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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454534403321

Autore

Mills Alex

Titolo

The confluence of public and private international law : justice, pluralism and subsidiarity in the international constitutional ordering of private law / / Alex Mills [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009

ISBN

0-511-69907-7

1-107-19049-5

0-521-73130-5

0-511-59312-0

0-511-65117-1

0-511-59219-1

0-511-59505-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiv, 395 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

341

Soggetti

Conflict of laws

International law

International and municipal law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 310-387) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Justice, pluralism and the international perspective -- The private history of international law -- From positivism to constitutionalism -- Private international law and constitutional law in federal systems -- The confluence of public and private international law.

Sommario/riassunto

A sharp distinction is usually drawn between public international law, concerned with the rights and obligations of states with respect to other states and individuals, and private international law, concerned with issues of jurisdiction, applicable law and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in international private law disputes before national courts. Through the adoption of an international systemic perspective, Dr Alex Mills challenges this distinction by exploring the ways in which norms of public international law shape and are given effect through private international law. Based on an



analysis of the history of private international law, its role in US, EU, Australian and Canadian federal constitutional law, and its relationship with international constitutional law, he rejects its conventional characterisation as purely national law. He argues instead that private international law effects an international ordering of regulatory authority in private law, structured by international principles of justice, pluralism and subsidiarity.