The Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of
International Child Abduction has given rise to
considerable interest, inevitably, throughout the
world regardless of whether the countries who are
forced to take an interest are or are not States
parties. In recent times, world issues continue to
impinge on the operation of the Convention. One such
aspect has been the influence of matters in
jurisdictions which have suffered both internal and
external civil disorders, including disruptions which
might legitimately be classified as involving parts
of jurisdictions, notably Israel, as being zones of...

Choice of Law in Tort has been long regarded as being a difficult topic. In this book, the author seeks to go behind the complex case law which has led to this situation and to explain the reasoning processes which have underpinned the development which have given rise to the problems which are apparent. The author explores cases from the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States as well as the Rome II Regulation in Europe. The various problems which continually arise in the area in all the jurisdictions are compared, discussed and analysed. In the United States especially, the prctical...

"It had been a hard day in the fields, for the birds were wild and wary. And when we drew up our chairs around the fire, after supper, it was with a sigh of relief to get our boots off. B told about how the old cock partridge had dodged behind a cedar, just about as soon as he got up from the covert; while P told of his surprise when he flushed a bird, and it fell to a shot from a thicket close by, just as he caught sight of it, and was just about as surprised to see P standing there with gun at ready." If you want to hear stories of gunning or fishing you want to sit over a rock maple fire...