Foreword 9
PART ONE PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW AS A SOCIAL PHENOMENON 13
Chapter 1 A General Survey 13
Chapter 2 The Legal and Sociological Aspects of Private International Law 22
1 Ontological and Gnoseological Aspects 22
2 Private International Law as a Social Phenomenon 24
3 The Prerequisites of the Origin and Existence of Private International Law 28
4 Private International Law and the Plurality and Co-Existence of States 31
5 The Problem of Foreign Element in Legal Relations 35
6 Prospects of Development 38
PART TWO HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPTS OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW 46
Chapter 1 The Situation Prior to the Emergence of the Statutory Theory of Private International Law 46
l The Law of the Slave State and the Conflicts of Law 46
2 The Emergence of Tribal Laws and the Personal Principle 48
3 Feudalism and the Territorial Principle 40
Chapter 2 The Emergence and Initial Progress of the Statutory Theory 51
4 The Economic and Political Prerequisites 51
5 The Glossators 52
6 The Post-Glossators 53
7 Bartolus and Baldus 57
8 Bartholomeus de Saliceto, Paulus de Castro, Rochus Curtius 59
9 Conclusions 61
Chapter 3 French and Dutch Statutory Theory 64
10 Charles Dumoulin ?the French Successor of Bartolus 64
11 Reaction to Dumoulin's Doctrine-d'Argentre 68
12 French Authors of the 18th Century 70
13 The Statutory Theory in the Netherlands 70
14 Echoes of the Statutory Theory in Germany 74
15 Final Conclusions Regarding the Statutory Theory 75
Chapter 4 Development in the Period of Capitalism 78
16 General Comments 78
17 The French and Austrian Civil Codes 79
18 Wachter 80
19 Savigny's Theory 80
20 The Influence and Importance of Savigny 85
21 Mancini and His "National" School 88
22 Joseph Story and His Doctrine 91
PART THREE "UNIVERSALISM" AND "NATIONALISM" IN THE MODERN DOCTRINE OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW ESPECIALLY IN NON-SOCIALIST STATES 96
Chapter 1 Introduction 96
l General Survey 96
2 Basic Historico-Sociological View 99
Chapter 2 The Main Views of the Doctrine of Public International Law on Private International Law 106
3 Basic Division 106
4 The Concept of Subjection of Private International Law to Public International Law 110
5 The Endeavour to Overcome the Extreme Position of Monistic Universalism 112
6 The Delegation Theory 114
7 An Assessment of the Monistic and Dualistic Concepts of Private International Law 116
8 Conclusion 122
Chapter 3 The Main Concepts of the Doctrine of Private International Law 127
9 The Controversy Between "Universalist" and "Nationalist"Trends 127
10 "Universalism" in the Doctrine of Private International Law 129
11 The Main Trends of the "Nationalist" Doctrine 138
Chapter 4 The Comparative Trend in Private International Law 151
PART FOUR THE OBJECT AND CHARACTER OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ITS PLACE IN THE SYSTEM OF LAW 158
Chapter 1 Introduction 158
Chapter 2 The General Characteristics of Private International Law and the Question of Its Object 163
Chapter 3 Links Between Private International Law and Other Branches of Law and the Question of the Place Private International Law Occupies in the System of Law 175
1 Theories Considering Private International Law as a Part of Public International Law and Their Evaluation 175
2 Theories Which Consider Private International Law as a Part of Municipal Law and Their Evaluation 183
3 The Soviet Discussion on the Object and Character of Private International Law 187
Chapter 4 The Place of Private International Law in the System of Law 192
PART FIVE COMPARATIVE JURISPRUDENCE, PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE LAW OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE 200
Chapter 1 General Survey 200
Chapter 2 (Excursus) 205
Some Problems of Comparative Jurisprudence 205
1 The Development of Comparative Law 205
2 The Theoretical Discussion on the Nature of Comparative Jurisprudence 214
3 The Contemporary Problems, Character and Some Tasks of Comparative Jurisprudence 221
Chapter 3 The Role of Comparative Jurisprudence in Private International Law 233
Chapter 4 Some Notes on the Law of International Trade 246
PART SIX THE SUBSTANCE AND CHARACTER OF APPLICATION OF FOREIGN LAW 258
Chapter 1 Application of Foreign Law as the Consequence and Culmination of the Conflict Rule 258
Chapter 2 Application of Foreign Law and Domestic Law 268
1 The Anglo-American Doctrine and Practice 268
2 The Theory and Practice of European States 275
3 A Critical Assessment of the Opinion that Foreign Law Is a Fact 282
4 "Reception" of Foreign Law by Domestic Law 287
5 Conclusions 290
Bibliography 294
Index 304