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Key Concepts

Key Concepts

 

Private International Law (often called "conflict of laws") governs the choice of law to apply when conflicts exist in national domestic laws related to private transactions between those nations. Marci Hoffman and Katherine TopolosInternational Legal Research Tutorial: Private International Law (last visited Jan. 23, 2013).

It often arises in disputes involving:

  • contracts, 
  • marriage and divorce
  • jurisdiction,
  • recognition of judgments,
  • child adoption and abduction 

Private international law is the body of conventions, model laws, national laws, legal guides, and other documents and instruments that regulate private relationships across national borders. Private international law has a dualistic character, balancing international consensus with domestic recognition and implementation, as well as balancing sovereign actions with those of the private sector." Louise Tsang, ASIL Electronic Resource Guide: Private International Law (last visited Jan. 23, 2013)

Electronic Resources

Electronic Resources

Books from the Catalog

Books from the Catalog

eBooks and Electronic Texts (after 1999)

eBooks and Electronic Texts (after 1999)

Num Mark Exports (1-11 of 11) Media Year
1    Conflict of laws in a globalized world [electronic resource] / edited by Eckart Gottschalk ... [et al.].   Ebooks c2007
2    The confluence of public and private international law justice, pluralism and subsidiarity in the international constitutional ordering of private law [electronic resource] : Alex Mills.   Ebooks 2009
3    Cross-Border Security over Receivables [electronic resource] : Harry C. Sigman  Ebooks 2009
4    Globalizing justice critical perspectives on transnational law and the cross-border migration of legal norms[electronic resource] : edited by Donald W. Jackson, Michael C. Tolley and Mary L. Volcansek.   Ebooks c2010
5    International Family Law An Introduction [electronic resource]:   Ebooks 2005
6    International litigation a guide to jurisdiction, practice, and strategy [electronic resource] : by David Epstein, Charles S. Baldwin, IV.   Ebooks 2010
7    International Perspectives on Consumers' Access to Justice [electronic resource]   Ebooks 2003
8    Internet and federal courts issues and obstacles : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, June 29, 2000. [electronic resource] :   Ebooks 2000
9    Judicial recourse to foreign law a new source of inspiration? [electronic resource] : Sir Basil Markesinis and Jörg Fedtke ; with commentary by Laurie Ackermann ... [et al.].   Ebooks 2006
10    Multi-sourced equivalent norms in international law [electronic resource] / edited by Tomer Broude and Yuval Shany.   Ebooks 2011
11    Resolving international conflicts liber amicorum Tibor Várady [electronic resource] : edited by Peter Hay ... [et al.].   Ebooks c2009

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