Commercial Private International Law in Southern Africa

Comparative and International Perspectives

Eesa A Fredericks, Jan L Neels

• Publisher: UJ Press
• Year: 2025
• Topic: Law
• eBook ISBN:
  9781997468677
• Subtopic: Commercial Law
• Index: Law

This book contains a collection of essays in honour of Professor Christopher F Forsyth KC, emeritus Sir David Williams Professor of Public Law, sometime Professor of Private International Law, and Life Fellow of Robinson College, University of Cambridge.

Table of contents

• Preface
• Part I
• Laudatio
• The Contribution of Professor Christopher F Forsyth KC to the Development of Southern African Private International Law
• A career in a world of influence rather than power
• Part II
• Personal Reflections
• Tribute to Christopher Forsyth
• Gulliver’s (Conflicts of Law) Travels
• The Act of State Doctrine as a Source of Private International Law in Canada and South Africa
• A Time to Remember
• “Our England is a Garden”
• Some Reflections on Christopher Forbes Forsyth in Cambridge
• Christopher Forsyth’s Links to an African University
• Personal Tribute to Christopher Forsyth
• Christopher Forsyth
• A Good Friend and a Man of Many Talents
• A Diceyan Contribution to Scholarship across Fields and Continents
• A Personal Tribute to the Work of Christopher Forsyth
• Reflections on the Conceptual Reasoning of Christopher Forsyth
• Christopher Forsyth
• An Outsider’s View
• An Unforgettable and Beautiful Memory of Professor Forsyth
• Part III
• Academic Essays
• Party Autonomy in South African Private International Law
• A Comparison with Article 2 of the Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts
• Expanding Jurisdiction for Fundamental Rights Violations by Businesses
• South African Law and the Role of an International Treaty
• Tacit Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts
• The Position in Ghanaian, Kenyan, Nigerian and South African Private International Law
• The African Principles and Mauritian Private International Law
• What Lessons to be Learned?
• The Law Applicable to Arbitrability in Lusophone Legal Systems
• Developing the Forum Non Conveniens Doctrine in South African Law
• A Comparative Perspective
• The African Principles on the Law Applicable to International Commercial Contracts
• Proposal to Include a Provision on the Ex Officio Application of the Foreign Law
• Enforcing Trade-Related Contractual Claims in South Africa
• Contractual Capacity in South African Private International Law
• Mixed Dispute Resolution Clauses in International Commercial Transactions
• From Louisiana, to India, to Africa
• The Strange Journey of India’s Foreign Judgments Rules
• Reforming Party Autonomy in African Private International Law
• The Need for Clear and Effective Exceptions
• Jurisdiction in International Civil Cases
• How Many Links are Enough?
• The Incoterms® 2020 by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
• Evolution and Practical Application with Specific Reference to Containerisation
• Unmitigated Exorbitance of Assumed Jurisdiction under Malawian Private International Law
• Direct International Jurisdiction under OHADA Law
• Novel Aspects of the Proposed African Principles on the Law Applicable to International Commercial Contracts
• Commercial Private International Law in Mozambique, Angola and Beyond
• The Portuguese-Speaking States in Southern Africa Compared to Brazil
• The Sheriffs and Civil Processes Act Does Not Apply to the National Industrial Court of Nigeria
• Reforming Private International Law in African Countries
• Looking Inward and Outward
• Arbitration, Court Adjudication or Via Media?
• The Eruption of Hybrid Bodies for the Resolution of International Commercial Disputes – A Path for Southern Africa?
• Prospects and Options for Recovery of “Heritage Art” in the Oeuvre of Irma Stern
• Forum Selection Clauses and the Waning Legacy of The Eleftheria
• Online Defamation in the Conflict of Laws
• The Spiliada in South Africa
• Sailing into the Future
• The New South African International Arbitration Act
• Signalling the End of the Road for the Protection of Businesses Act?
• Part IV
• In Memoriam Professor Christian Schulze
• Part V
• African Principles on the Law Applicable to International Commercial Contracts
• African Principles on the Law Applicable to International Commercial Contracts
• Arabic Translation of the African Principles on the Law Applicable to International Commercial Contracts
• Arabic Translation of the African Principles on the Law Applicable to International Commercial Contracts (with references)
• Part VI
• List of Publications by Prof C F Forsyth
• Photo Section