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Intro -- Contents -- A Premise -- 1. 'Identity': A Multifaceted Self -- I. Paths of Identity and Paths of Law -- II. The Vocabulary of Law -- III. Imposed Identities and Constructed Identities -- 2. The Representation of Identity -- I. A Universe of Signs and Symbols -- II. Combinations and Intersections of Identification and Discrimination Criteria -- 3. The Secrets of Painting and Literature -- I. The Portrait -- II. The Story -- III. Moral Works and the 'Civilised' Man -- 4. The Distinctions of Individuals in the World of Law -- I. The Terminology of Jurists and the Mask of Boethius -- II. Delving Among Ancient Jurists -- 5. Discrimination and Human Rights -- I. Human Rights and Property -- II. Pufendorf, Domat, Pothier -- III. Nature and Human Diversity. The Philosophers -- IV. Human Rights in Normative Texts -- V. Human Rights and the Constitutions of the Nineteenth Century -- VI. The Rights of the Individual in Nineteenth-Century Civil Codes -- VII. Human Rights and Discrimination -- 6. 'Nature' and Sex Discrimination -- I. The Ideological Use of Nature and Religion -- II. Nature -- III. Nature and Religions of the Book -- IV. The Ideological Use of Nature and Sex Discrimination -- V. The Beginning of Women's Emancipation -- VI. Women in Civil Codes: The Family -- VII. Women in the Legal Professions -- 7. 'Nature' and Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation -- I. Anachronisms and Historicisations -- II. The Qualification of the 'Different'. Medicine and Psychology -- III. The Path of Legitimising Diversity -- IV. The Identity of the Different -- 8. Nature and Discrimination Based on 'Race', Skin Colour, Physiognomy -- I. The Indios -- II. The Jews -- III. The Emancipation of the Jews -- IV. The Idea of 'Race' as a Cultural Fact -- V. Skin Colour and Slavery in the United States of America -- VI. Colonies and Colonialism.

The Rome I Regulation creates a common regime of conflict of law rules for international contract law for the EU Member States. The second volume of the selp series of Pocket Commentaries provides an article-by-article commentary which explains the underlying concepts and suggests solutions for problems that have arisen or may arise in the application of the regulation and, thus, assists in updating your knowledge with ease.