C. H. Dunbar, N. Keywords: Sovereign immunitiesc | Private international law | Mots clefs: Immunités judiciaires | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT N.C.H. Dunbar states at the beginning of his course that the times are propitious (in 1971) for a fundamental reassessment of the legal and diplomatic principles relating to the doctrine of State immunity, and intends to contribute to this update as a part of the course. After a presentation of the Belgian and French case law (and the case law of other States) on the …

N. Sadikov, O. Keywords: International transport | Private international law | Mots clefs: Transports internationaux | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT In this course devoted to the conflict of laws in international transport law, O.N. Sadikov deals with the problems of conflict in international transport law as an integral part of private international law. He also focuses on certain specific transport issues, in particular the transport contract. The author successively attempts on the problems of conflicts in…

Dogauchi, Masato Keywords: Japan | Private international law | Legal history | Choice of law | Mots clefs: Japon | Droit international privé | Histoire du droit | Choix de la loi applicable | ABSTRACT The course of Masato Dogauchi, Professor at Waseda University in Tokyo, has two objectives. One is to provide a brief introduction to choice-of-law rules in Japan. The other is to present a four-step analysis in choice-of-law rules. This method of analysis is considered applicable not only to Japanese rules but also to rules on choi…

D. González Campos, Julio Keywords: Judicial competence | Private international law | …

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Capotorti, F. Keywords: Ability | Private international law | Mots clefs: Capacité | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT In his course on the Power in Private International Law, Francesco Capotorti reflects mainly on Italian law. As this right is strictly related to other legal systems of continental Western Europe, the basis of its research naturally extends to the concepts and rules which they derive from a co…

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Simons, Walter Keywords: Germany | Private international law | Mots clefs: Allemagne | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Walter Simons explains that the task of clarifying the German conception of private international law is made difficult by the diversity of opinions which, in Germany, prevailed in 1926 not only in the academic world but also in practice. Times have passed when Savigny’s theory dominated German do…

Goldstein, Gérald Keywords: Cohabitation | Private international law | Registered partnership | Mots clefs: Concubinage | Droit international privé | Partenariat civil | ABSTRACT In this course, Professor Gérald Goldstein of the Faculty of Law of the University of Montreal examines the conflicts of laws concerning cohabitation outside marriage. As the focus is on private international law, the subject excludes the in-depth and exhaustive comparative study of the various domestic law provisions affecting cohabitation or…

I. Nwogugu, E. Keywords: Foreign direct investment | International law | Mots clefs: Investissement | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Professor Nwogugu devotes his course to the legal problems related to foreign investments of which the States are in great need. After a study of incentives to investments (especially legal incentives), the author focuses on the protection of foreign investment. He then proposes a review of investment contracts and reparations for injury to private property. The author then focu…

de Miranda, Pontes Keywords: Brazil | Private international law | Mots clefs: Brésil | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Pontes de Miranda begins his course on Brazilian Private International Law by presenting the fundamental principles of private international law. He then studies the adjustment problems in the Brazilian legislation, the principles of production and non-production of effects, and a few special subjects in private international law (family law, property law, law of obligations, and law of successions). Pontes de Miranda commence son cours sur le droit…

Ago, Roberto Keywords: Private international law | Mots clefs: Droit international privé | ABSTRACT If we take a look at the current doctrine (1936) of private international law in different countries, we are struck, writes Robert Ago, by the characteristic contrast of conceptions and trends that can be observed there. The author begins with a study of the rules of private international law by a presentation of the nature (object and function) of the rules. He then focuses on the interpretation of these rules…

ANDREAS BUCHER Keywords: Private international law | Mots clefs: Droit international privé | ABSTRACT In this general course on private international law, Andreas Bucher, Honorary Professor at the University of Geneva, makes a systematic and in-depth study of the subjects of private international law: conflicts of law, conflicts of jurisdiction, plurality of courts, concentration of disputes. Professor Bucher begins his first chapter, devoted to the pluralism of the methods of private international law, with …

Reed, Lucy Keywords: International crises | Public international law | Private international law | International dispute settlement | Iran-United States Claims Tribunal | United Nations Compensation Commission | North Korea | Nuclear energy | Mots clefs: Crises internationales | Droit international public | Droit international privé | Solution des différends internationaux | Tribunal irano-américain de réclamations | Commission de compensation des Nations Unies | Corée du Nord | Energie nucléaire | ABSTRACT Lucy Reed, partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in…

K. Kuhn, Arthur Keywords: United States of America | Private international law | Mots clefs: Etats-Unis d’Amérique | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Arthur Kuhn’s course is devoted to the doctrine and practice of private international law of the United States. After a presentation of the doctrine of "Comity", the author studies the conception of public policy in the United States. He then focuses on the conception of the criminal law and the procedure for appeals, the ability of the people, the contract and the s…

Kessedjian, Catherine Keywords: Codification | International commercial law | Private international law | International economic relations | Mots clefs: Codification | Droit commercial international | Droit international privé | Relations internationales économiques | ABSTRACT In this course, Catherine Kessedjian attempts to identify the concrete reality of the legal norms created to govern the operations, to understand the context in which the developments proposed by her take place, and to present as accurate a picture possibl…

Ballarino, T. Keywords: DisasteCivil liability | Private international law | Mots clefs: Catastrophes | Responsabilité civile | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Tito Ballarino, Professor at the University of Padua, points out from the perspective of "international" private law, the question of the study of catastrophic damage is made more complex than in public international law because of the confrontation of the rule of conflict to a bundle of relationships between individuals and even between individuals and t…

Opertti Badan, Didier Keywords: Adoption | Private international law | Mots clefs: Adoption | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Didier Opperti Badan, Professor at the University of Montevideo, emphasizes in his course that a basic examination of the current situation of international adoption reveals a very marked diversity of criteria, not only in terms of solutions to legal problems of adoption, but simply related to the merits of an implementation that would meet the requests for adoption from foreign countr…

Czachórski, Witold Keywords: Socialist countries | Civil liability | Private international law | Mots clefs: Pays socialistes | Responsabilité civile | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Witold Czachorski, Director of the Institute of Civil Law at the University of Warsaw, studies the mutual relations between private international law and substantive civil law in his course, from the perspective of the general principles of civil liability of socialist countries. Witold Czachórski, directeur de l'Institut de droit civil de l'Université de Varsovie, étudie dans…

M. Bentivoglio, Ludovico Keywords: Air law | Private international law | Mots clefs: Droit aérien | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT After a presentation of basic considerations related to private international law in the field of air transport, Ludovico Bentivoglio presents the law governing acts and facts on board the aircraft. He examines the question of the choice of law applicable in contracts. Then, in terms of torts, he focuses on the fate of the tort rule lex loci delicti. Finally, he focuses on the cour…