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From anti-suit injunctions to digital-age risk, this book gives practitioners and scholars an unrivalled roadmap to international commercial litigation.

Principle and Pragmatism in Private International Law delivers a one-stop roadmap for today's cross-border dispute-solvers, uniting leading voices on private international law around the twin hallmarks of Richard Fentiman's thought: doctrinal clarity and commercial pragmatism.

Spanning five thematic parts-General Principles; Choice of Law & Foreign Law; Jurisdiction and Jurisdiction Agreements; Cross-border Injunctions; and Risk-the book probes more than forty landmark cases and channels insight from contributors based in the UK, Europe, North America, Australia, Korea and New Zealand. Essays test the limits of Rome II, Brussels I bis, the Hague Choice of Court Convention, and recent Supreme Court decisions such as UniCredit and Brownlie, supplying concrete guidance on forum selection, governing law, enforcement strategy and litigation risk.

For researchers, advanced students, litigators, and arbitrators, this book delivers doctrinal depth and strategic know-how in equal measure. It stands as a timely tribute to a scholar whose ideas shape courts and classrooms worldwide-and the essential desk companion for anyone navigating private international law today.

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Table of Contents

Introduction, Marie Louise Kinsler KC (2 Temple Gardens, UK), Louise Merrett (University of Cambridge, UK), Pippa Rogerson (University of Cambridge, UK) and Faidon Varesis (University of Cambridge, UK)
Foreword, Lord Mance (Former Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom)

Part 1: Theory of Private International Law
1. Epistemological Conundra in the Conflict of Laws, Horatia Muir Watt (Sciences Po, France)
2. Who and What is Private International Law For?, Alex Mills (University College London, UK)
3. The Object of Private International Law, Haris Pamboukis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)
4. Pragmatism, Strategy, and the Architecture of Modern Private International Law: Richard Fentiman's Contribution to a New Paradigm, Nikitas Hatzimihail (University of Cyprus)

Part 2: Choice of Law and Foreign Law
5. The Characterisation of Interest in Private International Law, Pippa Rogerson (University of Cambridge, UK)
6. On the Foreignness of Foreign Law, Ralf Michaels (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Germany)
7. The Identification of Unwritten Law, Henry Forbes Smith KC (One Essex Court, UK)
8. The Neutral-Weight Flexible Exception in Choice of Law in Tort, Stephen Pitel (Western University Canada)
9. Foreign Law in International Litigation: A Transnational Approach, Soterios Loizou (King's College London and University of Cambridge, UK)

Part 3: Jurisdiction and Jurisdiction Agreements
10. Judicial Jurisdiction in England Reappraised, Campbell McLachlan KC (University of Cambridge, UK)
11. What Lies Ahead for the US Law of Judicial Jurisdiction? – Recent Developments and a Possible Transformation for US Law, Linda Silberman (New York University, USA)
12. The Scope of Jurisdiction Agreements with Regard to Tort Claims, Corinne Widmer Lüchinger (University of Basel, Switzerland)
13. The 'Null and Void' Exception to the Validity of Choice of Court Agreements, Arnaud Nuyts (University of Brussels, Belgium)

Part 4: Injunctions and parallel proceedings
14. Restraining Foreign Proceedings: The Difference a Jurisdiction Clause Makes, Mary Keyes (Griffith University, Australia)
15. Anti-suit Injunctions: A Welcome Oasis or a Mirage for Civil Law Jurisdictions?, Min Kyung Kim (Des Voeux Chambers, Hong Kong)
16. The Anatomy of Conflict: Parallel Proceedings from Prevention to Enforcement, Faidon Varesis (University of Cambridge, UK)

Part 5: Risk and General Private International Law Topics
17. Managing Risk in International Commercial Litigation, William Day (3VB and Downing College, UK)
18. Dispute Resolution and the Shift from Risk to Uncertainty: Navigating Ambiguity in New EU Digital Regulations, Andrej Savin (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)
19. Restructurings, Jurisdiction and the Idea of 'Sufficient Connection', Mr Justice Adam Johnson (England and Wales High Court, UK)
20. The Foreign Act of State Doctrine: Unnecessary and Excessive?, Hayk Kupelyants (King's College London, UK)

Product details

Published Nov 26 2026
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Pages 416
ISBN 9781509994731
Imprint Hart Publishing
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

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Pippa Rogerson

Pippa Rogerson is Professor of Private Internation…

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Louise Merrett

Louise Merrett is a Barrister at Fountain Court Ch…

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Marie Louise Kinsler KC

Marie Louise Kinsler KC is a Barrister at 2 Temple…

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Faidon Varesis

Faidon Varesis is Assistant Professor in Private I…

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