Thai Private International Law

Akawat Laowonsiri is Lecturer in Law at Thammasat University, Thailand.

Part I: Introduction
1. The Subject Matter of Private International Law
2. Sources of Private International Law
3. History of Private International Law in Thailand
4. Preliminary Matters
5. Connecting Factors
6. Substance and Procedure
7. Proof of Foreign Law and Other Evidentiary Matters
8. Mandatory Rules, Ordre Public, Public Law and the Evasion of Law

Part II: Jurisdiction
9. Jurisdiction in personam
10. Jurisdiction in Shipping Claims
11. Immunities from Jurisdiction

Part III: Choice of Law
12. Law of Obligations
13. Law of Property
14. Intellectual Property
15. Family Law
16. Law of Corporations and Insolvency
17. Law of Bankruptcy
18. Competition Law

Part IV: Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments
19. Recognition
19.1. General Principles
19.2. Special Rules
20. Enforcement of Judgments

Part V: Arbitration
21. International Commercial Arbitration
22. Investment Treaty Arbitration

Part VI -- The Harmonisation of Private International Law
23. Thailand’s Role in the Work of the Hague Conference, UNCITRAL, UNIDROIT and Other Organisations
24. The Future of Private International Law