TY - BOOK ID - 77937338 TI - EU law and private international law PY - 2012 SN - 1283356643 9786613356642 9004206728 9789004206724 9789004206731 9004206736 9781283356640 6613356646 PB - Leiden Boston Martinus Nijhoff Publishers DB - UniCat KW - Conflict of laws KW - Contracts KW - Choice of law KW - Intermunicipal law KW - International law, Private KW - International private law KW - Private international law KW - Law KW - Legal polycentricity KW - Civil law KW - European Parliament. KW - Council of the European Union. KW - European Parliarment. KW - Conflict of laws - Contracts - European Union countries KW - Contracts - European Union countries UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77937338 AB - The Rome I Regulation on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations has unified the conflict of laws rules of the Member States. The influence of the European Union upon Private International Law goes beyond positive harmonisation however. There is a certain tension between European law and PIL. European law is concerned with whether the imposition of a rule constitutes a restriction to the internal market whereas PIL does not seek to neutralise the disadvantages that result from differences between national laws but instead tries to locate the geographical centre of the legal relationship. The present book attempts to identify the methodological disharmony between the two legal disciplines in the regulation of cross border contracts and proposes suggestions to enhance their mutual understanding. ER -