《Principles of the conflict of laws national and international》

Part Ⅰ. The nature and function of Private International Law1

Section 1. Introduction1

Section 2. Rome and beyond3

Section 3. The period after the division of the Roman Empire—personality of laws3

Section 4. Feudalism and the revival of Roman Law4

Section 5. Feudalism4

Section 6. Italy—the Legists5

Section 7. The doctrine of the Statutists7

Section 8. The French school in the 16th Century—Dumoulin and D'Argentre12

Section 9. The Dutch school—Comity13

Section 10. The subsequent development of the doctrine of Huber—England17

Section 11. The United States19

Section 12. Modern Private International Law—Wachter, Savigny20

Section 13. Modern doctrines of territoriality or pseudo-territoriality—acquired rights23

Section 14. Sociological neo-statutists28

Section15. Wachter redivivus—Ehrenzweig30

Section16. Conflict of laws and the American Constitution32

Section 17. Governmental interests as conflict resolving factors—Currie—Neo-statutists36

Section18. "Result selecting" principles—Cavers39

Section19. The international use of the new doctrines41

Section 20. Conclusions44

Notes to part Ⅰ46

Part Ⅱ. The relationship between Public and Private International Law63

Section 21. The influence of Public International Law upon domestic Private International Law63

Section 22. Private International Law as part of Public International Law—choice of law before international tribunals67

Section 23. Recognition and the application of foreign law74

Section 24. Scrutiny of, and refusal to apply, the law and to respect the executive acts of a foreign recognized government77

Section 25. Conclusions80

Notes to part Ⅱ81

Part Ⅲ. The structure and interpretation of rules of Private International Law93

Section 26. Structure93

Section 27. Interpretation94

Section 28. Spatially conditioned internal rules99

Section 29. Transposition, substitution and adaptation102

Section 30. Renvoi104

Section 31. Preliminary question107

Section 32. Conflict of laws in time113

Notes to part Ⅲ115

Part Ⅳ. Conclusions125

Bibliography127

Table of cases129

Index139