Frontmatter -- Vorwort -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Abkürzungen -- Einleitung -- 1. Kapitel: Das Modell Savignys -- 2. Kapitel: Das amerikanische Kollisionsrecht von Joseph Story bis zur „Local Law Theory" -- 3. Kapitel: „Rechtszwecke" und „Gemeininteressen" in den kollisionsrechtlichen...

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