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Zusatztext What a debut! What an effort by a single author - and a practitioner at that. In the best tradition of English textbooks Michael McParland, a barrister at Quadrant Chambers, presents this voluminous and monolithic work on the Rome I Regulation ... The constant and meticulous recourse to the material in minute details adds to the specific flavour of the work. Anyone looking for accounts of the legislative history behind the single rules of the Rome I Regulation will find them here ... For following the single articles through the stages of their respective genesis alone this book deserves high accolade ... It is rather impressive to the extent to which major judgments from a number of jurisdictions on the Rome Convention are covered ... The praise heaped upon the work so far is well deserved ... Beyond any doubt, the overall assessment must be a positive one. Informationen zum Autor Michael McParland QC is a Barrister and Attorney at Law based at Quadrant Chambers in London. Michael has a wide-ranging practice in civil, commercial, and business advocacy and advice, representing UK and international clients in litigation and arbitration, both in England and Wales and overseas. Klappentext The most comprehensive commentary on the provisions of the Rome I Regulation on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations (EC) 593/2008 analysing its evolution from the Rome Convention 1980 and setting the Regulation in practical context. Zusammenfassung The most comprehensive commentary on the provisions of the Rome I Regulation on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations (EC) 593/2008 analysing its evolution from the Rome Convention 1980 and setting the Regulation in practical context. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 All Roads Lead to Rome; 2 Application & Relationships; 3 Classification & Interpretation; 4 The Applicable Law; 5 Habitual Residence; 6 Contractual Obligations: Art. 1 (1); 7 Specific Exclusions: Art. 1 (2); 8 Evidence & Procedure, Presumptions of Law, Burden and Mode of Proof: Art. 1 (3), 18; 9 Freedom of Choice: Art. 3; 10 Applicable Law in the Absense of Choice: Art. 4; 11 Contracts of Carriage: Art. 5; 12 Consumer Contracts: Art. 6; 13 Insurance Contracts: Art. 7; 14 Individual Employment Contracts: Art. 8; 15 Overriding Mandatory Provisions and Public Policy: Art. 9 & 21; 16 Consent, material and formal validity, incapacity: Art. 10,11 & 13; 17 Scope of the law applicable: Art. 12; 18 Assignment & Subrogation: Art. 14 & 15; 19 Multiple Liability: Art. 16; 20 Set-off: Art. 17; 21 Coda; Appendices; A. Rome I Regulation; B. Article 25 Declarations; C. Legislative Chronology; 1972 Draft Convention D.; E. Rome Convention 1980...
