Revised edition of: Private international law / Cheshire and North. 10th ed. 1979.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [xvii]-xx) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Machine derived contents note: Part I. Introduction 1. Definition, nature and scope of private international law 2. Historical development and current theories Part II. Preliminary topics 3. Classification 4. The incidental question 5. Renvoi 6. Substance and procedure 7. The proof of foreign law 8. Exclusion of foreign law 9. Domicil, nationality and residence Part III. Jurisdiction, foreign judgements and awards 10. Jurisdiction of the English courts an introduction 11. Jurisdiction under the Brussels and Lugano Conventions 12. The competence of the English courts under the traditional rules 13. Stays of English proceedings and restraining foreign proceedings 14. Limitations on jurisdiction 15. Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgements: the traditional rules 16. Recognition and enforcement of judgements under the Brussels and Lugano Conventions 17. Foreign arbitral awards Part IV. The law of obligations 18. Contracts 19. Torts 20. Restitution Part V. Family law 21. Marriage 22. Matrimonal causes 23. Declarations 24. Financial relief 25. Children 26. Legitimacy, legitimation and adoption 27. Mental disorder Part VI. The law of property 28. The distinction between movables and immovables 29. Immovables 30. The transfer of tangible movables 31. The assignment of intangible movables 32. Administration of estates 33. Succession 34. Matrimonal property 35. Trusts Index.