Table of contents

Introduction



Thematic Statement



Section I. Contemporary Discourse on Private International Law - Some Strands



1. South Asian Legal Systems and Families in Foreign Courts: The British case -- Prakash A. Shah, Reader in Culture and Law, Queen Mary University of London



2. Choice of Law in International Commercial Arbitration - Markus Petsche, Associate Professor, Legal Studies Department, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

3. The Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements - Should the European Union's footsteps be Followed? - Dr. Poomintr SOOKSRIPAISARNKIT, City University of Hong Kong



Section II. Private International Law in South Asia - States' Practice in Family Law space



4. Conflict of Laws - State Practice in Afghanistan -- Wali Mohammed Naseh, Professor of law, University of Kabul



5. Conflict of Laws - State Practice in Nepal - Apurba Khatiwada, Attorney at Law, Prudent Legal Services, Kathmandu, Nepal



6. Conflict of Laws - State Practice of Bangladesh - Mohammed Abdur Razzak, Barrister and Solicitor, Canada, & Advocate, Bangladesh



7. Cross-border divorce regime in Bangladesh -- Md Sanwar Hossain, Barrister at law, Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh



8. Cross-border Divorce - Sri Lankan State Practice -Ruwani Dantanarayana and John Wilson, JOHN WILSON PARTNERS, Colombo, Sri Lanka



9. Cross-Border Divorce Decrees - Recognition in India and Public Policy Considerations - Vasanthi N., Professor, NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, India



10. Foreign judgments in Matrimonial disputes - Recognition in Nepal and Public Policy Considerations - Srijana Regmi, Legal Officer, Ministry of Law, Justice, Constituent Assembly and Parliamentary Affairs, Nepal



11. Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Pakistan - Public Policy Considerations - Amanullah Malik, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan



< 12. Cross-Border Surrogacy: Indian State Practice - Stellina Jolly, Assistant Professor, Faculty of legal Studies, South Asian University, New Delhi



13. Inter-Country Child Abduction - India's Legal response - Molshree A. Sharma, Attorney & Partner at Mandel, Lipton, Roseborough and Sharma, Ltd., Greater Chicago area, USA



14. Inter-Country Child Abduction - Pakistan's Legal response - Sarmad Ali, Advocate High Court, Lahore, Pakistan

15. Inter-Country Child Abduction - Sri Lankan Legal Response - Rose Wijesekera, Department of Private Law, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.




Section III - Private International Law in South Asia - States' Practice in Commercial Law space



16. Issues of Jurisdiction, Choice of Law and Enforcement in International Commercial Arbitration: A Bangladesh Perspective - Maimul Ahsan Khan, Professor of Law, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh



17. Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Bangladesh - Sameer Sattar, Barrister (Lincoln's Inn); Advocate (Bangladesh Bar)



18. Issues of Jurisdiction, Choice of Law and Enforcement in International Arbitration: An Indian Perspective - Sai Ramani Garimella, Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University, New Delhi, India



19. Issues of Jurisdiction, Choice of Law and Enforcement in International Arbitration: A Pakistan Perspective -Ijaz Ali Chisti, Supreme Court of Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan



20. Issues of Jurisdiction, Choice of Law and Enforcement in International Arbitration: A Sri Lankan Perspective - Justice Saleem Marsoof, P.C



21. Private International Law Issues in Intellectual Property Cases in India - Vandana Singh, Assistant Professor of Law, USLLS, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi India



Conclusion



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