This collection is an up-to-date and relevant selection of statutes, conventions and other legal instruments in the area of Private International Law. As with the first edition, this book is specifically designed with undergraduate and postgraduate students in mind. This easy-to-use and reliable compendium of legal instruments should also prove particularly useful for the legal researcher who is interested in how Private International Law is applied in England and Wales.

It covers all legislative and international rules dealing with: General Concepts in Private International Law; Domicile; Jurisdiction; Choice of Law in Contract; Choice of Law in Tort; Choice of Law in Property and Succession; Family Law; Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards.

New developments covered by this edition include: the EU Regulation on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters 2000 ('Brussels I'); the Council Regulation on Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments in Matters of Parental Responsibility ('Brussels II'); the EU Regulation on Cross-Border Insolvency; the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999; the Adoption and Children Act 2002 and the Civil Procedure Rules 1998.

Clive Norris is Professor of Sociology at the University of Sheffield and Deputy Director of the Sheffield Centre for Criminological Research. He is one of the founding editors of the free on-line journal 'Surveillance and Society' and is currently researching the impact of new surveillance technologies on criminal justice. Dr Dean Wilson is a Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Dean's research interests include Closed Circuit Television in urban Australia, the social impact of biometric technologies, histories of policing and media representations of crime.