Description

Dicey, Morris & Collins on the Conflict of Laws is renowned worldwide as the foremost authority on private international law. It explains the rules, principles and practice that determine how the law of England & Wales relates to other legal systems. Its commentary and illustrations, with detailed reference to case law, ensures it remains an in-depth but accessible research tool for practitioners engaged in trans-national work, whether litigious or not.
 
The 5th Supplement to the 15th Edition brings the main work up-to-date and deals with all the developments since the publication of the main work.
 
 
Important developments considered in the 5th Supplement include:
An updated Preface entitled “Brexit and the Conflict of Laws” explaining the implications of Brexit for cross-border litigation
Detailed commentary on the recast Insolvency Regulation
All the many new European Court, Commercial Court and appellate cases on jurisdiction and enforcement of foreign judgments
Authorities on the enforcement of arbitration agreements
Authorities on the enforcement of foreign penal laws, state immunity and act of state
Important new decisions on the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction 1980 and on habitual residence
New decisions on the interpretation of the rules on choice of law for contractual and non-contractual obligations and property.
 
Dicey, Morris & Collins on the Conflict of Laws is written and edited by an unrivalled team, combining academic excellence with practical expertise. The General Editors are: Lord Collins of Mapesbury, who was until 2011 a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, and is now Professor of Law, University College London; and Professor Jonathan Harris QC (Hon.), Professor of International Commercial Law, King’s College, London.