Doctrine 1
Party Autonomy in International Family and Succession Law: New Tendencies&Erik JAYME 1
After the Revolution - Decline and Return of U.S. Conflict of Laws&Ralf MICHAELS 11
Private International Law and Comparative Law: A Relationship Challenged by International and Supranational Law&Diego P. FERNANDEZ ARROYO 31
Damages for Breach of a Choice-of-Court Agreement: Remaining Issues&Koji TAKAHASHI 73
A Further Step Towards a European Code of Private International Law: The Commission Proposal for a Regulation on Succession&Eva LEIN 107
Personal Identity at a Crossroad between Private International Law, International Protection of Human Rights and EU Law&Giulia ROSSOLILLO 143
The Application of Foreign Law: A Progress Report on a New European Project&Urs Peter GRUBER / Ivo BACH 157
Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods: Jurisdiction and Arbitration under the New UNCITRAL Convention 2008&Juan Jose ALVAREZ RUBIO 171
Private International Law in China - Selected Topics 193
Contractual Party Autonomy in Chinese Private International Law&Yongping XIAO / Weidi LONG 193
Recent Developments with Regards to Choice of Law in Tort in China&Qisheng HE 211
Recent Judicial Cooperation in Civil and Commercial Matters between Mainland China and Taiwan, the Hong Kong S.A.R. and the Macao S.A.R&Renshan LIU 235
Law Applicable to Arbitration Agreements in China&Weidong ZHU 255
Foreign Precedents in Chinese Courts&Yongping XIAO 265
Crime of Law-Bending Arbitration in Chinese Criminal Law and Its Effects on International Commercial Arbitration&Guoqiang LUO (Steel ROMETIUS) 283
Law Applicable to Arbitration Clauses in China: Comments on the Chinese People's Supreme Court's Decision in the Hengji Company Case&Fang XIAO 297
National Reports 305
The Latest Trends in Latin American Private International Law: the Uruguayan 2009 General Law on Private International Law&Didier OPERTTI BADAN / Cecilia FRESNEDO DE AGUIRRE 305
The Influence of Swiss Law on Quebec's 1994 Codification of Private International Law&Jeffrey TALPIS / Gerald GOLDSTEIN 339
Initial Ownership of Copyright in a Cinematographic Work under Japanese Private International Law&Yasuhiro OKUDA 375
Less Surprises for Spouses Moving Within the Nordic Countries? Amendments to the 1931 Nordic Convention on Marriage&Elisabeth MEURLING 385
The Common Optional Matrimonial Property Regime of Germany and France -Epoch-Making in the Unification of Law&Andreas FOTSCHL 395
News from UNCITRAL 405
International Insolvency Law: the UNCITRAL Experience with Harmonisation and Modernisation Techniques&Jenny CLIFT 405
Court Decisions 427
'Mutual Trust' and 'Arbitration Exception' in the European Judicial Area: The West Tankers Judgment of the ECJ&Zeno CRESPI REGHIZZI 427
Jurisdiction in Cases Related to a Licence Contract Under Art. 5(1) Brussels Regulation: Case-Note on Judgment ECJ Case C-533/07 -Falco Privatstiftung and Thomas Rabitsch v. Gisela Weller-Lindhorst&Mary-Rose MCGUIRE 453
Effet Utile of the Regulation No. 1346 and Vis Attractiva Concursus. Some Remarks on the Deko Marty Judgment&Antonio LEANDRO 469
Jurisdiction to Set Aside Foreign Arbitral Awards in India: Some Remarks on an Erroneous Rule of Law&Ben STEINBRUCK 481
Forum non conveniens and Lis alibi pendens in International Litigation in Panama&Gilberto BOUTIN 497
Forum 511
Lis Alibi Pendens and Related Actions in Civil and Commercial Matters Within the European Judicial Area&Fabrizio MARONGIU BUONAIUTI 511
Money in Private International Law: What Are the Problems? What Are the Solutions?&Caroline KLEINER 565
Intellectual Property and State Immunity from Jurisdiction in the New York Convention of 2004&Benedetta UBERTAZZI 599
Index 627