We provide a logical analysis of private international law, the body of law establishing when courts of a country should decide a case (jurisdiction) and what legal system they should apply to this purpose (choice of law). A formal model of the resulting interaction among multiple legal systems is proposed based on modular argumentation. It is argued that the model provided might be useful for ...

“human dignity” is mentioned in both the instruments of international human rights and the national constitutions of countries, and is often recognized either as a justification of “rights” or as one of the constitutional rights. this issue has a special place in the constitution of iran as well. consistent with the international and national human rights instruments, in different legal systems...

with the emergence of new legal regimes such as intellectual property rights, new complexities in the process of determination of applicable law are involved in private international law. the dilution of physical center of gravity for disputes related to intellectual property rights and the effects of utilitarianism in law with an emphasis on public interest has led to the adoption of new metho...