I. The nature and function of Private International Law.- Section 1. Introduction.- Section 2. Rome and beyond.- Section 3. The period after the division of the Roman Empire—personality of laws.- Section 4. Feudalism and the revival of Roman Law.- Section 5. Feudalism.- Section 6. Italy—the Legists.- Section 7. The doctrine of the Statutists.- The French school.- The historical background of the French doctrine.- The Statutist doctrine in Italy—14th Century.- Section 8. The French school in the 16th Century—Dumoulin and D’Argentré.- Section 9. The Dutch school—Comity.- The theoretical basis of Huber’s doctrine.- Section 10. The subsequent development of the doctrine of Huber—England.- Section 11. The United States.- Section 12. Modern Private International Law—Wächter, Savigny.- Section 13. Modern doctrines of territoriality or pseudo-territoriality—acquired rights.- Section 14. Sociological neo-statutists.- Section 15. Wächter redivivus—Ehrenzweig.- Section 16. Conflict of laws and the American Constitution.- Section 17. Governmental interests as conflict resolving factors—Currie—Neo-statutists.- Section 18. “Result selecting” principles—Cavers.- Section 19. The international use of the new doctrines.- Section 20. Conclusions.- Notes to part I.- II. The relationship between Public and Private International Law.- Section 21. The influence of Public International Law upon domestic Private International Law.- Legislative jurisdiction according to Public International Law and choice of law rules.- Section 22. Private International Law as part of Public International Law—choice of law before international tribunals.- Section 23. Recognition and the application of foreign law.- Section 24. Scrutiny of, and refusal to apply, the law and to respect the executive acts of a foreign recognized government.- Section 25. Conclusions.- Notes to part II.- III. The structure and interpretation of rules of Private International Law.- Section 26. Structure.- Operative facts and connecting factors.- Section 27. Interpretation..- Interpretation of connecting factors.- Interpretation of operative facts—characterization.- Section 28. Spatially conditioned internal rules.- Section 29. Transposition, substitution and adaptation.- Section 30. Renvoi.- Section 31. Preliminary question.- Section 32. Conflict of laws in time.- Notes to part III.- IV. Conclusions.- Table of cases.