INTERACTION AND INTEGRATION BETWEEN THE LEGAL SYSTEMS OF HONG KONG, MACAO AND MAINLAND CHINA 50 YEARS AFTER THEIR RETURN TO CHINA

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
3. FOREWORD xi
4. ABBREVIATIONS xiii
5. Doctrine
6. Three Steps With Petar Šarčević 1
7. IS A CONFLICT RULE FOR LIVING WILLS AND EUTHANASIA NEEDED? 5
8. THE EVALUATION OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGES AND REGISTERED PARTNERSHIPS IN THE NETHERLANDS 27
9. COMPETENCE OF THE COMMUNITY TO CONCLUDE THE REVISED LUGANO CONVENTION ON JURISDICTION AND THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS IN CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS 37
10. THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT AND THE PRINCIPLES OF COMITY: EVIDENCE IN TRANSNATIONAL LITIGATION 53
11. NATIONALITY AND THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ACROSS FRONTIERS, AND THE EXAMPLE OF INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION 75
12. WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG IN THE ECJ’S JUDGMENT ON EUROFOOD IFSC LTD 87
13. INTERACTION AND INTEGRATION BETWEEN THE LEGAL SYSTEMS OF HONG KONG, MACAO AND MAINLAND CHINA 50 YEARS AFTER THEIR RETURN TO CHINA 105
14. SET-OFF AND THE ROME I PROPOSAL 113
15. INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION IN JAPAN 125
16. REFORM OF JAPAN’S PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW: ACT ON THE GENERAL RULES OF THE APPLICATION OF LAWS 145
17. SAME-SEX MARRIAGES, DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPS AND PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW: AT THE DAWN OF A NEW JURISPRUDENCE IN THE UNITED STATES 169
18. National Reports
19. THE HAGUE CONFERENCE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW IN AFRICA: A PLEA FOR COOPERATION 189
20. THE FRENCH DIPTYCH ON FOREIGN LAW: AN ANALYSIS THROUGH ITS MOST RECENT RETOUCHING 213
21. LAW RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION IN INDIA 231
22. CODIFICATION OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE CIVIL CODE OF QATAR 249
23. Court Decisions
24. CHINA. ENFORCEMENT OF ARBITRATION CLAUSES: REMARKS ON TWO MAY 10, 2005 DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME PEOPLE’S COURT OF CHINA 267
25. GREECE. THREE RECENT GREEK CASES ON THE BRUSSELS CONVENTION 281
26. LATVIA. TWO 2005 LATVIAN SUPREME COURT DECISIONS ON INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE 289
27. SPAIN. PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW PROBLEMS RELATING TO THE CELEBRATION OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGES: DGRN OF 29 JULY 2005 299
28. SWITZERLAND. CHALLENGING AN ARBITRAL AWARD FOR INFRINGEMENT OF COMPETITION LAW: THE TERRA ARMATA DECISION OF THE SWISS FEDERAL TRIBUNAL OF 8 MARCH 2006 307
29. UNITED KINGDOM AN AGE-OLD DILEMMA: IS IT TIME FOR A ‘REVOLUTIONARY APPROACH’?∗ 321
30. Forum
31. THE SCOPE OF SECONDARY COMMUNITY LAW IN THE LIGHT OF THE METHODS OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW – OR THE OTHER WAY AROUND? 333
32. THE COURT OF JUSTICE, EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW 375
33. Texts, Materials and Recent Developments
34. NEW CHOICE OF LAW RULES FOR CAPACITY TO MARRY AND THE RECOGNITION OF MARRIAGE IN SWEDEN – A NEW PRINCIPLE? 413
35. TUNISIA. ART. 54(1) OF THE TUNISIAN CODE OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW 421
36. TRANSLATION OF JAPAN’S PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW: ACT ON THE GENERAL RULES OF APPLICATION OF LAWS (HÔ NO TEKIYÔ NI KANSURU TSÛSOKUHÔ), LAW NO. 10 OF 1898, AS NEWLY TITLED AND AMENDED 21 JUNE 2006 427
37. BOOKS RECEIVED 443
38. Backmatter 455