Home | Databases | WorldLII | Search | Feedback Edited Legal Collections Data

Nishitani, Yuko --- "Foreign law in domestic courts: challenges and future developments" [2019] ELECD 2913; in Ferrari, Franco; Fernandez Arroyo, P. Diego (eds), "Private International Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 412

Book Title: Private International Law

Editor(s): Ferrari, Franco; Fernández Arroyo, P. Diego

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: Chapter 15

Section Title: Foreign law in domestic courts: challenges and future developments

Author(s): Nishitani, Yuko

Number of pages: 22

Abstract/Description:

This chapter analyses current issues concerning the treatment of foreign law and seeks to find ways for future developments. After giving some preliminary considerations on the methods of private international law and the nature of foreign law, it delineates comparatively whether and to what extent conflict of laws rules are applied ex officio, how foreign law is introduced in court proceedings and how foreign law is ascertained. Based on these findings, the chapter tackles contemporary challenges of how to ensure an effective operation of uniform or harmonized conflicts rules at regional or international level. It seeks possible solutions to enhance harmonization of the treatment of foreign law and improve access to foreign law.