in US courts: one rationale for a globval choice of court convention / Ronald A Brand -- 4. Comity in modern private international law / Lawrence Collins -- 5. The EU and a metamorphosis of private international law / Hans Ulrich Jessurun d'Oliverira -- 6. Special rules of private international law for special cases: what should we do about intellectual property? / James Fawcett -- 7. A culling of sacred cows-the impact of the EC insolvency regulation on English conflict of laws / Ian F Fletcher -- 8. The trust in private international law / Jonathan Harris -- 9. Matrimonial (Marital) property rights in conflict of laws: a reconsideration / Trevor C Hartley -- 10. On some writers on the conflict of laws of contracts / Ole Lando -- 11. The hague conference's judgments project / David McClean -- 12. Making English private international law / C G J Morse -- 13. Declining jurisdiction under the Brussels I regulation 2001 and the preliminary draft hague judgments convention: a comparison / Peter Nygh -- 14. National private international law and international instruments / Kurt Siehr.