Ferrer-Correia, A. Keywords: Codification | Private international law | Mots clefs: Codification | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT According to the traditional view, A. Ferrer-Correia points out that the purpose of the private international law is only to designate the law applicable to multinational situations, and its typical method can be briefly described as follows: concrete legal issues belonging to a legal category X will be resolved in accordance with the provisions of the law presenting a certain co…