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Review of: PP Penasthika, Unravelling Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts: Indonesia as an Illustrative Case Study (The Hague: Eleven Publishers 2022)

Conflict of Laws

Next, Chapter Four contains what I would describe as the real ‘meat’ of the monograph, looking at how Indonesian practitioners (judges and lawyers) handle choice of law in international commercial matters, particularly regarding issues of foreign law.

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The Chinese villages win a lawsuit in China to repatriate a Mummified Buddha Statue hold by a Dutch Collector —What Role has Private International Law Played?

Conflict of Laws

6] Lawyers of both sides were present both at the hearings and the pronouncement of the judgement. 9] Zhengxin Huo, Private International Law (2017), pp.148-151. 11] Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Minshi Susongfa [Civil Procedure Law] art. 12] Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Minshi Susongfa [Civil Procedure Law] art.

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A call for the wider study of Private International Law in Africa: A Review of Private International Law In Nigeria

Conflict of Laws

The concepts addressed are Characterisation; Substance and Procedure; and of course, Renvoi which the authors wittingly recall has been described in the past as a subject loved by academics, hated by students and ignored by lawyers and judges. One topic that is however given a less than adequate treatment is the topic of adoption.

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