Yearbook of Private International Law. Volume XVIII, Yearbook of Private International Law Vol. XVIII - 2016/2017

basically applies to both immovables and movables, although with regard to the latter, there is no unanimity; some jurisdictions in the United States still adhere to the former principle applying the law of the owner's domicile. For example, this is the case with regard to movable property according to the Civil Code of California, which establishes in Sect. 946: "[i]f there is no law to the contrary, in the place where personal property is situated, it is deemed to follow the person of its owner, and is governed by the law of his domicile." 4 On a similar note, the 2001 version of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, with regard to the law governing perfection and priority of security interests, provides in § 9-301(1) that, "while a debtor is located in a jurisdiction, the local law of that jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a security interest in collateral." Despite these divergent conflict rules, the vast majority of modern conflicts statutes refer to the lex rei sitae or lex situs at least as the starting point of private international law in the area of proprietary or in rem rights. 5 The only legislation that ranks the lex situs with regard to movables second, after party autonomy, is the Chinese Act on Private International Law of 2010. 6 Various reasons reflecting the considerations above have been given in legal literature for the lex situs rule, namely its simplicity, common sense and 3 K. KREUZER, La propriété mobilière en droit international privé, Recueil des cours 1996 (259), p. 9-318 at 45; citing a large number of statutory provisions from across the globe, the author concludes: "[a]insi on peut constater que la plupart des lois de droit international privé se satisfont pour l'essentiel de la règle du situs pour les biens meubles et immeubles complétée ici et là de quelques règles spéciales." See also D. GIRSBERGER, From 2005 on the Yearbook of Private International Law is published by s.elp in cooperation with the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law. This English-language annual publication provides analysis and information on private international law developments world-wide. The editors commission articles of enduring importance concerning the most significant trends in the field. The Yearbook also devotes attention to the important work and research carried out in the context of the Hague Con­ference, The Hague Acadamy, UNCITRAL and UNIDROIT. The authority of the editors and the lasting nature of the works included make the Yearbook an integral addition to the libraries of international law scholars and practitioners. “I have no qualms in presenting this Yearbook as a most valuable source of information to those whose main area of scholarship and professional interest revolves around private international law. This is, in essence, a fair assessment of the Yearbook's main accomplishment.”The American Review of International Arbitration, 11:3 (2000), re Volume I of the Yearbook

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