Encyclopedia of private international law / edited by Jürgen Basedow (director, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Germany, and Membre associé, Institut de droit International), Giesela Rühl (professor, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany), Franco Ferrari (professor, New York University School of Law, USA), Pedro de Miguel Asensio (professor, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain).

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:
Introduction
Absence (Disappearance, Presumed Death) Pedro De Miguel Asensio
Account Preservation Order Regulation Jan Von Hein
Adjustment/Adaptation (Anpassung) Gerhard Dannemann
Adoption Patricia Orejudo Prieto De Los Mozos
Adults, Protection of Jan Von Hein
Agency and Authority of Agents Jens Kleinschmidt
Air Law (Uniform Law) Alexander Von Ziegler And Giovanna Montanaro
Aldricus Pietro Franzina
Aliens Law (Condition Des Étrangers, Fremdenrecht) Jürgen Basedow
Alternative Dispute Resolution Horst Eidenmüller And Helge Großerichter
(American) Conflict Of Laws Revolution Linda Silberman
Anti-Discrimination Jan D Lüttringhaus
Antisuit Injunctions Richard Fentiman
Arbitration, International Commercial Luca G. Radicati Di Brozolo
Arbitration, Investment Jan Asmus Bischoff
Arbitration, Maritime Andrea La Mattina
Arbitration, Recognition Of Awards Richard Kreindler And Kristina Von Der Linden
Arbitration, (UNCITRAL) Model Law Gilles Cuniberti
Arrest Of Vessels Chiara E. Tuo
Assignability/Assignment Of Claims Marta Requejo Isidro
Bartin, Étienne Samuel Fulli-Lemaire
Bartolus Pietro Franzina
Batiffol, Henri Horatia Muir Watt
Behavioural Economics and Private International Law Horst Eidenmüller And Johanna Stark
Better Law Approach Mathias W. Reimann
Bill of Exchange Matthias Lehmann
Bill of Lading Francesco Munari
Bioethics and Private International Law Mathias Audit
Blocking Statutes Jürgen Basedow
Bonds and Loans Matthias Lehmann
Brussels I (Convention and Regulation) Burkhard Hess And Vincent Richard
Brussels Iia Regulation Cristina González Beilfuss
Burden of Proof Maximilian Seibl
Bustamante, Antonio Sánchez De Jürgen Samtleben
Capacity and Emancipation Benedetta Ubertazzi
Carriage of Goods by Road, Rail and Inland Waterways Monica Brignardello
Carriage of Goods by Sea Paola Ivaldi
Carriage of Passengers Marco Lopez De Gonzalo
CESL Matteo Fornasier
Cessio Legis Marta Requejo Isidro
Cheques Matthias Lehmann
Child Abduction Cristina González Beilfuss
Choice of Forum and Submission to Jurisdiction Adrian Briggs
Choice of Law Jürgen Basedow
CIDIP Cecilia Fresnedo De Aguirre
CIEC/ICCS (International Commission on Civil Status) Walter Pintens
CISG Franco Ferrari
Civil and Commercial Matters Burkhard Hess and Cristian Oro Martinez
Classification (Characterization) Stefania Bariatti
CLIP Pedro De Miguel Asensio
Collective Redress Horatia Muir Watt
Comity Tim W. Dornis
Commercial Agency, Franchise and Distribution Contracts Jürgen Basedow
Commonwealth of Independent States and Private International Law Eugenia Kurzynsky-Singer
Companies Marc-Philippe Weller and Chris Thomale
Companies, Transnational Groups of Moritz Renner
Comparative Law and Private International Law Ralf Michaels
Competition Law (Antitrust) Jürgen Basedow
Competition, Unfair Tim W. Dornis
Connecting Factor Heinz-Peter Mansel
Constitutional Law and Private International Law Alex Mills
Construction Contracts Wolfgang Wurmnest
Consumer Contracts Michael Wilderspin
Contractual Obligations Michael Wilderspin
Country of Origin Rule Chris Thomale And Marc-Philippe Weller
Court of Justice of the European Union Hannes Rösler
Culpa in Contrahendo Dário Moura Vicente
Cultural Objects, Protection of Matthias Weller
Currie, Brainerd Linda Silberman
Damages Jan Von Hein
Debt Recovery, Cross-Border Tanja Domej
Dépeçage Peter Mankowski
Dicey, Albert Venn Lawrence Collins (Lord Collins of Mapesbury) Direct Action
Louise Merrett
Director’s Liability Chris Thomale and Marc-Philippe Weller
Divorce and Personal Separation Dagmar Coester-Waltjen
Domicile, Habitual Residence and Establishment Anatol Dutta
Donation Anatol Dutta
Double Taxation Treaties Markus Heintzen
Economic Analysis and Private International Law Giesela Rühl
Ehrenzweig, Albert A. Kurt Siehr
Electronic Commerce Dan Jerker B. Svantesson
Embargo Francisco Garcimartín Alférez
Employment, Collective Bargaining Liukkunen Ulla
Employment Contracts, Applicable Law Matteo Fornasier
Employment Contracts, Jurisdiction Matteo Fornasier
Employment, Industrial Disputes Ulla Liukkunen
Employment, Maritime Laura Carballo Piñeiro
Employment, Posting of Workers Matteo Fornasier
Environmental Liability Katia Fach Gómez
Escape Clauses Jürgen Basedow
Estoppel Bénédicte Fauvarque-Cosson
European Union and Private International Law Jan-Jaap Kuipers
Evasion of Laws (Fraus Legis) Kurt Siehr
Evidence, Procurement of Maximilian Seibl
Expert Liability Wolfgang Wurmnest
Expropriation Eva-Maria Kieninger
Factoring (Uniform Law) Franco Ferrari
Financial Instruments Matthias Lehmann
Financial Leasing (Uniform Law)
Franco Ferrari
Flag
Duygu Damar
Floating Choice of Law
Adrian Briggs
Foreign Law, Application and Ascertainment
Carlos Esplugues and Guillermo Palao
Foreign Law, Judicial Review
Carlos Esplugues and Guillermo Palao
Formal Requirements and Validity
Helmut Heiss and Sascha Drobnjak
Forum (and Law) Shopping
Franco Ferrari
Forum Non Conveniens
Richard Fentiman
Freedom of Establishment/Persons (European Union) and Private International Law
Chris Thomale and Marc-Philippe Weller
Freezing Injunctions and Search Orders
Alexander Layton And Albert Dinelli
Freight Forwarding Contracts
Johannes Schilling
Full Faith and Credit Clause
Symeon C. Symeonides
Game Theory and Private International Law
Michael E. Solimine
GEDIP
Kurt Siehr
Globalization and Private International Law
Horatia Muir Watt
Goldschmidt, Werner
Mario J.A. Oyarzábal
Guarantees
Matthias Lehmann
Guardianship, Custody and Parental Responsibility
Cristina Gonzáles Beilfuss
Hague Conference on Private International Law
Marta Pertegás
Huber, Ulrik
Mathijs Ten Wolde
Human Rights and Private International Law
Patrick Kinsch
ICAO
Alexander Von Ziegler and Judith Baumann
Immovable Property
Eva-Maria Kieninger
Immunity
Ilaria Queirolo
IMO
Laura Carballo Piñeiro
Incidental (Preliminary) Question
Andrea Bonomi
Injunction
Richard Fentiman
Insolvency, Applicable Law
Antonio Leandro
Insolvency, Cooperation And Recognition
Antonio Leandro
Insolvency, Jurisdiction and Vis Attractiva
Antonio Leandro
Insurance Contracts
Helmut Heiss
Intellectual Property, Applicable Law
Dário Moura Vicente
Intellectual Property, Jurisdiction
Benedetta Ubertazzi
Interest and Policy Analysis in Private International Law
Mathias W. Reimann
Internet, Jurisdiction
Pedro De Miguel Asensio
Internet, Liability
Pedro De Miguel Asensio
Interpretation, Autonomous
Hannes Rösler
Interregional/Interstate Law
Cristina Gonzáles Beilfuss
Interreligious Law
Imen Gallala-Arndt
Ius Gentium
Laurens Winkel
Jurisdiction, Contracts and Torts
Pietro Franzina
Jurisdiction, Foundations
Ralf Michaels
Jurisdiction, Limits Under International Law
Donald Earl Childress III
Kahn, Franz
Kurt Siehr
Kegel, Gerhard
Heinz-Peter Mansel
Kinship and Legitimation
Yuko Nishitani
Lease Contracts and Tenancies
Christoph U. Schmid, Jason R. Dinse and Tsubasa Wakabayashi
Legal Aid
Xandra Kramer
Legalisation of Public Documents
Christian Hertel
Lex Fori
Marta Requejo Isidro
Lex Maritima
Andreas Maurer
Lex Mercatoria
Gralf-Peter Calliess
Liability, Capital Market
Herbert Kronke
Liability, Limitation of Maritime
Bevan Marten
Licence Contracts
Axel Metzger
Life Insurance Contracts
Jan D. Lüttringhaus
Lis Alibi Pendens
Linda Silberman
Local Data
Tim W. Dornis
Lugano Convention
Sandrine Giroud
Maintenance Obligations
Michael Hellner
Mancini, Pasquale Stanislao
Yuko Nishitani
Marine Insurance
Pierangelo Celle
Maritime Law (Uniform Law)
Bevan Marten
Maritime Torts
Lorenzo Schiano Di Pepe
Marriage
Dagmar Coester-Waltjen
Matrimonial Property
Walter Pintens and Jens M Scherpe
Mediation
Carlos Esplugues
Money and Currency
Caroline Kleiner
Multimodal Carriage Contracts
Sergio M. Carbone
Multiple Defendants and Joint Liability
Christian Heinze
Names of Individuals
Kathrin Kroll-Ludwigs
Nationality
Heinz-Peter Mansel
Negotiorum Gestio
Peter Mankowski
Nuclear Liability
Wolfgang Wurmnest
Online Dispute Resolution
Gralf-Peter Calliess and Simon Johannes Heetkamp
Optional (Facultative) Choice of Law
Axel Flessner
Overriding Mandatory Provisions
Michael Wilderspin
Party Autonomy
Horatia Muir Watt
Payment Order Regulation
Wolfgang Hau
Personal Status
Anatol Dutta
Personality Rights
Jan-Jaap Kuipers
Place of Performance
Pietro Franzina
Prescription
Heinz-Peter Mansel
Private International Law, Foundations
Giesela Rühl
Private International Law, History of
Kurt Siehr
Private International Law, Methods of
Jürgen Basedow
Proceedings, Law Governing
Wolfgang Hau
Products Liability
Thomas Kadner Graziano
Proper Law (Doctrine)
Alexander Layton and Albert Dinelli
Property and Proprietary Rights
Louis d’Avout
Property and Proprietary Rights in Vessels
Maria Elena De Maestri
Provisional Measures
Wolfgang Hau
Public International Law and Private International Law
Alex Mills
Public Policy (Ordre Public)
Ionna Thoma
Rabel, Ernst
Jürgen Basedow
Reciprocity
Anatol Dutta
Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments (Civil Law)
Tanja Domej
Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments (Common Law)
Adrian Briggs
Recognition of Administrative Acts
Dirk Wiegandt
Recognition of Legal Situations Evidenced by Documents
Dagmar Coester-Waltjen
Registered Partnerships
Patrick Wautelet
Regulatory Competition
Giesela Rühl
Reinsurance Contracts
Jan D. Lüttringhaus
Remedies
Richard Garnett
Renvoi
Michael Sonnentag
Restatement (First and Second) of Conflict of Laws
Symeon C. Symeonides
Rome Convention and Rome I Regulation (Contractual Obligations)
Francisco Garcimartín Alférez
Rome II Regulation (Non-Contractual Obligations)
Andrew Dickinson
Rome III Regulation (Divorce)
Patricia Orejudo Prieto De Los Mozos
Rome IV Regulation (Succession)
Mathijs Ten Wolde
Sale Contracts and Sale of Goods
Franco Ferrari
Salvage
Laura Carpaneto
Same-Sex Marriages
Walter Pintens and Jens M. Scherpe
Savigny, Friedrich Carl Von
Michael Sonnentag
Seawaybills and Other Transport Documents
Giorgia M. Boi
Security Interests in Mobile Equipment (Uniform Law)
Eva-Maria Kieninger
Service of Documents
Wolfgang Hau
Set-Off
Michael Hellner
Small Claims Regulation
Kathrin Kroll-Ludwigs
Social Protection and Private International Law
Eberhard Eichenhofer
States, Failed and Non-Recognized
Alex Mills
Story, Joseph
Ralf Michaels
Substance and Procedure
Richard Garnett
Substitution
Jan D. Lüttringhaus
Succession
Andrea Bonomi
Surrogacy
Patricia Orejudo Prieto De Los Mozos
Taxation, International
Markus Heintzen
Territoriality
Toshiyuki Kono
Torts
Thomas Kadner Graziano
Traffic Accidents
Thomas Kadner Graziano
Transport Law (Uniform Law)
Duygu Damar
Transsexual and Transgender Persons
Jens M. Scherpe
Treaties in Private International Law
Marta Pertegás
TRIPS
Axel Metzger
Trust
Anatol Dutta
UNCITRAL
Franco Ferrari
UNIDROIT
Herbert Kronke
Uniform Substantive Law and Private International Law
Franco Ferrari
Unilateralism
Stéphanie Francq
Unitary Intellectual Property Rights and Jurisdiction
Christian Heinze
Unitary Intellectual Property Rights and Private International Law
Christian Heinze
Unjust Enrichment (Restitution)
Peter Mankowski
Vested Rights Theory
Jürgen Basedow
Voet, Paulus Und Johannes
Mathijs Ten Wolde
Wächter, Carl Georg Von
Ralf Michaels
West Balkan Convention
Christa Jessel-Holst
WIPO and Private International Law
Johannes Christian Wichard
WTO and Private International Law
Tim W. Dornis