Sources of private international law

Open the Code of Civil Procedure and you will find sections on foreign judgments. Open the Indian Succession Act and you will find a section on the domicile of a deceased person. Open a law report and you will find a Privy Council or English decision on a contract made in Paris. None of these is labelled private international law, yet each is a part of it. Where, then, does a student look to find the rules of this subject, and how much weight does each source carry?

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Private international law has no single Indian code; its sources are domestic legislation, judicial decisions (Indian and persuasive English ones), treaties and conventions given effect by Parliament, and the writings of jurists.

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