Principles of the Conflict of Laws National and International [Paperback]

The present volume reproduces with slight changes the course of lectures given at The Hague in 1972 under the title of The General Principles of Private International Law . The substance of these lec? tures has remained unaltered, but a number of insertions serve to cor? rected some formal mistakes and misprints, added references to literature, some older, some more recent, without attempting to be exhaustive, and modified and supplemented the former exposition in two respects, where subsequent criticisms called for a review. The first concerns the place of public policy in Public International Law, the second deals with spatially-The present volume reproduces with slight changes the course of lectures given at The Hague in 1972 under the title of The General Principles of Private International Law . The substance of these lec? tures has remained unaltered, but a number of insertions serve to cor? rected some formal mistakes and misprints, added references to literature, some older, some more recent, without attempting to be exhaustive, and modified and supplemented the former exposition in two respects, where subsequent criticisms called for a review. The first concerns the place of public policy in Public International Law, the second deals with spatially-I. The nature and function of Private International Law.- Section 1. Introduction.- Section 2. Rome and beyond.- Section 3. The period after the division of the Roman Empirepersonality of laws.- Section 4. Feudalism and the revival of Roman Law.- Section 5. Feudalism.- Section 6. Italythe Legists.- Section 7. The doctrine of the Statutists.- The French school.- The historical background of the French doctrine.- The Statutist doctrine in Italy14th Century.- Section 8. The French school in the 16th CenturyDumoulin and DArgentr?.- Section 9. The Dutch schoolComity.- The theoretical basis of Hubers doctrine.- Section 10. The subsequent development of the doctrine of HuberEngland.- Section 11. The United Stal£‹