Cheshire, North and Fawcett: Private International Law

Abstract

The new edition of this well-established and highly regarded work has been fully updated to encompass the major changes and developments in the law. The book provides comprehensive and accessible coverage of the basic principles of private international law. It offers a rigorous academic examination of the subject and also a practical guide to the complex subject of private international law. Written by academics who previously worked as solicitors, there is extensive coverage of commercial topics such as the jurisdiction of various courts and their limitations, stays of proceedings and restraining foreign proceedings, the recognition and enforcement of judgments, the law of obligations with respect to contractual and non-contractual obligations. There are also sections on the various aspects of family law in private international law, and the law of property, including the transfer of property, administration of estates, succession, and trusts.