With articles by Katharina Boele-Woelki and Ronald H. van Ooik, Marc Fallon and Johan Meeusen and Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg, national reports from Canada, Russia, Belgium and China, reports on court decisions and news from The Hague, Rome and Washington as well as texts, materials and recent developments.

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Doctrine:Katharina Boele-Woelki and Ronald H. van Ooik: The Communitarization of Private International LawMarc Fallon and Johan Meeusen: Private International Law in the European Union and the Exception of Mutual RecognitionMaarit Jänterä-Jareborg: A European Family Law for Cross-border Situations - Some Reflections Concerning the Brussels II Regulation and ist Planned AmendmentsNational Reports:Joost Blom: Private International Law in a Globalizing Age: The Quiet Canadien RevolutionSergei Lebedev, Aleksander Muranov, Roman Khodykin, Elena Kabatova: New Russian Legislation on Private International LawJohan Erauw: Brief Description of the Draft Belgian Code of Private International LawYongping Xiao: The Conflict of Laws Between Mainland China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: the Choice of Coordination ModelsReports on Court Decisions:Tito Ballarino: From Centros To Überseering: EC Right of Establishment and the Conflict of LawsAlfred von Overbeck: Trusts in SwitzerlandNews from The Hague:J.H.A. van Loon: The Hague Conference on Private International Law - Work in Progress (2001-2002)News from Rome:Herbert Kronke: UNIDROIT - Work in Progress (2001-2002)News from Washington:Diego P. Fernández Arroyo and Jan Kleinheisterkamp: The VIth Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP VI): A New Step Towards Inter-American Legal IntegrationForum:Michael Hellner: Private International Enforcement of Competition Law. The Application of Foreign Competition LawGuillermo Palao Moreno: Multinational Groups of Companies and Individual. Employment Contracts in Spanish and European Private International LawTexts, Materials and Recent Developments:The Family Code of the Russian FederationThe Civil Code of The Russian Federation (Part 3, Section VI)Merchant Shipping Code of The Russian FederationCIDIP-VI: Model Inter-American Law on Secured TransactionsCIDIP-VI: Negotiable Inter-American Uniform through Bill of Lading for the International Carriage of Goods by RoadCIDIP-VI: Non-Negotiable Inter-American Uniform through Bill of Lading for the International Carriage of Goods by RoadBook Reviews:Kurt Siehr: Internationales Privatrecht. Deutsches und europäisches Kollisionsrecht für Studium und Praxis (Tito Ballarino)Marie-Elodie Ancel: La prestation caractéristique du contrat (Tito Ballarino)Books ReceivedIndex