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Elective course · Semester 10 · Fifth Year · 4 credits

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Syllabus for Conflict of Laws

Elective course · Semester 10 · Fifth Year · 4 credits

Module I: Introduction and Stages of Analysis in Private International Law

  • 1.1 Definition, meaning and scope of private international law
  • 1.2 Theories concerning private international law
  • 1.3 Sources of private international law
  • Primary Characterization – defining the legal nature of the cause of action 1.4
  • Determining the connecting factor – articulating the relevant private 1.5 international law
  • Principles
  • 1.6 Delimitation and application of lex causae
  • 1.6.1 Doctrine of Renvoi
  • 1.6.2 The Scope of application of lex causae
  • 1.6.3 Substance and Procedure
  • 1.6.4 Depecage and Incidental question
  • 1.7 The Act of State Doctrine

Module II: Issues Relating to Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Foreign Judgment.

  • 2.1 General Issues relating to jurisdiction
  • 2.1.1 Jurisdiction and its implications in private International Law
  • 2.1.2 Action in personam and action in rem in private international law
  • 2.1.3 Action in personam: actor sequitur forum rei principle and its implications In Personam Jurisdiction – The English Common Law and Indian Position 2.2
  • 2.3 Action in Rem: Admiralty Jurisdiction in India
  • 2.4 EC Regulation on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgment (BrusselsRegulation I and Recast Regulation)
  • The Mareva and Worldwide Mareva Injunctions – International Dimensions 2.5
  • 2.6 Effects of Jurisdiction Clauses in India and under the Common Law
  • 2.7 Enforcement of foreign Judgments
  • 2.7.1 Need recognizing foreign judgments 8.2 Limitations in recognizing and enforcement
  • 2.7.2 Section 13, 14 and 444 of C.P.C. and S. 41 of the Indian Evidence Act
  • 2.7.3 Brussels Convention on Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, 1968

Module III: Applicable Law – Family Matters

  • 3.1 Domicile as deciding factor
  • 3.1.1 Concept of Domicile
  • 3.1.2 Common Law Approach
  • 3.1.3 Indian Approach
  • 3.2 Jurisdiction and Choice of Law Issues in Family Matters
  • 3.3 Marriage and Matrimonial Causes
  • 3.4 Legitimacy and Legitimation
  • 3.5 Adoption, Guardianship and Child Custody (Jurisdiction and Choice of Law Issues)
  • 3.6 Hague Conference on Private International Law

Module IV: Applicable Law: Contracts and Commercial Matters

  • Governing Law and Transnational Contracts – Common Law and Indian Law 4.1
  • 4.2 Rome Regulation I on Contractual Obligations
  • 4.3 IMF and Exchange Contracts
  • 4.4 Negotiable Instruments
  • 4.5 Torts and Rome Regulation II [Non-Contractual Obligation]

Suggested Reading

  • 1 Setalvad, Atul M., Conflict of Laws, Lexis Nexis, 2014.
  • 2 Paras Diwan, Private International Law: Indian and English; Deep & Deep, 2008.
  • 3 K.B. Agrawal& Vandana Singh, Private International Law in India, Wolters Kulwer International, 2010
  • 4 V. C. Govindraj, The Conflict of Laws in India- Inter-Territorial and Inter-Personal Conflict Oxford University Press, 2011.
  • 5 Dicey, Morris & Collins, Conflict of Laws, Sweet and Max well 15th ed., 2016.
  • 6 James Fawcett and Janeen M Carruthers, Cheshire and North‘s Private International Law Oxford University Press, 14th ed., 2008.

Reproduced from the University of Mumbai Revised Syllabus for LL.B. (5 years) Five Years Integrated Course (CBCS), in force from the academic year 2022-23 and amended in June 2023. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.

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