Petar Sarcevic & Paul Volken 
Yearbook of Private International Law 
Volume I (1999)

Doctrine:

Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg: Marriage Dissolution in an Integrated Europe – The 1998 European Union Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Matrimonial Matters (Brussels II Convention)
Petar Sarcevic: Private International Law Aspects of Legally Regulated Forms of Non-Marital Cohabitation and Registered Partnerships
Hans Ulrich Jessurun d’Oliveira: The Artifact of ‘Sham Marriages’
Paul Volken: How Common are the General Principles of Private International Law? America and Europe Compared

National Reports:

Gonzalo E. Parra-Aranguren: The Venezuelan Act on Private International Law of 1998
Alfred E. von Overbeck: The Fate of Two Remarkable Provisions of the Swiss Statute on Private International Law
Huang Jin and Lü Guomin: New Developments in Chinese Private International Law
Laszlo Burian: Hungarian Private International Law
Karten Otte: The New German Conflicts Law on Parents and Children

News from The Hague:

Hans van Loon: The Hague Conference on Private International Law – Work in Progress

Forum:

Andrea Bonomi: Mandatory Rules in Private International Law – The Quest for Uniformity of Decisions in a Global Environment
Vesna Tomljenovic: Maritime Torts – New Conflicts Approach: Is It Necessary?

Texts, Materials and Recent Developments:

Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Matrimonial Matters (Brussel II Convention)
Protocol on the Interpretation by the Court of Justice of the European Communities of the Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Matrimonial Matters
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Matrimonial Matters and in Matters of Parental Responsibility for Joint Children
Venezuelan Act on Private International Law (Unofficial English Translation)
Institute of International Law, Berlin Session, 16-25 August 1999: Taking Foreign Private International Law to Account

Book Review:

Internet: Which Court Decides? Which Law Applies? – Quel tribunal décide? Quel droit s’applique? (André Lucas)

Books Received

Index