James Fawcett is Professor of Law at the University of Nottingham, specializing in private international law. He was recently appointed Series Editor of the Oxford Private International Law Series.

... a book that every university law library should have.

• Introduction ; 1. The Brussels Convention Becomes a Regulation: Implications for Legal Basis, External Competence, and Contract Jurisdiction ; 2. Reform of Private International Law by Judges: Canada as a Case Study ; 3. Forum Selection and Forum Rejection in US Courts: One Rationale for a Global Choice of Court Convention ; 4. Comity in Modern Private International Law ; 5. The EU and a Metamorphosis of Private International Law ; 6. Special Rules of Private International Law for Special Cases: What should we do about Intellectual Property? ; 7. A Culling of Sacred Cows: The Impact of the EC Insolvency Regulation on English Conflict of Laws ; 8. The Trust in Private International Law ; 9. Matrimonial (Marital) Property Rights in Conflict of Laws: A Reconsideration ; 10. On Some Writers on the Conflict of Laws of Contracts ; 11. The Hague Conference's Judgments Project ; 12. Making English Private International Law ; 13. Declining Jurisdiction under the Brussels I Regulation 2001 and the Preliminary Draft Hague Judgments Convention: A Comparison ; 14. National Private International Law and International Instruments

James Fawcett is Professor of Law at the University of Nottingham, specializing in private international law. He was recently appointed Series Editor of the Oxford Private International Law Series.

... a book that every university law library should have.

• Introduction ; 1. The Brussels Convention Becomes a Regulation: Implications for Legal Basis, External Competence, and Contract Jurisdiction ; 2. Reform of Private International Law by Judges: Canada as a Case Study ; 3. Forum Selection and Forum Rejection in US Courts: One Rationale for a Global Choice of Court Convention ; 4. Comity in Modern Private International Law ; 5. The EU and a Metamorphosis of Private International Law ; 6. Special Rules of Private International Law for Special Cases: What should we do about Intellectual Property? ; 7. A Culling of Sacred Cows: The Impact of the EC Insolvency Regulation on English Conflict of Laws ; 8. The Trust in Private International Law ; 9. Matrimonial (Marital) Property Rights in Conflict of Laws: A Reconsideration ; 10. On Some Writers on the Conflict of Laws of Contracts ; 11. The Hague Conference's Judgments Project ; 12. Making English Private International Law ; 13. Declining Jurisdiction under the Brussels I Regulation 2001 and the Preliminary Draft Hague Judgments Convention: A Comparison ; 14. National Private International Law and International Instruments

James Fawcett is Professor of Law at the University of Nottingham, specializing in private international law. He was recently appointed Series Editor of the Oxford Private International Law Series.

... a book that every university law library should have.

• Introduction ; 1. The Brussels Convention Becomes a Regulation: Implications for Legal Basis, External Competence, and Contract Jurisdiction ; 2. Reform of Private International Law by Judges: Canada as a Case Study ; 3. Forum Selection and Forum Rejection in US Courts: One Rationale for a Global Choice of Court Convention ; 4. Comity in Modern Private International Law ; 5. The EU and a Metamorphosis of Private International Law ; 6. Special Rules of Private International Law for Special Cases: What should we do about Intellectual Property? ; 7. A Culling of Sacred Cows: The Impact of the EC Insolvency Regulation on English Conflict of Laws ; 8. The Trust in Private International Law ; 9. Matrimonial (Marital) Property Rights in Conflict of Laws: A Reconsideration ; 10. On Some Writers on the Conflict of Laws of Contracts ; 11. The Hague Conference's Judgments Project ; 12. Making English Private International Law ; 13. Declining Jurisdiction under the Brussels I Regulation 2001 and the Preliminary Draft Hague Judgments Convention: A Comparison ; 14. National Private International Law and International Instruments