SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL (DEEMED UNIVERSITY)

(Established under section 3 of the UGC Act 1956)

Re - accredited by NAAC with ‘A’ Grade
Founder: Prof. Dr. S. B. Mujumdar, M.Sc.,Ph.D. (Awarded Padma Bhushan and
Padma Shri by President of India)
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Course Title: Private International Law

Course Code: T1307

Number of Credits: 2

Level: 4

Learning Objective:

 To provide an understanding of the problems inherent in legal situations involving

cross border element(s)
 To study and analyse the issues relating to jurisdiction in Private International Law
Sphere
 To understand and analyze the rules governing national and international recognition
and enforcement of foreign judgments. 
 To demonstrate the basic knowledge and understanding relating to jurisdiction and
choice of law in various areas of choice of law including, Contract, Tort and Family
law matters.

Pre-learning:

 The student should have studied Public International law, Contract Law, Tort law and
Family law
 To have read suggested reading as per session plan and other resources such as films,
documentary, as provided by the course instructor

Course Outline
Sr.No. Topics Hours
1 General Principles 05
1.1. Nature and Scope of Private International
Law
1.2. Public and Private International Law
1.3. Characterization and it’s theories
1.4. Doctrine of Renvoi and it’s principle
theories
2 Jurisdictional issues 07
2.1. Rules of Jurisdiction
2.2. International Conventions in Jurisdiction
2.2.1. Brussels Convention
2.2.2. Lugano Convention
2.2.3. Codification attempt in Hague
Conference
3 Foreign Judgments 06
3.1. Recognition & Enforcement
3.2. Position at Common Law
3.3. International Conventions
3.4. Enforcement of foreign
judgements in civil and commercial
matters in India

4 Choice of Law Issues 07

1.1. Contract
1.2. Tort
1.3. Family Law

5 Self-learning including projects, presentations, 05

moot courts, simulation, exercises, film review,
news review, field visit, experiential learning,
guest lectures
Total 30

Pedagogy:

 Lecture
 Discussion
 Self-study
 Projects

Books Recommended:

Cheshire, North & Fawcett, Private International Law, Oxford publications, 15th Edition,
2017

K. B. Agrawal, Vandana Singh, Private International law in India, Kluwer Law International,

2010
Garimella, Ramani, Jolly, Stellina (Eds.), Private International Law, South Asian States’
Practice, Springer, 2017
 Martin George, Andrew Dickinson (Eds),Statute on the Conflicts of law, Hart Publishing ,
2015

 Wendy Collins Perdue(Ed), Procedure and Private International Law ( Vol I & II), Edward
Elgar Publishing, 2017

Jürgen Basedow (Ed), Encyclopedia of Private International Law, ), Edward Elgar

Publishing, 2017

Jonathan Hill and MáireNíShúilleabháin, Clarkson & Hill's Conflict of Laws,5th Ed. Oxford

University Press, 2016

Suggested Assessment/ Evaluation Methods:

Internal and external heads of passing shall be separate head of passing. Internal evaluation
shall consist of project / Tutorial/ case analysis/ cases and open problems/ essays/ seminar
presentations/ viva-voce/ quiz, drafting, moot court/ mock trial computer based assessment/
simulated interviews/ objective structured clinical examinations