The "Private" in Private International Law: Volume 9

by Symeon C. Symeonides

The adjective "private" in Private International Law (PIL) distinguishes PIL from its public international sibling but also confines its scope to horizontal disputes between parties other than states acting as such. But does this mean that these disputes implicate only the interests of the immediate parties and not the interests of the states involved in the conflict? The classical and still prevailing view of PIL answers this question in the affirmative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9462369496
• ISBN13: 9789462369498
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Eleven International Publishing
• Length: 40 Pages