Unifying and harmonizing substantive law and the role of conflict of laws /

Traditionally, conflict of law rules designate only national substantive law as the applicable law. Many unifying and harmonizing substantive law instruments of both States and non-State organizations, however, are designed specifically for application to cross-border relationships. Achieving this o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boele-Woelki, Katharina
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2010.
Series:Pocketbooks of the Hague Academy of International Law.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=527027
Table of Contents:
  • Settling the preliminaries
  • Terminology
  • Unifying substantive law
  • Harmonizing substantive law
  • Which instruments for which purpose?
  • Conflict of laws
  • The scope of application of unifying and harmonizing substantive law instruments
  • The application of a law other than national substantive law
  • Final observations : denationalization of private law.