This fourth revised edition examines systematically and in detail, the entire gamut of private international law as it operates in India and England with comparative references to other systems. It is a first in-depth study of this very complicated and formative subject by an eminent scholar. The work fulfils a long outstanding need of the student and practitioner alike. Having 25 chapters, the book has been divided into eight parts and the entire field of Private International Law has been covered under the following titles : Private International Law, its Scope, Nature and Definition, its Historical Development and Doctrines; Characterization; Renvoi : Application and Exclusion of Foreign Law; Domicile; Jurisdiction of Courts; Marriage; Matrimonial Causes; Legitimacy and Legitimation; Adoption; Guardianship and Custody of Minor Children; Corporations; Property and its Characterization; Immovable Property and its Assignment; Transfer of Tangible Movables; Assignment of Intangible Movables; Insolvency; Succession; Commercial Contracts; Negotiable Instruments; Torts; Law of Procedure; Stay of Actions; and Foreign Judgments. The work contains a very exhaustive subject-index, table of cases and table of statutes. The treatment is exhaustive and the style lucid and simple. In the words of a reviewer (Arshad Masood):