Tradition and Innovation of Private International Law at the Beginning of the Third Millennium

Price: $80.00 265 pages. 1 Hardcover Volume. Index. Published April 2006.
ISBN-13: 978-1-57823-211-6 / ISBN-10: 1-57823-211-2

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Book Overview

List of Abbreviations

Principal Scholarly Publications of Professor Friedrich K. Juenger

Foreword
Leonel Pereznieto Castro

Chapter 1
The Relevence of Substantive International Commercial Norms for Choice
of Law in Contract: the Rome and Mexico City Conventions Compared
By Bertrand Ancel and Horatia Muir Watt

I.  International Trade Norms as Constraints on the Choice of Law Process
II. International Trade Norms as Freedom of Choice

Chapter 2
The Private International Law of the European Community
By Alfonso-Luis Calvo Caravaca, Professor of Private International Law
and University Carlos III of Madrid (Spain)

I.   Introduction
II.  Article 65 TCE and European Community Private International Law
III. Characteristics of the Norms of Community’s Private International Law
IV.  Types of PIL Community-Established Norms
V.   International Jurisdiction
VI.  Law Applicable to Private International Situations
VII. Extra-Territorial Effects of Decisions

Chapter 3 
Switzerland and Europe: International Contracts and Characteristics Performance
By Carrascosa González

I.   Introduction
II.  Basis of the Presumption of the Characteristic Performance
III. Criticism of the Presumption of Characteristic Performance
IV. Legal Loopholes of 4.2 CR
V.  Integration of the Legal Loopholes of Article 4.2 RC

Chapter 4
Pages of History: Friedrich Juenger and the Historical Consciousness
of Modern Private International Law
By Nikitas Hatzimihail

I.   Theoretical Underpinnings — And Their Stakes
II.  The Narrative
III. Conclusion 

Chapter 5
A Prologue to Oregon’s Codification of Choice-of-Law
Rules for Tort Actions
By James A.R. Nafziger

I.    Introduction to Oregon’s Choice-of-Law Methodology
II.  Oregon Judicial Decisions in Tort-Related Conflicts
III. General Common Law Rules
IV.  Propositions to Initiate Consideration of a Conflict Law Applicable to Torts

Chapter 6
Dos Temas Sobre Derechos Reales En El Derecho
Internacional Privado En México
By Dr. Leonel Pereznieto Castro

I.   Introducción
II.  Regulación Constitucional De Los Derechos Reales Sobre Bienes Inmuebles, Vinculados Al Dipr
III. La Nueva Legislación Sobre Garantías Mobiliarias

Chapter 7
Pasado y Presente de la Codificación del Derecho
Internacional Privado en América Latina
By Ruben B. Santos Belandro

I.     Una Primera Noción Del Vocablo Codificación
II.    América Latina, Ámbito Propicio Para La Codificatión De Las Normas
        De Derecho Internacional Privado
III.   La Adopción De Un Nuevo Paradigma Para Codificar
IV.    Avances En La Codificación Interamericana De Derecho Internacional Privado
V.     Los Conflictos Entre Convenciones Y Leyes Nacionales Y Sus Posibles Soluciones
VI.    El Reconocimiento De Un Mayor Número De Fuentes De Derecho Internacional Privado
VII.   El Reconocimiento De Un Pluralismo Metodológico Para Una Regulación Más
        Satisfactoria De Las Relaciones Privadas Internacionales
VIII. Una Nueva Visión De La Imperativdad De Los Principios Y De Las Normas
        En El Campo De Derecho Internacional Privado
IX.    La Creación De Las Autoridades Centrales, Un Puntal Insustituible Para
        Favorecer La Cooperación Jurisdiccional Regional
X. Conclusiones Finales

Chapter 8
The Implementation of the EC Choice of Law Rules for Insurance Contracts in Italy:
Some Critical Remarks
By Francesco Seatzu

I.   Introduction
II.  The 1995 Statutes of Implementation of the E.C. Insurance Directives: General Remarks
III. The Scope of Application of the Choice of Laws Rules for Insurance Contracts 
      Covering Risks Situated in a Member State of the European Community
IV.  The Law Applicable to Insurance Contracts Covering Risks Situated in a Member
      State of the European Community
V.   General Conclusions

Chapter 9
Judicial Guidance of Litigation to an Appropriate Forum
By Russell J. Weintraub

I.   Introduction
II.  Forum Non Conveniens
III. Lis Pendens
IV. Conclusion

Index

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