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 …

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…

Kamil Yasseen, Mustafa Keywords: Legal principles | Private international law | Mots clefs: Principes de droit | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Mustafa Kamil Yasseen intends to limit his course on the general principles of private international law to the conflict of laws in space. He examines the basic problems as much as possible in the light of the primary character of this conflict, which enable him to identify the critical constituents of conflict of laws. The author successively focuses on the rule of conflict of laws in space and the implementation of the conflict rule. Mustaf…

Susana Najurieta, María Keywords: MinoChildren | Family law | Adoption | Private international law | Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of Intercountry Adoption (The Hague, 29 May 1993) | Children's rights | Human rights | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT The rights enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child have inspired the revision and renewal of legislation within each State. The application of the "method of recognition" in the field of adoptions granted abroad meets the respect due to the child's funda…

Seidl-Hohenveldern, I. Keywords: Public companies | Private international law | Public international law | Expropriation | ShareholdeNationality | Mots clefs: Expropriation et nationalisation | ABSTRACT I. Seidl-Hohenveldern dedicates his course to the Influence of Public International Law on the Conflicts of Laws related to Corporations. After a presentation of the basic problems, the author studies the rules concerning the nationalization of corporations. He then presents the possible remedies against interferences by…

J. Garcimartín Alférez, Francisco Keywords: Companies | Actions | Obligations | Securities | Stock market transactions | Headquarter | Company law | Private international law | Mots clefs: Entreprises | ABSTRACT Companies listed on the stock exchange are not only subject to general company law but also to securities regulations, and in particular to regulations concerning listing their stock. The subject of this course by Francisco J. is to study the problems facing companies that are listed in foreign stock markets, that is,…

Boggiano, Antonio Keywords: Standard contracts | Private international law | International contracts | Comparative law | Mots clefs: Contrats standardisés | Droit international privé | Contrats internationaux | Droit comparé | ABSTRACT Antonio Boggiano, Professor at the School of Law of the University of Buenos Aires, devotes his course to standard contracts in international law. Standard contracts are developed by individual enterprises, groups of enterprises within the same sector, or by international organizations. The auth…

Durante, Francesco Keywords: Divorce and judicial separation | Private international law | Mots clefs: Divorce | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT In his course, Francesco Durante, Professor at the University of Catania in Rome, examines the problems posed by the conflict of laws regarding divorce, especially in countries that, like Italy, changes the legislation denying the right to divorce for domestic spouses to a regime permitting the dissolution of marriage. After considerations of general statement, the aut…

d’Avout, Louis Keywords: Multinational enterprises | Conflict of laws | International commercial law | Private international law [p11] d’Avout, Louis NOTICE BIOGRAPHIQUE [p21] Louis d’Avout, né le 29 janvier 1978 à Paris. Education secondaire à Dijon (Bourgogne) ; études supérieures aux Universités de Cologne et Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) (LLM, maîtrise franco-allemande), puis Paris II (Panthéon-Assas) ; docteur en droit (2005), agrégé des Facultés de droit (2007). Professeur à l’Université de Lyon (Jean Moulin, Lyon 3, 2007-2012), depuis à l’Université Panth…

Salerno, Francesco Keywords: Private international law | Personal status | Identity [p11] Salerno, Francesco BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE [p16] Francesco Salerno, born in Taranto, Italy, on 25 March 1951, is an Italian national. Degree in Law, University of Florence (1974), Researcher in Law, Universities of Rome and Florence (1975-1987). Associate Professor of International Law, University of Catanzaro (1987) and later Chair, University of Ferrara (1999). Teaching activities include courses of “International Law”, “International Human …

Sulkowski, Joseph Keywords: Poland | Private international law | Mots clefs: Pologne | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT After an introduction dedicated to general considerations related to private international law, the author begins with a presentation of Polish private international law in a general part, in which he, among others, studies the origins and the principles of Polish private international law. In a special part, he successively chooses to focus on people, the declaration of absence, disappearan…

M. North, Peter Keywords: United States of America | Family law | Conflict of laws | Private international law | Mots clefs: Etats-Unis d’Amérique | Droit interrégional | Droit de la famille | ABSTRACT In this course devoted to Development of Rules of Private International Law in the Field of Family Law, Peter North assigns several missions. He intends to show what developments have taken place in this field, why they have intervened in the field, what their effects have been, and what their future will be. He concentrates mainl…

Van Gerven, Walter Keywords: Europe | Private international law | Transfer of proceedings | European Union | Mots clefs: Europe | Droit international privé | Renvoi | Union européenne | ABSTRACT Professor Walter van Gerven starts from the observation that there exists on the same territory a multiplicity of levels of legal orders (for example, seven legal orders intervening at different levels in Belgium). M. van Gerven wonders how and on the basis of which criteria it is possible to formulate “conflict” or rather “referral” …

P. Pamboukis, Charalambos Keywords: Private international law | Mots clefs: Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Charalambos P. Pamboukis, Associate Professor at the University of Athens, points out in the introduction to his course that the paradigm of law has changed significantly. Today, we are experiencing a movement of communication integration with effects in various sectors of social, economic, and cultural life through the phenomenon of globalization. The salient feature of the evolution is the emergen…

E. Krispi, Professor Keywords: Currencies | Private international law | Mots clefs: Monnaies | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT In his course on Money in Private International Law, E. Krispis, Professor at the University of Athens, studies the nature of debt as monetary, the question of the type of money owed, the extent of monetary debt, the question of discharge of monetary debt, and then the question of the control of exchange. Dans son cours sur l'argent en droit international privé, E. Krispis, professeur à l'Université d'Athènes, étudie le caractère monéta…

Hobér, Kaj Keywords: Res iudicata | Concurrent proceedings | Law of civil procedure | Arbitration | International commercial arbitration | Private international law | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT In this course, the author aims to explain and discuss the role, function, and applicability of the principles of res judicata and lis pendens in international arbitrations, or, to be precise, as between arbitral tribunals. He focuses on three categories of arbitration: arbitration between States, or interstate arbitration; international…

E. Nygh, Peter Keywords: Australia | Law of contracts | Choice of law | Private international law | Contracts | Tort | Mots clefs: Australie | Droit des obligations | Choix de la loi applicable | Droit international privé | Contrats | Quasi-contrats et quasi-délits | ABSTRACT This course by Peter E. Nygh, Professor at Bond University on Australia's Gold Coast, addresses the role played by the "reasonable expectations of the parties" in conflicts regarding laws of contract and tort. The reasonable expectations of the parties include first of …

Bonomi, Andrea Keywords: Law of succession | Private international law | Mots clefs: Droit des successions | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Mr. Bonomi notes that the law of international succession is a rich and complex subject. He deals with issues of classical private international law. These issues have already been the subject of numerous writings by scholars, but also the evolution of national systems and European perspectives justifying further study of the problems according to Professor Bonomi. As a par…

D. González Campos, Julio Keywords: Private international law | Mots clefs: Droit international privé | ABSTRACT This general course on private international law by Julio D. González Campos is guided by an idea: the current position of private international law with regard to its general function, that is to say, the regulation of private relationships across national borders, is only the result of the social and legal changes which took place since the middle of the nineteenth century. The actual state of priv…

Frankenstein, Ernst Keywords: Private international law | Mots clefs: Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Ernst Frankenstein reports in this course on New Trends in Private International Law as it appeared in 1930. After presenting private international law as an expression of the major trends of the time, the author presents the prevailing trends, namely the nationalist trend, the internationalist trend, and the intermediate trends. He later presents the new trends related to the principles of personality a…