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| Introduction | |
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| Roots and context of the conflict of laws within the UK | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Necessary conditions for the development of the conflict of laws | |
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| Barriers to the development of conflict of laws rules | |
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| Failure of seventeenth century political changes to remove the underlying need for conflict rules | |
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| Early development of conflict rules within the British Isles | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The constitutionalization of conflicts within the UK | |
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| The constitutionalization of conflicts | |
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| The constitutionalization of conflicts prior to the devolution settlements | |
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| The constitutionalization of conflicts and the devolution settlements | |
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| Undesirability of further constitutionalization of conflicts | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The internalization of conflicts within the UK | |
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| The internalization of conflicts | |
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| UK common market law | |
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| Recognition and enforcement | |
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| Internalization of conflicts and judge-made law | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The application of conflict rules within the UK | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Similarity of conflict rules within the UK | |
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| Procedural matters | |
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| Status | |
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| The laws of property and succession | |
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| Tort and delict | |
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| Intra-national forum shopping in the UK | |
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| The effect of the new constitutional arrangements on intra-national conflicts in the UK | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The impact of European Union legislation on intra-UK conflict rules | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Jurisdiction | |
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| Choice of law | |
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| Recognition and enforcement | |
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| Europeanization: the beginning of the end for conflict of laws? | |
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| Public policy in intra-UK conflict of laws | |
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| The different facets of public policy | |
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| Underlying public policy and internal public policy in the UK | |
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| The application of external public policy within the UK at common law | |
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| The availability of external public policy objections under statute within the UK | |
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| Constitutionalization and external public policy | |
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| Community public policy | |
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| Human rights | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Development of conflict rules in the UK | |
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| Dealing with intra-national conflicts | |
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| Scope of traditional conflict rules in intra-national disputes in the UK | |
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| Public policy | |
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| The impact of European Union membership | |