1．INTRODUCTION 1
A．The Nature ofthe Subject 1
B．Private International Law as Common Law 6
C．Legislation Establishing Private International Law as European Law 41
2．JURISDICTION 49
A．Jurisdiction or Jurisdictions？ 49
B．Regulation Jurisdiction：Introduction 54
C．Regulation Jurisdiction：The Detail 65
D．Common Law Jurisdiction 108
3．FOREIGN JUDGMENTS 134
A．Recognition and Enforcement 134
B．Registration of Foreign Judgments（1）：The Brussels I Regulation 138
C．Registration of Foreign Judgments（2）2：The 1920 and 1933 Acts 162
D．The Indirect Effect of Judgments from the Rest of the World：Common Law 164
4．CHOICE OF LAW：THE LEX FORI 187
A．Procedural Issues 187
B．Penal,Revenue,and Public Laws 198
C．Public Policy 205
5．OBLIGATIONS：CONTRACTUAL 211
A．Introduction 211
B．The Rome I Regulation 216
C．Contracts Concluded Before 18 December 2009 259
6．OBLIGATIONS：NON-CONTRACTUAL 263
A．Introduction 263
B．The Rome II Regulation 266
C．Non-Contractual Obligations Outside the Rome II Regulation 291
7．PROPERTY 297
A．Immovable Property 298
B．Movable Property 302
C．Title by Seizure and Confiscation 312
D．Trusts 316
E．Personal Status and Property Rights 317
8．PERSONS 327
A．Adults 327
B．Children 356
9．CORPORATIONS 365
A．Corporations 366
INDEX 383