Codifying Choice of Law Around the World

Symeon C. Symeonides is the Alex L. Parks Distinguished Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus at Willamette University School of Law. He is a renowned expert in comparative conflicts law, having published 26 books and more than 100 articles (in seven languages) on conflict of laws, and comparative private international law (PrIL). His work received four scholarly prizes, including one for life-time achievement from the American Society of Comparative Law. Reviewers have called him "a conflicts giant," the "world's leading expert on comparative conflicts law," and the "father of codification." He drafted three path-breaking PrIL codifications and has provided legislative advice to the EU Parliament, the EU Council, and several national governments. He holds degrees in private and public law from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, an LL.M and an S.J.D from the Harvard Law School, and three honorary doctorates.

Foreword

Preface

Abbreviations

Lists
List of Choice-of-Law Codifications
List of EU Regulations
List of Conventions
List of Charts
List of Figures
List of Maps
List of Tables

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Law Governing Tort Conflicts

Chapter 3. Party Autonomy in Contract Conflicts

Chapter 4. Codification and Flexibility

Chapter 5. Broad or Narrow Choice of Law: Issue-by-Issue Choice and Dépeçage

Chapter 6. Codification and Result Selectivism

Chapter 7. The Publicization of PrIL: State Interests, Unilateralism, and International Uniformity

Chapter 8. Conclusions

Appendix. Codifications, Regulations, and Conventions: Alphabetical List and Bibliography

Index