Different methods of law making in the area of international private law: domestic level, codification of international private law, international level (conventions and EU-regulations).
Different methods of law making in the area of international private law: domestic level, codification of international private law, international level (conventions and EU-regulations).
Conflict of laws rules and their specifics in relation to substantial rules of law.
Main fields where conflict of law rules operate (in international business): personal statute of natural and legal persons running business, the choice of law, other connecting factors, legal form of transactions, extra contractual relations, restrictions of the applicability of foreign laws.
The connection between the conflict of laws rules and the jurisdiction rules.
The dominant role of the parties autonomy in establishing the law applicable and the jurisdiction and its restrictions (exclusive jurisdiction, choice of law restrictions);
The dominant role of the parties autonomy in establishing the law applicable and the jurisdiction and its restrictions (exclusive jurisdiction, choice of law restrictions).
Arbitration in international business relations (New York Convention 1958).
Arbitration in international business relations (New York Convention 1958).
Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, restricted areas of examining foreign judgments by local courts at proceedings aimed at stating enforceability, national venues of contesting foreign judgments.
The unification of the substantive law of international trade (example: Vienna Convention International Sale of Goods 1980).
The dilemma of the international unification of law: to unify the conflict of laws rules or to unify the substantive rules.
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