Indigenous customary laws often conflict with or contradict contract laws of foreign legal systems. If an indigenous person wishes to conduct an international transaction according to their customs, problems may arise where customs are inconsistent with governing laws. This paper examines the...

The long awaited first Act of China Private International Law, Law of Application of Law for Foreign-related Civil Relations of People's Republic of China (LALFCR), was adopted on October 28 2010, and will come into force on April 1 2011. Unprecedented, the legislation of China expresses its...

This article examines private international law issues raised by transnational contractual networks. The focus is on choice-of-law questions that arise in the context of 1) relations between network members who are contractually bound to one another, 2) relations between network members not...

This chapter examines the often-cited distinction between private international law and public international law in the context of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (‘CISG’). The traditional view holds that private and public international law are separate...

Die deutsche Rechtsprechung hält trotz früh geäußerter Kritik für alle Bereiche des IER am Grundsatz der Territorialität in st. Rspr. fest. Gleiches gilt für die hL. Damit beschränkt sich die Prüfung einer fremdstaatlichen Enteignung auf die Belegenheit des enteigneten Vermögenswertes...

This paper discusses the German conflict of law rules as they apply to companies (ie, the private international law of companies in Germany). Amongst others, it addresses the connecting factor, the scope of the lex societatis, outreach statutes and the possibility of reincorporations in German...