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The new edition of this highly regarded work has been fully updated to encompass major developments in the law. The disciplines of intellectual property and private international law are increasingly obliged to cooperate with the other. This book deals with these matters in a comprehensive way and in doing so it adopts a comparative approach.

Introduction -- Human rights, private international law, and their interaction -- The right to a fair trial -- The right to a fair trial and jurisdiction under the EU rules -- The right to a fair trial and recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments under the EU rules -- The right to a fair trial and jurisdiction under national rules -- The right to a fair trial and recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments under the traditional English rules -- The right to a fair trial and private international law : concluding remarks -- The prohibition of discrimination and private international law -- Freedom of expression and the right to respect for private life : international defamation and invasion of privacy -- The right to marry, the right to respect for family life, the prohibition on discrimination and international marriage -- Religious rights and recognition of marriage and extra-judicial divorce -- Right to respect for family life and the rights of the child : international child abduction -- Right to respect for private and family life and related rights : parental status -- The right to property, foreign judgments, and cross-border property disputes -- Overall conclusions

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 finalised Rome II Regulation. The book is invaluable for the practitioner as well as being one of the leading students' textbooks in the field.