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"Andrew Dickinson's book is not only timely and likely to be of enduring interest, but is well-informed, practical and readable at the same time as being scholarly in content. It will be a pleasure to consult in the many cases in which reference to it will no doubt be made, and it is a pleasure to commend it now.
" - Lord Mance
"This book represents an essential, superbly useful, and relatively affordable English language reference work for either practitioners or academics who are concerned with matters arising from choices of law for non-contractual obligations before European courts. It sets a very high standard for the authors of what may be expected to be the companion volumes, concerning other imminent European Regulations, in the increasingly indispensable Oxford Private International Law Series and may be confidently recommended" - Jonathan Fitchen, Cambridge Law Journal
"As the regulation is directly applicable in all Member States except Denmark, there is a great need for a commentary explaining its provisions. I hope that updated editions of this valuable book will be published when called for by new case law, literature and other legal developments s"
"In this exceptionally thorough and well written volume, Andrew Dickinson provides a comprehensive analysis of the background, scope, and substanstive rules of the European Community's recent regulation on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations in civil and commercial matters. This book is an essential referent for anyone who practices EC law or works in the field of private international law" - American Branch of the International Law Association Newsletter
"In the calm before the storm of Rome II related litigation, Mr Dickinson's ambitious and excellent book provides stimulating reading. The book contains a detailed commentary that thoroughly analyses the patchwork materials that will inform the courts' interpretation of a deceptively difficult piece of legislation." - Andrew Scott, Law Quarterly Review,
"...presents a complete, clear and pragmatic vision, powerfully argued and illustrated by the existing case law....theoretically well informed and always interesting" - Horatia Muir Watt, Revue Critique de Droit International Privé
"It is likely to be indispensible for all who will ever have to do with the Rome II Regulation" - Michael Hellner, Svensk Juristtidning
"This book is an immense achievement. It is a signal contribution to our understanding of the Rome II Regulation at its inception, and is an invaluable resource for courts and advisers. It has got us off to the best possible start in understanding the provisions of the Regulation. We are 'primed', and owe a debt of gratitude to the author" - Professor E B Crawford, University of Glasgow, Edinburgh Law Review
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