Cheshire, North and Fawcett Private International Law

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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.
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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.    Domicile, 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
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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
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