The European Private International Law of Obligations (3rd Edition)

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The European Private International Law of Obligations, 3rd Edition

Edited by The Hon Mr Justice Richard Plender, QC · Michael Wilderspin
Sweet & Maxwell U.K. August 2009

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780421954908
Publisher
Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
Publication
August 2009
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
Europe, U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

  • Enables you to interpret and apply the Rome I and Rome II Regulations that come into force in 2009
  • Provides expert commentary on the scope, principles and application of the rules of private international law governing the construction of contracts
  • Covers the new rules governing torts including product liability, liability for breach of competition rules, environmental damage, unjust enrichment, negotiorum gestio and culpa in contrahendo
  • Explains how the Convention and subsequent Regulations came about, giving full historic context
  • Considers consumer contracts, employment contracts, mandatory rules and ordre public so you can see how the Regulations apply to each

Table of Contents

  • The character of the Rome I Convention and its transformation to a Regulation
  • The scope of the convention and of the Rome I Regulation
  • Basic principles
  • Particular contracts
  • Consumer contracts
  • Employment contracts
  • Mandatory rules
  • Ordre Public
  • The effect of the applicable law
  • Final provisions
  • The scope of the Rome II Regulation
  • The meaning of “non-contractual obligations”
  • Identification of the county where the damage occurs
  • Liability for unfair competition and Acts restricting free competition
  • Product liability
  • Liability for environmental damage
  • Liability for infringement of intellectual property rights
  • Liability for industrial action
  • Liability for unjust enrichment
  • Negotiorum Gestio
  • Culpa in Contrahendo
  • Overriding mandatory provisions
  • Rules of safety and conduct
  • Direct action against the insurer of the person liable
  • Scope of the applicable law
  • Multiple liability
  • Exclusion of Renvoi
  • Formal validity
  • States with more than one legal system
  • Burden of proof
  • Public policy of the forum
  • Habitual residence
  • Relationship with other provisions of community law
  • Relationship with existing international conventions
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