Indonesian Private International Law

Afifah Kusumadara teaches at the Law Faculty of Brawijaya University in Malang, Indonesia.

This is a thorough and carefully structured account of the agglomeration of court decisions, scholarly writing and scanty regulation that constitutes private international law in Indonesia. No scholar working in the area in future will be able to avoid reference to this book, which is the first major English language work on Indonesian private international law. It contributes to, and clearly surpasses, the limited English-language scholarly literature on aspects of private international law in Indonesia.

• 1. Introduction I. The Subject Matter of Private International Law II. Sources of Private International Law III. History of Private International Law in Indonesia A. Before Independence B. Aft er Independence IV. Preliminary MattersA. Characterisation B. Incidental Question C. Dépeçage D. Renvoi and Transmission V. Connecting Factors A. Nationality B. Domicile C. Residence VI. Substance and Procedure A. Procedure B. SubstanceVII. Proof of Foreign Law and Other Evidentiary Matters A. Proving Foreign Law B. Taking Evidence in Indonesia for Use in Foreign Proceedings C. Taking Evidence Abroad for Use in Indonesian Proceedings VIII. Mandatory Rules, Ordre Public, Public Law, and the Evasion of Law A. Ordre Public and Public Law B. Mandatory Rules C. Evasion of Law 2. Jurisdiction I. Jurisdiction in Personam A. General Principles B. Special Rules II. Jurisdiction in Shipping Claims A. Jurisdiction of the Indonesian Court B. Th e Process of Ship Arrest in Indonesia III. Immunities from Jurisdiction A. Sovereign Immunity B. State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) 3. Choice of Law I. Law of Obligations 0A. Contracts B. Specific Contracts C. Torts D. Unjust EnrichmentE. Trusts and Charitable Foundations II. Law of Property A. Immovable Property B. Transfer of Movable Property C. Expropriation D. Succession to Property III. Intellectual Property IV. Family Law A. Marriage B. Matrimonial Causes C. Children D. Mental Incapacity V. Law of Corporations and Insolvency and Law of Bankruptcy A. Capacity, Agency and Internal Management B. Bankruptcy and Insolvency C. Cross-Border InsolvencyVI. Competition Law 4. Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments I. Recognition A. General Principles B. Special Rules II. Enforcement of Judgments A. Means of Enforcing Judgments in Indonesia B. Procedures for Enforcing Judgments 5. Arbitration I. International Commercial Arbitration A. Jurisdiction of the Arbitral TribunalB. Choice of Law C. Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards II. Investment Treaty Arbitration A. Jurisdiction of the Arbitral Tribunal B. Choice of Law C. Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards 6. The Harmonisation of Private International Law I. Indonesia’s Role in the Work of the Hague Conference, UNCITRAL, UNIDROIT and Other Organisations II. Conclusion and the Future of Private International Law