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The new edition of this well-established and highly regarded work has been fully updated to encompass the major changes and developments in the law, including the newly finalized Rome II Regulation. The book is invaluable for the practitioner as well as being one of the leading students' textbooks in the field, giving comprehensive and accessible coverage of the basic principles of private international law, a popular law school option.

It offers students, teachers and practitioners not only a rigorous academic examination of the subject, but also a practical guide to the complex subject of private international law. Written by academics who both previously worked as solicitors, there is extensive coverage of commercial topics such as the jurisdiction of various courts and their limitations, stays of proceedings and restraining foreign proceedings, the recognition and enforcement of judgments, the law of obligations with respect to contractual and non-contractual obligations. There are also sections on the various aspects of family law in private international law, and the law of property, including the transfer of property, administration of estates, succession and trusts.

Private International Law deals with the resolution of private disputes connected with different countries. The deepening of regional integration in the Caribbean and the rationalisation of governance structures, manifested in part by the establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice, is the Caribbean’s answer to the challenges posed by globalisation.

Elements of Private International Law is the first book to address the rules by which Caribbean courts resolve these disputes. By addressing both the theoretical and practical problems associated with transnational dispute resolution, this book presents a clear and well structured exposition of the subject matter, dealing with issues such as the sources of International law, Jurisdiction, Recognition and Enforcement of Constitutional Rights and Sovereignty.