E. Von Overbeck, Alfred Keywords: The Hague | Conferences | Private international law | Mots clefs: La Haye | Conférence | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Alfred von Overbeck, Professeur Emeritus of the University of Fribourg, aims in this course to define the role of the Hague Conference on Private International Law in the general development of the its field of law. The course of Professor von Overbeck is divided into four chapters. After giving a brief historic outline, the author examines the ways by which the H…