Cheshire, North & Fawcett: Private International Law

James Fawcett read law at the University of Nottingham and qualified as a solicitor at a leading City of London firm. He became a lecturer at Bristol University in 1973, obtained a Ph.D. in 1980 and, after a year at the National University of Singapore, became a Professor at the University of Leicester in 1988. He became Professor of International Commercial Law at Nottingham in 1995. His major teaching and research interest is in private international law, especially the commercial aspects thereof. He is the co-author of one of the leading textbooks in the area, Cheshire and North's Private International Law (13 ed., 1999). He has been a Director of Studies and Professor at the Hague Academy of International Law. Janeen Carruthers joined the School of Law in 1999 as a Lecturer in Private Law, having previously worked as a Solicitor in private practice with Maclay, Murray & Spens, Solicitors. She graduated from the University of Glasgow LL.B. (Hons) (1994), Dip.L.P. (1995), and following a period of part-time study, Ph.D. (2002). Her doctoral research is in the field of International Private Law, under the title, Beyond the Ineluctable: An Examination of Choice of Law Rules in Property. In 2006, Dr Carruthers was appointed to a Readership in the Conflict of Laws, and her research interests now lie in all areas of International Private Law. Sir Peter North CBE QC was a Law Commissioner for England and Wales from 1976-1984 and was Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, from 1984-2005 and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1993-1997. He is also a fellow of the British Academy, a Member of the Institute of International Law, a QC (Honoris Causa) and an Honorary Bencher of the Inner Temple.

PART I: INTRODUCTION ; PART II: PRELIMINARY TOPICS ; PART III: JURISDICTION, FOREIGN JUDGMENTS AND AWARDS ; PART IV: THE LAW OF OBLIGATIONS ; PART V: FAMILY LAW ; PART VI: THE LAW OF PROPERTY