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Conflicts of national law in relation to international transactions

Name(s):

Divergence in national laws relating to international transactions

Nature

With the increase in international travel and interaction, there is a corresponding increase in the injustices resulting from the divergent laws of different countries which have some connection with such international transactions. Individual rights and interests ranging from the rights of married women and child custody to the amount of compensation for personal injury or breach of contract may ultimately turn on the person's geographic presence at an isolated moment in time or the country in which the person first seeks to protect his or her rights and interests.

Broader

Conflict of laws

Conflicting international priorities

Narrower

Non-recognition of foreign powers of attorney

Ineffective testamentary dispositions among countries

Burden of conflicting national regulations on transnational corporations

Aggravates

Injustice

Impediments to extradition

Underutilization of world banking facilities

Inadequate development of international criminal law ^{[in 1 loop]}

Planning conflicts between political and industrial sectors ^{[in 1 loop]}

Aggravated by

Unrestricted travel

Deficiencies in international law

Strategy(ies)

Establishing international legal order

Harmonizing national laws relating to international transactions

Adjudicating on law relating to international transactions

Value(s)

Type

(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems

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