Selected Essays On Comparative Law And Conflict Of Laws

Friedrich K. Juenger on the conflict of laws is always worth attending to. Rejecting the "conventional wisdom" that prevails in the field, he sees the conflict of laws not as a discipline devoid of substantive values but as a powerful catalyst for multistate justice. Here is a wide-ranging collection of essays on a variety of problems posed by transactions that transcend state and national borders. The essays include a comparison of jurisdiction issues in the United States and the European Communities, opinions on forum shopping, a critique of interest analysis techniques, and a plea for a comparative approach to choice-of-law issues. Invaluable studies in the extraterritorial application of United States antitrust law, recognition of foreign money judgments and divorces, and regional conventions round out the collection. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.

This book is an in-depth, comparative study of the nature of civil & commercial law & of its development in the PRC. It focuses on the very complex interrelations & interactions between Party & state policies & measures, scholars' theoretical efforts & the development of civil & commercial law, especially the development of the institutions of legal personality & of property rights in the PRC. It also analyses the underlying influences of foreign legal systems & legal theories as well as the difficulties experienced by Chinese law makers & scholars in applying these theories. The book provides fresh insights into the role of law & the transformation of Chinese civil & commercial law, as now occurring in the PRC. The book is a valuable reference source for scholars who wish to explore the fascinating subject of the transformation of civil & commercial law in contemporary China.

Lawrence Collins, a leading international lawyer, has made a profound contribution to the study and understanding of the Conflict of Laws in England during the past twenty years. He has successfully combined his practice in one of London's leading law firms with unparalleled academic achievement. This volume combines a number of his most widely acclaimed and influential articles on important aspects of the Conflict of Laws, including a reprint of his fascinating 1992 Hague Academy Lectures entitled "Provisional and Protective Measures in International Litigation." Collins has updated and written introductory prefaces for each article to outline the most important subsequent developments since their original publication. Scholarly and incisive, these essays will be compulsory reading for all academics and practitioners interested in international litigation.