1. Commercial Issues in Private International Law Justice Steven Rares
PART I
JURISDICTION
2. In Absentia: The Evolution and Reform of Australian Rules of Adjudicatory Jurisdiction Andrew Dickinson
3. The Exercise of Jurisdiction and the Role of Enforcement Vivienne Bath
4. The Case Management Stay in Private International Law Reid Mortensen
PART II
FOREIGN JUDGMENTS
5. The 2005 Hague Convention: A Panacea for Non-Exclusive and Asymmetric Jurisdiction Agreements Too? Brooke Marshall
6. Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in China: The Proposal of a Registration System Jie (Jeanne) Huang
PART III
CHOICE OF LAW
7. Paying Attention to Choice of Law in International Commercial Arbitration – or – Why the Conflict of Laws Always Matters Benjamin Hayward
8. The Conflict of Laws as a Shared Language for the Cross-Border Application of Statutes Maria Hook
9. Choice of Law in the Age of Statutes: A Defence of Statutory Interpretation after Valve
Michael Douglas
PART IV
THE DEVELOPING LEGAL LANDSCAPE
10. New and Alternative Approaches to Proof of Foreign Law: A Practitioners’ Perspective Justin Hogan-Doran and Dominique Hogan-Doran
11. The Rise of Party Autonomy in Commercial Conflict of Laws Yeo Tiong Min
12. Developing Australian Private International Law: The Hague Choice of Court Convention & The Hague Principles of Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts Mary Keyes
PART V
CONCLUDING REMARKS
13. Conclusion Justice Paul Le Gay Brereton, AM, RFD