The 16th edition of Dicey, Morris and Collins, the leading text on private international law has just been published
“The prince of legal textbooks. It is indeed, impossible to imagine a major set of chambers or firm of solicitors without this book...”
Lord Goff of Chieveley
We are delighted to announce that the 16th edition of Dicey, Morris & Collins on the Conflict of Laws has just been published. The text is renowned worldwide as the foremost authority on private international law and it explains the rules, principles and practice that determine how the law of England & Wales relates to other legal systems. The 16th edition includes two hardback volumes and a companion volume on EU withdrawal transitional issues, spanning over 2,500 pages in total.
Prof. Jonathan Harris KC (Hon.) and Lord Collins of Mapesbury are the joint general editors of the 16th edition, leading a team of specialist editors. Prof. Jonathan Harris KC (Hon.) has been joint general editor with Lord Collins of Mapesbury since 2015 and is only the 5th general editor since the book was first published in 1896. Jonathan is also responsible for editing nine chapters of the text.
About the book
The new edition addresses all key developments, international conventions, legislation and case law since publication of the 15th edition in 2012. It includes the following significant developments.
Volume 1 deals with general principles, the effects of withdrawal by the United Kingdom from the European Union, foreign affairs and the conflict of laws, procedural issues relating to international litigation, jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitration. Volume 2 deals with a number of specific areas of law. It addresses family law, property law, succession and trusts, corporations and insolvency and the law of obligations.
Companion to the 16th edition
The Companion Volume explains in detail the effects of the withdrawal by the United Kingdom from the European Union. It analyses the relevant transitional provision in the Withdrawal Agreement concluded between the United Kingdom and the European Union, as well as domestic legislation on transitional issues.
Dicey, Morris & Collins on the Conflict of Laws is published by Sweet & Maxwell and is available to purchase online in Hardback, as an eBook on Thomson Reuters ProView, or both together on the Sweet & Maxwell website.
Professor Jonathan Harris KC (Hon.)
Jonathan practises in all core areas of commercial and chancery litigation. He has a pre-eminent reputation in the field of private international law and specialises in cross-border disputes (particularly disputes raising issues of jurisdiction, arbitration, anti-suit injunctions, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and choice of law. He also specialises in offshore litigation and has drafted firewall and asset protection legislation for a number of offshore jurisdictions (including BVI and Gibraltar).
