Edited by Xandra Kramer, Professor of Private Law, Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Professor of Private International Law, Utrecht University, the Netherlands and Laura Carballo Piñeiro, Professor of Private International Law, Universidade de Vigo, Spain

‘Private international law as a discipline is breaking out of the musty cellars to which it (unjustifiably) is traditionally confined. This excellently edited volume excels in critical thinking about the nature, direction and purpose of part of the law which increasingly plays a crucial role in core societal challenges. Its engagement with a wide variety of methodological approaches is as enriching as it is exciting.’

• Contents:Preface xi1 Private international law in a global world: a revival ofmethodologies and research methods 1Laura Carballo Piñeiro and Xandra KramerPART I PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND REGULATORY APPROACHES2 Politics and private international law 19Christopher A. Whytock3 Private international law and human rights 37Patrick Kinsch4 Conflict of methods in private international law: a legal theoryperspective 55María Carlota Ucín5 Between flexibility and certainty: navigating between hard lawand soft law in private international law 73Marta Pertegás6 The private side of private international law: deregulation andprivate autonomy 87Cristina M. Mariottini7 Recognition – a methodology without a method? 107Dulce LopesPART II MULTIDISCIPLINARY ANDINTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES8 Private international law will be comparative or it will be nothing 129Diego P. Fernández Arroyo9 Empirical methods and private international law 155Christoph A. Kern10 Economic analysis of private international law 172Giesela Rühl11 The methodological influence of European privateinternational law on domestic legal systems: a downstream analysis 200Adriani Dori12 Private international law meets technology 222Marco Giacalone and Paola GiacalonePART III SHAPING THE FUTURE THROUGH PRIVATEINTERNATIONAL LAW METHODOLOGY13 Towards private international law for everyone 246Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm and Ralf Michaels14 Feminist approaches to private international law 265Mary Keyes15 India’s private international law rules: persistence of coloniallaw in a post-colonial state: a TWAIL-ean exploration 286Sai Ramani Garimella16 Private international law and teaching methodology:a Nigerian perspective 313Abubakri Yekini and Chukwuma Samuel Adesina Okoli17 Private international law and teaching methodology in Mexico 336María Mercedes Albornoz and Nuria González Martín18 Teaching private international law: a view from the Netherlands 358Aukje A.H. van Hoek

Edited by Xandra Kramer, Professor of Private Law, Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Professor of Private International Law, Utrecht University, the Netherlands and Laura Carballo Piñeiro, Professor of Private International Law, Universidade de Vigo, Spain

‘Private international law as a discipline is breaking out of the musty cellars to which it (unjustifiably) is traditionally confined. This excellently edited volume excels in critical thinking about the nature, direction and purpose of part of the law which increasingly plays a crucial role in core societal challenges. Its engagement with a wide variety of methodological approaches is as enriching as it is exciting.’

• Contents:Preface xi1 Private international law in a global world: a revival ofmethodologies and research methods 1Laura Carballo Piñeiro and Xandra KramerPART I PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND REGULATORY APPROACHES2 Politics and private international law 19Christopher A. Whytock3 Private international law and human rights 37Patrick Kinsch4 Conflict of methods in private international law: a legal theoryperspective 55María Carlota Ucín5 Between flexibility and certainty: navigating between hard lawand soft law in private international law 73Marta Pertegás6 The private side of private international law: deregulation andprivate autonomy 87Cristina M. Mariottini7 Recognition – a methodology without a method? 107Dulce LopesPART II MULTIDISCIPLINARY ANDINTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES8 Private international law will be comparative or it will be nothing 129Diego P. Fernández Arroyo9 Empirical methods and private international law 155Christoph A. Kern10 Economic analysis of private international law 172Giesela Rühl11 The methodological influence of European privateinternational law on domestic legal systems: a downstream analysis 200Adriani Dori12 Private international law meets technology 222Marco Giacalone and Paola GiacalonePART III SHAPING THE FUTURE THROUGH PRIVATEINTERNATIONAL LAW METHODOLOGY13 Towards private international law for everyone 246Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm and Ralf Michaels14 Feminist approaches to private international law 265Mary Keyes15 India’s private international law rules: persistence of coloniallaw in a post-colonial state: a TWAIL-ean exploration 286Sai Ramani Garimella16 Private international law and teaching methodology:a Nigerian perspective 313Abubakri Yekini and Chukwuma Samuel Adesina Okoli17 Private international law and teaching methodology in Mexico 336María Mercedes Albornoz and Nuria González Martín18 Teaching private international law: a view from the Netherlands 358Aukje A.H. van Hoek

Edited by Xandra Kramer, Professor of Private Law, Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Professor of Private International Law, Utrecht University, the Netherlands and Laura Carballo Piñeiro, Professor of Private International Law, Universidade de Vigo, Spain

‘Private international law as a discipline is breaking out of the musty cellars to which it (unjustifiably) is traditionally confined. This excellently edited volume excels in critical thinking about the nature, direction and purpose of part of the law which increasingly plays a crucial role in core societal challenges. Its engagement with a wide variety of methodological approaches is as enriching as it is exciting.’

• Contents:Preface xi1 Private international law in a global world: a revival ofmethodologies and research methods 1Laura Carballo Piñeiro and Xandra KramerPART I PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND REGULATORY APPROACHES2 Politics and private international law 19Christopher A. Whytock3 Private international law and human rights 37Patrick Kinsch4 Conflict of methods in private international law: a legal theoryperspective 55María Carlota Ucín5 Between flexibility and certainty: navigating between hard lawand soft law in private international law 73Marta Pertegás6 The private side of private international law: deregulation andprivate autonomy 87Cristina M. Mariottini7 Recognition – a methodology without a method? 107Dulce LopesPART II MULTIDISCIPLINARY ANDINTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES8 Private international law will be comparative or it will be nothing 129Diego P. Fernández Arroyo9 Empirical methods and private international law 155Christoph A. Kern10 Economic analysis of private international law 172Giesela Rühl11 The methodological influence of European privateinternational law on domestic legal systems: a downstream analysis 200Adriani Dori12 Private international law meets technology 222Marco Giacalone and Paola GiacalonePART III SHAPING THE FUTURE THROUGH PRIVATEINTERNATIONAL LAW METHODOLOGY13 Towards private international law for everyone 246Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm and Ralf Michaels14 Feminist approaches to private international law 265Mary Keyes15 India’s private international law rules: persistence of coloniallaw in a post-colonial state: a TWAIL-ean exploration 286Sai Ramani Garimella16 Private international law and teaching methodology:a Nigerian perspective 313Abubakri Yekini and Chukwuma Samuel Adesina Okoli17 Private international law and teaching methodology in Mexico 336María Mercedes Albornoz and Nuria González Martín18 Teaching private international law: a view from the Netherlands 358Aukje A.H. van Hoek