Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ABBREVIATIONS -- JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION OF THE 1988 LUGANO CONVENTION ON JURISDICTION AND JUDGMENTS IN THE LIGHT OF ITS BRUSSELS MATRIX: THE CONVERGENCE CONFIRMED -- RETHINKING THE HAGUE JUDGMENTS CONVENTION: A PACIFIC PERSPECTIVE -- INDIRECTLY HELD SECURITIES: A NEW VENTURE FOR THE HAGUE CONFERENCE ON PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW -- THE BRUSSELS I REGULATION: COMMENT -- THE LAW APPLICABLE TO GOVERNMENTAL LIABILITY FOR INJURIES TO FOREIGN INDIVIDUALS DURING WORLD WAR II -- ISSUES OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW AND CIVIL PROCEDURE ARISING OUT OF THE U.S. CIVIL SUITS FOR FORCED LABOR DURINGWORLD WAR II -- THE LAW APPLICABLE TO GOVERNMENTAL LIABILITY FOR VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN WORLD WAR II -- THE NEW GERMAN CONFLICTS RULES FOR REGISTERED PARTNERSHIPS -- THE HAGUE CONFERENCE ON PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW -- THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JUDICIAL PENALTY - NEW INSTRUMENT FOR THE TRANSNATIONAL ENFORCEMENT OF EXTRATERRITORIAL INJUNCTIONS? -- COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No. 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 ON JURISDICTION AND THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS IN CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS -- COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No. 1206/2001 of 28 May 2001 ON COOPERATION BETWEEN THE COURTS OF THE MEMBER STATES IN THE TAKING OF EVIDENCE IN CIVIL OR COMMERCIAL MATTERS -- MODEL LAW OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA -- OREGON'S CONFLICTS LAW APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS -- BOOK REVIEW -- BOOKS RECEIVED -- Backmatter.