Abstract:The terms ‘characterization’ (‘classification’) and ‘exercise of characterization’ refer in particular to the efforts made to determine which conflict of law rule — and in the sense presented in this paper, also rule on jurisdiction — which is part of the law of the forum State, should be applied to the circumstances of a particular case.
In relation to the norms of private international law of the European Union, the triumph of an autonomous characterization at first sight seems undeniable. The term aut… Show more
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