{"product_id":"conflicts-of-worldviews-and-private-sandrine-brachotte-9781509978533","title":"Conflicts of Worldviews and Private International Law: A Case for Decolonial Plurality of Law in Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book connects European private international law with decolonial theory.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDecolonial theory calls for alternative modes of producing legal knowledge - ones that give greater weight to the worldviews of formerly colonised peoples across the globe, including in Europe. At the same time, private international law has been described as a particularly suitable field for welcoming more otherness (\u003ci\u003ealtérité\u003c\/i\u003e) in European law. This book therefore develops a decolonial theory of European private international law. To do so, it begins with Western court cases involving what the author terms a 'conflict of worldviews': a clash between the legal frameworks governing the dispute and the worldviews of the formerly colonised parties involved, referred to here as 'postcolonised worldviews'. Through three case studies - respectively addressing religious arbitration, Indigenous sacred land, and faith-based politics - the book demonstrates that courts routinely overlook these conflicts. As a result, the claims of formerly colonised parties are inadequately addressed. To remedy this structural discrimination within European private international law, the book proposes a pluralised theory of choice of court, foreign law, and international jurisdiction, more inclusive of the postcolonised worldviews present in the case studies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is an important work, thought-provoking and challenging, which should be read by private international law and comparative law scholars, and more generally by legal and non-legal scholars interested in legal theory and decoloniality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sandrine Brachotte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1509978534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509978533\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hart Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d","brand":"Sandrine Brachotte","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48799192383743,"sku":"9781509978533","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/conflicts-of-worldviews-and-private-sandrine-brachotte-9781509978533","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}