With articles by Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg, Petar Sarcevic, Hans Ulrich Jessurun d'Oliveira, Paul Volken, national reports from Venezuela, Switzerland, China, Hungaria and Germany and news from The Hague as well as texts, materials and recent developments.

Résumé
Doctrine:Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg: Marriage Dissolution in an Integrated Europe - The 1998 European Union Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Matrimonial Matters (Brussels II Convention)Petar Sarcevic: Private International Law Aspects of Legally Regulated Forms of Non-Marital Cohabitation and Registered PartnershipsHans Ulrich Jessurun d'Oliveira: The Artifact of "Sham Marriages"Paul Volken: How Common are the General Principles of Private International Law? America and Europe ComparedNational Reports:Gonzalo E. Parra-Aranguren: The Venezuelan Act on Private International Law of 1998Alfred E. von Overbeck: The Fate of Two Remarkable Provisions of the Swiss Statute on Private International LawHuang Jin and Lü Guomin: New Developments in Chinese Private International LawLaszlo Burian: Hungarian Private International LawKarten Otte: The New German Conflicts Law on Parents and ChildrenNews from The Hague:Hans van Loon: The Hague Conference on Private International Law - Work in ProgressForum:Andrea Bonomi: Mandatory Rules in Private International Law - The Quest for Uniformity of Decisions in a Global EnvironmentVesna Tomljenovic: Maritime Torts - New Conflicts Approach: Is It Necessary?Texts, Materials and Recent Developments:Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Matrimonial Matters (Brussel II Convention)Protocol on the Interpretation by the Court of Justice of the European Communities of the Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Matrimonial MattersProposal for a Council Regulation (EC) on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Matrimonial Matters and in Matters of Parental Responsibility for Joint ChildrenVenezuelan Act on Private International Law (Unofficial English Translation)Institute of International Law, Berlin Session, 16-25 August 1999: Taking Foreign Private International Law to AccountBook Review:Internet: Which Court Decides? Which Law Applies? - Quel tribunal décide? Quel droit s'applique? (André Lucas)Books ReceivedIndex