pbThis collection of essays contains in-depth analyses of eighteen landmark cases in private international law, from iPenn v Lord Baltimorei in 1750 to iBrownlie v FS Cairo Nile Plaza LLC iin 2021. bThe contributors are experts drawn from academia and practice as well as from the bench. pCase law has been a central driver in the legal development of the English conflict of laws. Judge-made law does not just supply a source of law itself but also acts as the crucible in which other sources of law - legislation, international Treaty, European regulation, and ideas generated by jurists such as Joseph Story and Albert Venn Dicey - have been tested and applied. pThis book sheds new light on the past and future evolution of private international law by focusing on the landmark cases which have fundamentally shaped the way that we think about this subject. The focus is on the English common law, but landmarks in Scotland, Australia and Canada are covered as well. Many of them concern disputes