: Petar Sarcevic, Paul Volken, Andrea Bonomi
: Petar Sarcevic, Paul Volken, Andrea Bonomi, The Swiss Institute of Comparative Law (Eds.)
: 2006 Volume VIII (2006) (Studien zum Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrecht)
: sellier.european law publishers
: 9783866537194
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< >Current Volume VIII (2006) of the Yearbook of Private International Law is arguably one of the most comprehensive collections of essays in English-language of our time:

It presents the reader with a broad overview on the status and trends of private international law from the United States to India, from France to Tunisia, from England to China, from Latvia to Qatar, from Sweden to Japan.

All main areas of law are addressed: among others, marriage, including same-sex marriage, adoption and protection of children, euthanasia and living wills, inheritance, contracts, torts, insolvency.

Each of the four traditional steps of the 'conflict process' is taken into account: adjudicatory jurisdiction, international cooperation and procedure, applicable law and its various incidents, recognition of foreign judgments.

Practitioner will especially benefit from several contributions on international arbitration.

Benefecial for: scholars, lawyers, judges, notaries, lawyers in law departments of international enterprises, legal libraries, working in the field of Private International Law.
TABLE OF CONTENTS8
FOREWORD12
ABBREVIATIONS14
THREE STEPS WITH PETAR ŠARCEVIC16
IS A CONFLICT RULE FOR LIVING WILLS AND EUTHANASIA NEEDED?20
THE EVALUATION OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGES AND REGISTERED PARTNERSHIPS IN THE NETHERLANDS42
COMPETENCE OF THE COMMUNITY TO CONCLUDE THE REVISED LUGANO CONVENTION ON JURISDICTION AND THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS IN CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS52
THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT AND THE PRINCIPLES OF COMITY: EVIDENCE IN TRANSNATIONAL LITIGATION68
NATIONALITY AND THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ACROSS FRONTIERS, AND THE EXAMPLE OF INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION90
WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG IN THE ECJ’S JUDGMENT ON EUROFOOD IFSC LTD102
INTERACTION AND INTEGRATION BETWEEN THE LEGAL SYSTEMS OF HONG KONG, MACAO AND MAINLAND CHINA 50 YEARS AFTER THEIR RETURN TO CHINA120
SET-OFF AND THE ROME I PROPOSAL128
INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION IN JAPAN140
REFORM OF JAPAN’S PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW: ACT ON THE GENERAL RULES OF THE APPLICATION OF LAWS160
SAME-SEX MARRIAGES, DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPS AND PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW: AT THE DAWN OF A NEW JURISPRUDENCE IN THE UNITED STATES184
THE HAGUE CONFERENCE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW IN AFRICA: A PLEA FOR COOPERATION204
THE FRENCH DIPTYCH ON FOREIGN LAW: AN ANALYSIS THROUGH ITS MOST RECENT RETOUCHING228
LAW RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION IN INDIA246
CODIFICATION OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE CIVIL CODE OF QATAR264
CHINA. ENFORCEMENT OF ARBITRATION CLAUSES: REMARKS ON TWO MAY 10, 2005 DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME PEOPLE’S COURT OF CHINA282
GREECE. THREE RECENT GREEK CASES ON THE BRUSSELS CONVENTION296
LATVIA. TWO 2005 LATVIAN SUPREME COURT DECISIONS ON INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE304
SPAIN. PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW PROBLEMS RELATING TO THE CELEBRATION OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGES: DGRN OF 29 JULY 2005314
SWITZERLAND. CHALLENGING AN ARBITRAL AWARD FOR INFRINGEMENT OF COMPETITION LAW: THE TERRA ARMATA DECISION OF THE SWISS FEDERAL TRIBUNAL OF 8 MARCH 2006322
UNITED KINGDOM. AN AGE-OLD DILEMMA: IS IT TIME FOR A ‘REVOLUTIONARY APPROACH’?336
THE SCOPE OF SECONDARY COMMUNITY LAW IN THE LIGHT OF THE METHODS OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW – OR THE OTHER WAY AROUND?348
THE COURT OF JUSTICE, EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW390
NEW CHOICE OF LAW RULES FOR CAPACITY TO MARRY AND THE RECOGNITION OF MARRIAGE IN SWEDEN – A NEW PRINCIPLE?428
TUNISIA. ART. 54(1) OF THE TUNISIAN CODE OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW436
TRANSLATION OF JAPAN’S PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW: ACT ON THE GENERAL RULES OF APPLICATION OF LAWS (HÔ NO TEKIYÔ NI KANSURU TSÛSOKUHÔ), LAW NO. 10 OF 1898, AS NEWLY TITLED AND AMENDED 21 JUNE 2006442
BOOKS RECEIVED458
INDEX470