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Foreign Currency Claims in the Conflict of Laws
Vaughan Black
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Description for Foreign Currency Claims in the Conflict of Laws
Hardcover. This book considers how common law courts address damages claims when foreign currencies are involved, and statutory responses to that issue. Series: Studies in Private International Law. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Problems in assessment of damages remain among the most contentious aspects of private law disputes. The assessment exercise becomes particularly difficult when one of the parties asks that damages be assessed in some foreign currency or claims that, even though damages should be assessed in the currency of the forum, foreign exchange losses should form a head of loss. The 1975 decision of the House of Lords in Miliangos v George Frank (Textiles) Ltd was revolutionary in that it permitted English courts to award judgment in a foreign currency. Miliangos has been influential throughout the common law world and ... Read more
Problems in assessment of damages remain among the most contentious aspects of private law disputes. The assessment exercise becomes particularly difficult when one of the parties asks that damages be assessed in some foreign currency or claims that, even though damages should be assessed in the currency of the forum, foreign exchange losses should form a head of loss. The 1975 decision of the House of Lords in Miliangos v George Frank (Textiles) Ltd was revolutionary in that it permitted English courts to award judgment in a foreign currency. Miliangos has been influential throughout the common law world and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hart Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Series
Studies in Private International Law
Condition
New
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841138923
SKU
V9781841138923
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99-10
About Vaughan Black
Vaughan Black is a Professor in the Faculty of Law of Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
Reviews for Foreign Currency Claims in the Conflict of Laws
The book is informative, analytical and comprehensive. The monograph is an outstanding piece, restoring glory to traditional doctrinal scholarship. Drawing on a broad range of issues and factors, the book pulls together a vast amount of sources and ties them into one web covering an extensive ground. It gives a comprehensive and detailed treatment to an area that, in the ... Read more