Australian Private International Law for the 21st Century

Andrew Dickinson, formerly Professor of Private International Law at the University of Sydney, is a Fellow and Tutor of Law at St Catherine's College and Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford. Mary Keyes is Professor of Law at Griffith Law School, Griffith University. Thomas John, formerly Head of the Private International Law and International Arbitration Section, Australian Attorney General's Department, Canberra, is now a Principal Legal Officer at the Hague Conference on Private International Law, The Hague, The Netherlands.

• Part I—The Agenda for Change1. Facing Outwards: Australian Private International Lawin the 21st Century Roger Wilkins AO and Thomas John2. Improving Australian Private International Law Mary KeyesPart II—First Reactions to the Attorney-General’s Consultation3. Incoherence in Australian Private International Laws The Honourable James Allsop and Daniel Ward4. Rationalisation and Rationale: Approaching the Reform of Rules for the Assertion of Jurisdiction over Foreign Defendants Andrew Bell SC5. Uniformity of Outcome in Australian Choice of Law Richard GarnettPart III—The Trans-Tasman Treaty—A Model for Engagement with Other Legal Systems?6. Together Alone: Integrating the Tasman World Reid Mortensen7. Trans-Tasman Court Proceedings and Regulatory Enforcement David GoddardPart IV—Drawing from Overseas Perspectives8. What, if Anything, can Australia Learn from the EU Experience? Andrew Dickinson9. A View from Australia’s Regional Partners—Recent Developments in New Zealand and Singapore Elsabe Schoeman and Adeline Chong