PART FOUR FAMILY LAW
Chapter 17 MARRIAGE
1.Formal Validity
2.Capacity
3.Consent of Parties
4.Polygamous Marriages
5.Civil Partnerships
Chapter 18 MATRIMONIAL CAUSES
1.Divorce, Nullity and Judicial Separation
A.Jurisdiction of the English courts
B.Choice of Law
C.Recognition of foreign decrees
1 Decrees granted in the British Isles
2 Decrees obtained in other Regulation
States
3 Decrees obtained elsewhere
4 Non-proceedings Divorces and
Annulments
D.Effect in England of foreign decrees
2.Presumption of Death and Dissolution of Marriage
3.Declarations as to Status
4.Financial Relief
A.Jurisdiction of the English courts
B.Effect of Foreign Divorce on English
Maintenance
Orders
C.Enforcement of Foreign Maintenance
Orders
5.Staying of Matrimonial Proceedings
Chapter 19 CHILDREN
1.Parental Responsibility in General
2.Guardianship and Custody
A.Jurisdiction of the English courts
B.Effect of foreign guardianship and custody
orders
3.Maintenance and Contribution Orders
Chapter 20 LEGITIMACY, LEGITIMATION AND ADOPTION
1.Legitimacy
A.Jurisdiction of the English courts
B.Recognition of the Status of Legitimacy
C.Succession by and to Legitimate Persons
2.Legitimation
A.Jurisdiction of the English courts
B.Recognition of Foreign Legitimations
1 At Common Law
2 Under the Legitimacy Act 1976
C.Succession by and to Legitimated Persons
3.Adoption
A.Jurisdiction of the English courts
B.Recognition of Foreign Adoptions
C.Succession by and to Adopted Persons
Chapter 21 MENTAL INCAPACITY
PART FIVE LAW OF PROPERTY
Chapter 22 NATURE AND SITUS OF PROPERTY
Chapter 23 IMMOVABLES
1.Jurisdiction of the English court: Land in England
2.Jurisdiction of the English court: Foreign Land
3.Choice of Law
Chapter 24 PARTICULAR TRANSFERS OF MOVABLES
1.Transfer of Tangible Things
2.Assignment of Intangible Things
3.Garnishment
Chapter 25 GOVERNMENTAL ACTS AFFECTING PROPERTY
Chapter 26 ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES
1.English Grants of Representation
2.Effect of an English Grant
3.Law Governing Administration
4.Foreign Personal Representatives
Chapter 27 SUCCESSION
1.Jurisdiction of the English court
2.Jurisdiction of foreign courts
3.Choice of Law
A.Intestate succession
B.Testamentary succession
1 Capacity
2 Formal validity
3 Material or essential validity
4 Interpretation
5 Election
6 Revocation
C.Exercise of power by will
1 Capacity
2 Formal validity
3 Interpretation
4 Material or essential validity
5 Revocation
Chapter 28 Tim EFFECT OF MARRIAGE ON PROPERTY
Chapter 29 TRUSTS
PART Stx
CORPORATIONS AND INSOLVENCY
Chapter 30 CORPOKATIONS AND CORPORATE INSOLVENCY
1.Domicile and Residence
2.Status
3.Capacity and Intemal Management
4.Winding up proceedings not falling within Council
RegulationEC 13462000 on Insolvency Proceedings
A.Jurisdiction of the English courts
B.Effect of an English Winding up Order
C.Effect of a Foreign Winding up Order
D.Receivers
E.UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border
Insolvency
5.Council Regulation EC13462000 on Insolvency
Proceedings
A.Introduction and Scope
B.International Jurisdiction
C.Choice of Law
D.Recognition of Insolvency Proceedings
E.Co-operation and Co-ordination
Chapter 31 BANKRUPTCY
1.English Bankruptcies not falling within Council
Regulation
EC 13462000 on Insolvency Proceedings
A.Jurisdiction of the English courts
B.Effect of an English bankruptcy as an
assignment of
property
C.Choice of Law
D.Effect of English bankruptcy as a discharge of
debts
2.Foreign Bankruptcies not falling within Council Regulation
EC 13462000 on Insolvency Proceedings
A.Jurisdiction of foreign courts
B.Effect in England of foreign bankruptcy as an
assignment of property
1 Bankruptcy in Scotland or Northern
Ireland
2 Bankruptcy in any other foreign
country
3 Successive bankruptcies, in different
countries
C.Effect in England of foreign bankruptcy as a
discharge of debts
3.Bankruptcies falling within
Council Regulation EC
13462000 on Insolvency Proceedings
A.Introduction and Scope
B.International Jurisdiction
C.Choice of Law
D.Recognition of Insolvency Proceedings
E.Co-operation and Co-ordination
PART SEVEN LAW OF OBLIGATIONS
Chapter 32 CONTRACTS.GENERAL RULES
1.The Law Governing a Contract
2.Determination of the Applicable Law
3.Mandatory Rules
4.Material Validity
5.Formal Validity
6.Scope of the Applicable Law
7.Capacity
8.Public Policy
Chapter 33 PARTICULAR CONTRACTS
1.Certain Consumer Contracts
2.Contracts of Employment
3.Contracts for the Sale, Pledge and Hire of Movables
4.Contracts of Insurance and Re-insurance
5.Contracts with Regard to Immovables
6.Contracts for the Carriage of Persons or Goods
Generally
7.Contracts of Affreightment
8.Contracts between Banker and Customer
9.Negotiable Instruments Generally
10.Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes
11.Interest
12.Contracts through Agents
A.Contract of Agency
B.Relation of Principal and Third Party
13.Wagering Contracts
Chapter 34 RESTITUTION
Chapter 35 TORTS
1.The Law Applicable to Issues in Tort
2.Determination of the Applicable Law
A.The General Rule
B.Rule of Displacement
3.Public Policy and Related Questions
4.Law Applicable to Defamation and Related Claims
Chapter 36 FOREIGN CURRENCY OBLIGATIONS
1.The Money of Account
2.Effect of the Law of the Transaction upon Monetary
Obligations
3.Discharge of Currency Obligations
4.Judgments in Foreign Currency
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