Private International Law or International Private Law governs the choice of law to apply when there are conflicts in the domestic law of different countries related to private transactions. This means that there is a dispute or transaction that involves one of the following:
In the U.S., Canada, and, most recently, England, it is known as conflict of laws.
National laws are the primary sources of Private International Law. Private International Law is also embodied in treaties and conventions, model laws, legal guides, and other instruments that regulate transactions. Private International Law deals with a variety of topics, such as (international) contracts, torts (lex loci delicti), family matters, recognition of judgments, child adoption and abduction, real property (lex rei sitae), intellectual property.
This Research Guide is intended as a starting point for research in the field of Private International Law in General. It provides the basic legal materials available in the Peace Palace Library, both in print and electronic format. Handbooks, leading articles, bibliographies, periodicals, serial publications and documents of interest are presented in the Selective Bibliography section. Links to the PPL Catalogue are inserted. The Library’s classification index codes 261. Private International Law : General Works; Various Essays, 262. Private International Law of the Various States and subject heading (keyword) Private International Law are instrumental for searching through the Catalogue. Special attention is given to our subscriptions on databases, e-journals, e-books and other electronic resources. Finally, this Research Guide features links to relevant websites and other online resources of particular interest.
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El objeto de esta obra es un sector muy particular dentro del ordenamiento jurídico: el Derecho internacional privado. Las normas que regulan las relaciones privadas internacionales. La importancia práctica del Derecho internacional privado ha crecido mucho durante los últimos años de la mano de la internacionalización de la sociedad y de los mercados españoles. Las relaciones privadas entre personas o empresas de diferentes países han pasado de lo anecdótico a lo habitual.
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Recently, the 3rd edition of Professor Anton’s standard text on the Scottish rules of private international law has been published. The book has been completely revised by Professor Paul Beaumont (University of Aberdeen) and Professor Peter McEleavy (University of Dundee) paying regard to the fact that the subject area has been comprehensively restructured in recent years due to the process of Europeanisation. The Brussels I, Brussels IIa, Rome I, Rome II and Maintenance Regulations, as well as associated case law, are considered in detail with regard paid to their particular impact on Scots law. Further, the recent work of the Hague Conference on Private International Law is included, in particular the Conventions on Maintenance, Choice of Court, Protection of Adults, Protection of Children and Inter-country Adoption. In analysing European and global instruments the authors have drawn on their experience in participating in the negotiation processes in Brussels as well as from their work for the Hague Conference.
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This Liber Amicorum is dedicated to Prof. Dr. h.c. Kurt Siehr on the occasion of his 75th birthday. The collection honours and celebrates Professor Siehr’s academic accomplishments, his writings and teachings, a source of continuous inspiration to all those who engage in private international law (conflict of laws) and cultural property law. The contributors, prominent colleagues and friends from all over Globe, address subject-matters of law-making aspects of private international law, international family law and succession, international litigation and arbitration and international cultural property law.
Esta obra constituye una sistematización, con abundantes notas y concordancias, además de referencias a las direcciones de Internet útiles para completar y poner al día determinados datos, de los textos básicos de Derecho internacional privado vigentes en el ordenamiento español, precedidos de una introducción. Partiendo de la Constitución española y los textos básicos de la Unión Europea, profundamente modificados tras la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Lisboa el 1º de diciembre de 2009, las normas más relevantes en esta materia se han agrupado en tres grandes rúbricas: la consagrada a las “Normas de Derecho procesal y de cooperación internacional de autoridades”, al “Arbitraje” y a las “Normas de conflicto de leyes: dimensión internacional y dimensión interna”. En cada uno de estos sectores se incluyen las normas internas, las del Derecho convencional internacional en vigor en el ordenamiento español y las de Derecho de la Unión Europea con incidencia en el ámbito del Derecho internacional privado, qua han aumentado notablemente en los últimos tiempos. Este amplio conjunto de textos, actualizados hasta mayo de 2011, está destinado a facilitar tanto la docencia universitaria como la labor de los profesionales del Derecho.
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Le droit international privé embrasse l’ensemble des relations internationales entre les particuliers (personnes physiques et morales), d’ordre économique ou personnel, qui se nouent au travers des frontières. Traditionnellement réputée pour la réflexion théorique que suscite son objet principal, les conflits de lois dans l’espace, la discipline a également acquis une importance pratique à la mesure du développement contemporain des échanges internationaux de toute nature. La première partie de l’ouvrage traite de la détermination du droit applicable à une situation internationale et du règlement des litiges nés de situations présentant ce caractère, soit successivement de la théorie générale des conflits de lois, du conflit de juridictions (compétence internationale des tribunaux étatiques, aspects spécifiques de la procédure, reconnaissance et exécution des jugements étrangers) et de l’application des règles précédentes aux différentes branches du droit privé. (…) Dans la seconde partie, en conformité avec les programmes universitaires, sont exposés le droit de la nationalité (théorie générale et règles d’attribution de la nationalité française) et le statut des étrangers en France.
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Dicey, Morris & Collins on the Conflict of Laws is renowned worldwide as the foremost authority on private international law. It explains the rules, principles and practice which determine how the law of England and Wales relates to other legal systems. Explanation of each rule is followed by comment, and illustration by detailed reference to case law, ensuring it remains an in-depth but accessible research tool.
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Cheshire, North and Fawcett’s Private International Law is invaluable for the practitioner as well as being the leading students’ textbook in its field, providing within a manageable compass a clear exposition of basic principles for this popular law school option. It offers students, teachers and practitioners not only a work of stimulating erudition, but also a thorough and practical guide to the whole complex subject of private international law.
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On January 30, 2013, the court (Rechtbank) in the Hague, The Netherlands, ruled that Royal Dutch Shell can be held partially responsible for pollution in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region and ordered it to pay damages to one farmer. The Dutch court dismissed four out of five allegations of the Ogoni people against the oil company. Although Shell blames the oil pollution to sabotage, activists say the case could set a precedent for damage claims related to the foreign activities of multinational companies.
Read moreEach year the Hague Academy of International law, one of the most renowned academic institutions in Europe, holds a seminar devoted to various aspects of public and private international law. The theme of this year’s seminar will be: ”Les immunités en droit international public et privé” (Immunities in public and private international law). This Programme of Advanced Studies will take place from 13 to 19 January 2013 at the Academy building in The Hague.
Read moreThe conference in honor of the late Tobias Asser, a hundred years after receiving the Nobel peace prize, featured a day long program with various speakers, presentations and panel discussions. The following is a selection of the opinions delivered by some of the most prominent speakers on the subjects of public international law and private international law. For a more detailed account of the life and legacy of Tobias Asser, please see ‘The learned guide of our nation …’.
Read moreFrom 10 to 17 November a Special Commission of the Conference on Private International Law (hereafter HCCH) on the implementation of the 2007 Child Support Convention and of the Protocol on Applicable Law will meet at the Peace Palace in The Hague. The Special Commission of the HCCH will discuss the implementation of the 2007 Child Support Convention and of the Protocol on Applicable Law. The new Convention aims to resolve the problems of unpaid or uncollectible child support and the problems of costly, complicated, slow and under-utilized international procedures. It will provide for a simplified procedure to recover child support internationally.
Read moreOn Monday the 17th of August 2009 the Centre for Studies and Research in International Law and International Relations of the Hague Academy of International Law started. The Centre takes place annually at the Academy and Library building of the Peace Palace. The purpose of the Centre is to bring together advanced young scholars of [...]
Read moreOn Monday, 8 June Royal Dutch Shell, Europe’s largest oil producer, reached a 15.5 million dollar settlement in a lawsuit brought against it by the families of the nine Nigerian activists who were killed in 1995. The lawsuit, which was brought to a New York court under the US Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA), accused Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary of complicity in the hanging and the killings or persecution of the environmental activists.
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Dicey, A.V. and Morris, J.H.C. [et al.], Dicey, Morris and Collins on the conflict of laws, London, Sweet and Maxwell Thomson Reuters, 2012.
Garcimartín Alférez, F.J., Derecho internacional privado, Madrid, Civitas/Thomson Reuters, 2012.
Boele-Woelki, K. (ed.), Convergence and Divergence in Private International Law: Liber Amicorum Kurt Siehr, Zürich, Schulthess, 2010.
Audit, B., Droit international privé, Paris, Economica, 2010.
Fawcett, J.J., Carruthers, J.M. and North, P., Cheshire, North and Fawcett Private international law, Oxford, OUP, 2008.
Borras, A. (ed.), Legislación básica de derecho internacional privado, Madrid, Technos, 2012.
