The course considers issues relating to conflicts of laws in an international context. Likely topics are common law rules of jurisdiction in international litigation; the Brussels regulation and its application in the EU; recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments at common law and under the Brussels regulation; classical doctrinal issues such as renvoi, characterisation etc; choice of law in contract – the Rome Convention and comparison with the Australian position; choice of law in tort- common law rules Rome II regulation and comparison with the Australian position.

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