Within Europe the private international law rules have been harmonized to a very large extent by legislation adopted at EU level and case-law on the interpretat

This concise book is mainly intended to be used as an introduction to the rules of private international law belonging to the legal system of the European Union

The harmonisation of private international law in Europe has advanced rapidly since the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam. Most aspects of private int

This book compares the two golden ages of private international law (PIL): the first is the era of Story and Savigny in the nineteenth century, while the second

The law and politics of European integration have been inseparable since the 1960s, when the European Court of Justice rendered a set of foundational decisions