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I. Introduction -- § 1. Basis and Function of Private International Law. Terminology -- § 2. The History of Private International Law in Sweden -- § 3. Sources of Swedish Private International Law -- II. The Material -- § 4. General Observations on the Nature of the Material -- § 5. External Substantive Rules -- § 6. The Choice of Law Rules -- § 7. Foreign Law -- III. How the Material is used -- § 8. General Remarks. The Stages of an International Action -- § 9. The Choice of Law -- § 10. The Applicable Law (lex causae) 186 Enquiry into the Rules of the lex causae -- § 11. Refusal to Apply the lex causae -- § 12. The Decision -- IV. The Swedish Conflict Rules — A Résumé -- § 13. The Personal Law -- § 14. Family Law. Inheritance -- § 15. Property Law -- V. Conflict Avoidance -- § 16. An Excursus -- Table of Swedish Cases.

In this edition, the chapters on tort, jurisdiction, and staying of actions have been almost entirely rewritten. The chapter on the Brussels and Lugano Conventions has been recast and expanded. The growing influence of European Union law on private international law is evident in this new edition

Under our federal system of government two sets of laws operate within the country, the laws of the constituent states and the laws of the central government. For lawyers there is the ever present question, which of them applies to a case: the law of a state, to be interpreted finally by the courts of the state; or national law--federal law, as it is usually called--of which the Supreme Court of the United States is the final arbiter? Interstate and international matters, with which conflict of laws deals, involve national as well as state interests. In the United States it was perceived early that they should not be left to the uncontrolled discretion of the several states, and even the loose Articles of Confederation had a rudimentary full faith and credit clause. It was a major purpose of the Constitution of the United States to give to the nation increased control over these matters. One of the shortcomings under the Articles of Confederation was that the nation lacked power to enforce its laws directly on the individual citizens, and was under the necessity of appealing to the states to take the desired action. A second shortcoming was that the states could and did discriminate against one another, particularly in trade and commerce. A third was the inadequacy of legal protection accorded the individual against government. These weaknesses were all dealt with by the Constitution either at once or shortly.