Private International Law: A Hungarian Perspective

Csongor István Nagy, J.D., LL.M., Ph.D., S.J.D., D.Sc., is a professor in commercial law at the University of Galway, Ireland, university professor at the University of Szeged, Hungary, and research professor at the HUN-REN Center for Social Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.

• Abbreviations1 General Introduction1 Historical Development2 Private International Law: Choice of Law and International Civil Procedure3 Sources of pil3.1 National Law3.2 EU Law3.3 International Treaties4 Authorities Applying Private International Law2 General Questions and Principles of Choice of Law1 Scope of Private International Law2 State Law, Non-state Law3 Choice-of-Law Rules3.1 Taxonomy of Choice-of-Law Rules3.2 Connecting Factors3.3 Combination of Connecting Factors3.4 Party Autonomy3.5 Dépeçage4 Application of the Choice-of-Law Rule4.1 Characterization (Classification)4.2 Time Dimension and Change in the Applicable Law4.3 Fraudulent Connection (Evasion of the Law)4.4 Reference to the Law of States with Multiple Legal Orders5 Application of the Designated Law5.1 Judicial Notice and Proof of Foreign Law5.2 Renvoi (Remission, Transmission)5.3 Assimilation5.4 Ordre Public (Public Policy) and Imperative Rules (Overriding Mandatory Rules)3 Choice-of-Law Rules1 The Pervasive Principle of Closest Connection2 Personal Law2.1 Natural Persons2.2 Names of Natural Persons2.3 Legal Persons2.4 Personality Rights3 Contractual Obligations3.1 Hungarian Choice-of-Law Rules3.2 The Rome i Regulation in the Practice of Hungarian Courts4 Non-contractual Obligations4.1 Hungarian Choice-of-Law Rules4.2 The Rome ii Regulation in the Practice of Hungarian Courts5 Property Law5.1 The General Principle of Lex Rei Sitae5.2 Exceptions to the Lex Rei Sitae6 Intellectual Property Rights6.1 Authors’ Rights6.2 Industrial Property7 Family Law7.1 Marriage7.2 Same-Sex Registered Partnership7.3 Extra-marital Cohabitation7.4 Maintenance Law7.5 Application of the Law More Favorable to the Child7.6 Determination of Parenthood7.7 Custody and Contact7.8 Guardianship7.9 Adoption7.10 Artificial Insemination, Surrogacy7.11 Child Abduction7.12 Protection of Adults8 Succession Law8.1 Hungarian Choice-of-Law Rules8.2 Scope and Application of the Succession Regulation9 The Law Applicable to Procedure4 International Civil Procedure1 Sources of International Civil Procedure2 State Immunity3 International Jurisdiction: Hungarian Rules, EU Rules3.1 Hungarian Rules of Jurisdiction3.2 EU Jurisdictional Rules in the Practice of Hungarian Courts3.3 Procedural Issues3.4 International Service3.5 Rules of Evidence4 Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judicial Decisions4.1 Recognition and Enforcement under the apil4.2 EU Rules on Recognition and Enforcement5 Treaties in the Field of Private International Law and International Civil Procedure1 Multilateral Treaties1.1 Multilateral Treaties Concluded by Hungary1.2 Multilateral Treaties Concluded by the EU and Binding on Hungary2 Bilateral TreatiesAnnex: Act xxviii of 2017 on Private International LawSelected BibliographyIndex