"I have no qualms in presenting this Yearbook as a most valuable source of information to those whose main area of scholarship and professional interest revolves around private international law. This is, in essence, a fair assessment of the Yearbook's main accomplishment."
The American Review of International Arbitration, 11:3 (2000), re Volume I of the Yearbook


Contents of "Yearbook of Private International Law - Vol. I (1999)":

Doctrine:

Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg: Marriage Dissolution in an Integrated Europe - The 1998 European Union Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Matrimonial Matters (Brussels II Convention)

Petar Sarcevic: Private International Law Aspects of Legally Regulated Forms of Non-Marital Cohabitation and Registered Partnerships

Hans Ulrich Jessurun d'Oliveira: The Artifact of "Sham Marriages"

Paul Volken: How Common are the General Principles of Private International Law? America and Europe Compared


National Reports:

Gonzalo E. Parra-Aranguren: The Venezuelan Act on Private International Law of 1998

Alfred E. von Overbeck: The Fate of Two Remarkable Provisions of the Swiss Statute on Private International Law

Huang Jin and Lü Guomin: New Developments in Chinese Private International Law

Laszlo Burian: Hungarian Private International Law

Karten Otte: The New German Conflicts Law on Parents and Children


News from The Hague:

Hans van Loon: The Hague Conference on Private International Law - Work in Progress


Forum:

Andrea Bonomi: Mandatory Rules in Private International Law - The Quest for Uniformity of Decisions in a Global Environment

Vesna Tomljenovic: Maritime Torts - New Conflicts Approach: Is It Necessary?


Texts, Materials and Recent Developments:

Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Matrimonial Matters (Brussel II Convention)

Protocol on the Interpretation by the Court of Justice of the European Communities of the Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Matrimonial Matters

Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Matrimonial Matters and in Matters of Parental Responsibility for Joint Children

Venezuelan Act on Private International Law (Unofficial English Translation)

Institute of International Law, Berlin Session, 16-25 August 1999: Taking Foreign Private International Law to Account


Book Review:

Internet: Which Court Decides? Which Law Applies? - Quel tribunal décide? Quel droit s'applique? (André Lucas)

Books Received

Index

(Formerly published by Kluwer Law International)