Part One　Introduction

Chapter One　Description of the Subject

Chapter Two　The Sources of Private International Law

Chapter Three　Conflict Rules(https://www.daowen.com)

We are living in a globalized world where human affairs freely cross national boundaries; we are living in a world where exist a number of separate municipal systems of law that differ greatly from each other.Therefore,we need a kind of law to reconcile sovereignty and the exigencies of international transactions.Private international law is just what we need.It comes into play when the issue before the court affects some fact,subject matter,or transaction that is/are so closely connected with a foreign system of law as to necessitate recourse to that system.It has,accordingly,been described as meaning “the rules voluntarily chosen by a given state for the decision of cases which have a foreign complex.”1

In a world in which international transactions take place with increasing frequency,knowledge of the private international law is necessary not only for scholars and litigants,but also for all lawyers who give advice or draft documents to international activities.Therefore,no law school course anywhere in the world today can be regarded as comprehensive if it fails to include private international law,nor any law school student can ignore the subject in the 21st century if he/she wishes to fulfill his/her career dream.

Part one of this book provides a general introduction to the course without enmeshing students in details and complexities better provided in later parts.