Conflict of Laws

"The English conflict of laws is a body of rules whose purpose is to assist an English court in deciding a case which contains a foreign element. It consists of three main topics, which concern respectively: (i) the jurisdiction of the English courts, in the sense of their competence to hear and determine a case; (ii) the selection of the appropriate rules of a system of law, English or foreign, which it is to apply in deciding a case before it (the rules governing this selection are known as 'choice of law' rules) and (iii) the recognition of and enforcement of judgments rendered by foreign courts or awards of foreign arbitrations. This clear and authoritative introduction to the principles of a complex and rapidly changing area of the law now appears in a revised and updated form, with a completely new chapter on trusts. It will continue to be a valuable text for students and practitioners alike. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.