Selected Teaching Materials for Private International Law

Author: Li Shuangyuan
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Publishing Date: 2002-09-01
Features: This teaching reference collection primarily includes important, especially new literature. Due to the extensive text of conventions and rules, excerpts of their key sections are generally included. The entire collection is divided into three volumes: Volume 1 covers General Principles and Conflict of Laws, Volume 2 covers Procedure Law, and Volume 3 covers Substantive Law. For ease of reference, the book is organized into four parts (excluding appendices), each further divided into Domestic Legal Systems (which are subdivided into China and Foreign sections) and International Legal Systems. In the Domestic Legal Systems section, materials are generally arranged in chronological order of their creation and promulgation; in the International Legal Systems section, they are almost entirely arranged in chronological order.
Part I is General Principles. It primarily includes important literature on principles governing the regulation of private international law relations, new international economic order, subjects of private international law relations, and agency. Part II is Conflict of Laws. It includes provisions on conflict of laws in China's legislation, as well as many representative foreign legislations and uniform conflict of laws conventions. Foreign legislations are categorized by region: Asian countries, African countries, former Soviet Eastern bloc, CIS and Southeast European countries, Western European countries, and American countries. International legal systems are categorized by issue: general, legal application of property rights, legal application of claims, legal application of marriage and family, and legal application of inheritance. Part III is Procedure Law. It includes important and commonly used domestic and international legislation and documents on international civil procedure and commercial arbitration. Both domestic and international legal systems are divided into civil procedure and commercial arbitration. Part IV is Substantive Law. For convenience of use, in addition to a large number of uniform substantive laws, some substantive laws from China and foreign countries that directly regulate foreign-related civil and commercial relations are also included. The Chinese section of domestic legal systems is categorized by issue: subjects, property rights and claims, intellectual property, transportation and insurance, investment and international economic cooperation, and marriage and family. The international legal systems section is categorized by issue: intellectual property, international goods sales, international transportation and insurance, international payment and settlement, international economic cooperation, international guarantees, and others.
After some conventions, there are explanations on their effectiveness, signatures, ratifications, and accessions by countries, as well as original sources and translators. At the end of the second volume of this book, there is a bilingual (Chinese-English) glossary of the Hague Convention on Private International Law, along with information on its signing, ratification, acceptance, and entry into force, for reference. For convenience of use, the book also includes some conventions that have not yet come into effect, important legal systems, draft conventions, and model laws formulated by civil organizations or scholars.