Diversity and Integration in Private International Law

How can private international law contribute to the development of the legal architecture needed to integrate our emerging multi-cultural society? Bringing together world-renowned academics and experienced private international lawyers from a wide range of jurisdictions in Europe and South America, this book explores how the methodologies and techniques of private international law can be used to engage with legal diversity. The book explores ways forward and sets out a vision of private international law connected to the communication, coordination, cooperation and engagement between legal orders. It provides in-depth analysis of the role of private international law in dealing with legal diversity across a diverse range of topics. Key Features - Contributions from renowned figures in the field of private international law from across Europe and Latin America. - Opens a cross-regional dialogue and shifts the Eurocentric discussion on diversity and integration to a more inclusive engagement with the South in private international law issues. - Promotes a cosmopolitan vision of private international law, as a discipline with the potential to transcend its boundaries to further promote the reality of cross-border integration. - Timely insights on the significance of the Brexit vote for rethinking the challenges that legal diversity poses for an integration project. - Topics covered include: international cooperation in civil and commercial matters, labour migration and other migration issues more generally, cross-border family issues, consumer protection, private international law of succession, international contracts, arbitration and private international law, among others. Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm is Senior Lecturer in International Private Law at the University of Edinburgh María Blanca Noodt Taquela is Professor of Private International Law at the University of Buenos Aires