Cheshire, North & Fawcett: Private International Law

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, including coverage of the Recast Brussels I Regulation which came into force in 2015. The book is invaluable for the practitioner as well as being one of the leading students' textbooks in the field, giving comprehensive and accessible coverage of the basic principles of private international law.

It offers students, teachers, and practitioners not only a rigorous academic examination of the subject but also a practical guide to the complex subject of private international law. Written by an expert team of academics, 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.

PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Definition, Nature, and Scope of Private International Law
2. Historical Development and Current Theories

PART II: PRELIMINARY TOPICS
3. Classification
4. The Incidental Question
5. Renvoi
6. Substance and Procedure
7. The Proof of Foreign Law
8. Exclusion of Foreign Law
9. Domicile, Nationality and Residence

PART III: JURISDICTION, FOREIGN JUDGMENTS AND AWARDS
10. Jurisdiction of the English Courts-An Introduction
11. Jurisdiction under the Brussels/Lugano System
12. The Competence of the English Courts under the Traditional Rules
13. Stays and the Management of Parallel Proceedings
14. Limitations on Jurisdiction
15. Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments-An Introduction
16. Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments: the Traditional Rules
17. Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments Under the Brussels/Lugano System
18. Foreign Arbitral Awards

PART IV: THE LAW OF OBLIGATIONS
19. Contracts
20. Non-Contractual Obligations

PART V: FAMILY LAW
21. Marriage and Other Adult Relationships
22. Matrimonial and Related Causes
23. Declarations
24. Financial Relief
25. Children
26. Cross-border Surrogacy
27. Legitimacy, Legitimation and Adoption
28. Mental Incapacity

PART VI: THE LAW OF PROPERTY
29. The Distinction Between Movables and Immovables
30. Immovables
31. The Transfer of Tangible Movables
32. The Assignment of Intangible Movables
33. Corporations
34. Insolvency
35. Administration of Estates
36. Succession
37. Matrimonial Property
34. Trusts