Codifying Choice of Law Around the World An International Comparative Analysis [Hardcover]

Codifying Choice of Law Around the Worldchronicles, documents, and celebrates the extraordinary, massive codification of Private International Law (PrIL), or Conflict of Laws that has taken place in the last 50 years, from 1962-2012. During this period, the world has witnessed the adoption of nearly 200 PrIL codifications, EU Regulations, and international conventions---more than in all preceding years since the inception of PrIL. This book provides a horizontal comparison and discussion of these codifications and conventions, first by comparing the way they resolve tort and contract conflicts, and then by comparing the answers of these codifications to the fundamental philosophical and methodological dilemmas of PrIL. In the process, this book re-examines and dispels certain widely held assumptions about choice of law, and the art and science of codification in general.

Written by Symeon C. Symeonides, a renowned PrIL and comparative law expert with extensive first-hand experience in drafting codifications and advising other drafters,Codifying Choice of Law Around the Worldwill serve as an indispensable point of reference for any serious study or discussion of PrIL, and comparative law.

Foreword

Preface

Summary of Contents

Detailed Table of Contents

Abbreviations

List of Choice-of-Law Codifications
List of EU Regulations
List of Conventions
List of Charts
List of Figures
List of Maps
List of Tables

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Law Governing Tort Conflicts
Chapter 3. Party Autonomy in Contract Conflicts
Chapter 4. Codification and Flexibility
Chapter 5. Broad or Narrow Choice of Law: Issue-by-Issue Choice and D?pe?age
Chapter 6. Codification and Result Selectivism
Chapter 7. The Publicization of PrIL: State Interests, Unilateralism, and International Uniformity
Chapter 8. Conclusions

Appendix. Codifications, Regulations, and Conventions: AlplCi