PART ONE: INTRODUCTION 3
1. Nature and scope of the conflict of laws 3
2. Domicile 14
3. Proof of foreign law 37
4. The exclusion of foreign law 42
PART TWO: JURISDICTION OF THE ENGLISH COURT 5
5. Sovereign and diplomatic immunity 55
6. Jurisdiction in actions in personam 64
7. Jurisdiction in actions in rem 90
8. Staying actions—lis alibi pendens and foreign jurisdiction clauses 93
PART THREE: FOREIGN JUDGMENTS AND ARBITRATION 105
9. Foreign judgments 105
10. Arbitration 134
PART FOUR: FAMILY LAW 149
11. Marriage 149
12. Matrimonial causes 187
13. Guardianship and custody of minors 229
14. Legitimacy, legitimation and adoption 238
PART FIVE: LAW OF OBLIGATIONS 265
15. Contracts 265
16. Torts 301
PART SIX: LAW OF PROPERTY 333
17. The distinction between movables and immovables 333
18. Immovables 337
19. The transfer of tangible movables 350
20. The assignment of intangible movables 358
21. Negotiable instruments 365
22. Governmental seizure of property 374
23. Administration of estates 382
24. Succession 390
25. The effect of marriage on property 409
26. Trusts 419
PART SEVEN: BANKRUPTCY AND CORPORATIONS 431
27. Bankruptcy 431
28. Corporations 443
PART EIGHT: LAW OF PROCEDURE 453
29. Substance and procedure 453
PART NINE: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 469
30. Renvoi 469
31. Characterisation 481
32. The incidental question 489
33. The time factor 493
34. Theories and methods 504
Index 533