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  2. Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations 1980

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    The Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations 1980, also known as the Rome Convention, is a measure in private international law or conflict of laws which creates a common choice of law system in contracts within the European Union. The convention determines which law should be used, but does not harmonise the substance (the ...

  3. Characterisation (law) - Wikipedia

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    Characterisation, or characterization, in conflict of laws, is the second stage of the procedure to resolve a lawsuit that involves foreign law. The process is described in English law as Characterisation, [1] or classification within the English judgments of the European Court of Justice. [2]

  4. Hague Conference on Private International Law - Wikipedia

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    On the initiative of Tobias Asser, the First Diplomatic Session of the HCCH was convoked in 1893.Its aim was, and remains, to "work for the progressive unification of the rules of private international law", including by creating, and assisting in the implementation of, multilateral conventions that promote the harmonisation of the rules and principles of private international law (or conflict ...

  5. United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International ...

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    Conversely, in "international" contracts for the sale of goods between a U.S. entity and an entity of a non-Contracting State, to be adjudicated by a U.S. court, the CISG will not apply, and the contract will be governed by the domestic law applicable according to private international law rules.

  6. Pacta sunt servanda - Wikipedia

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    The only limits to application of pacta sunt servanda are the peremptory norms of general international law, which are denominated "jus cogens", i.e. compelling law. The legal principle of clausula rebus sic stantibus in customary international law also permits non-satisfaction of obligations pursuant to treaty because of a compelling change of ...

  7. Conflict of laws - Wikipedia

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    The term private international law comes from the private law/public law dichotomy in civil law systems. [13] [14] In this form of legal system, the term private international law does not imply an agreed upon international legal corpus, but rather refers to those portions of domestic private law that apply to international issues.

  8. National treatment - Wikipedia

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    Under national treatment, a state that grants particular rights, benefits or privileges to its own citizens must also grant those advantages to the citizens of other states while they are in that country. In the context of international agreements, a state must provide equal treatment to citizens of the other states participating in the ...

  9. Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995

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    The Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 (c. 42) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act is made up of several parts. The three principal parts regulate: Interest on judgment debts and arbitral awards; Validity of marriages under a law which permits polygamy; Choice of law in tort and delict