Renvoi Essay
2014 ZAB Q1 “The doctrine of renvoi and the contested distinction between questions
of substance and question of procedure significantly undermine the
certainty and predictability of choice of law rule”. Discuss.
2014 Oct -
2015 ZAB Q1 “The doctrine of renvoi is a product of academic theorising and should
not have a place in the conflict of laws.” Discuss.
2015 Oct -
2016 ZAB Q1 “The field conflict of laws is filled with concepts that sound strange even
to the ear of a trained lawyer. Amongst the strangest of these is that of
‘renvoi’”. Critically discuss this statement.
2016 Oct -
2017 ZAB -
2017 Oct Q1 “The paper and ink devoted to the renvoi problem had already been so
great a number of years ago that one author recorded in despair that
‘Juristic speculation has been almost infinite’.” (Dean Erwin Griswold).
Discuss the above statement taking into account the application of the
doctrine of renvoi by English courts.
2018 ZAB Q2 “It is claimed that by applying renvoi an English court is surrendering to
a foreign court, in that instead of applying the English choice of law rule
it is effectively applying the Utopian or Ruritanian choice of law”.
Discuss.
2018 Oct -
2019 ZAB Q2 “Renvoi leads always to international harmony of decision”. Discuss.
2019 Oct 6 “The doctrine of renvoi and the contested distinction between questions
of substance and questions of procedure significantly undermine the
certainty and predictability of choice of law rules.” Discuss.
2020 ZA Q1 “it is hardly an argument for the doctrine of total renvoi that it is workable
only if the other country reject it”. Critically discuss this statement.
2020 ZB Q2 “The doctrine of renvoi should be abolished so that any reference to a
foreign system of law should only refer to its domestic law”. Critically
discuss this statement.
2020 Oct “The doctrine of renvoi is convoluted and a product of academic
theorising, and should not have a place in the conflict of laws.” Critically
discuss this statement.
2014 ZAB Q1 “The doctrine of renvoi and the contested distinction between questions
of substance and question of procedure significantly undermine the
certainty and predictability of choice of law rule”. Discuss.
2014 Oct -
2015 ZAB Q1 “The doctrine of renvoi is a product of academic theorising and should
not have a place in the conflict of laws.” Discuss.
2015 Oct -
2016 ZAB Q1 “The field conflict of laws is filled with concepts that sound strange even
to the ear of a trained lawyer. Amongst the strangest of these is that of
‘renvoi’”. Critically discuss this statement.
2016 Oct -
2017 ZAB -
2017 Oct Q1 “The paper and ink devoted to the renvoi problem had already been so
great a number of years ago that one author recorded in despair that
‘Juristic speculation has been almost infinite’.” (Dean Erwin Griswold).
Discuss the above statement taking into account the application of the
doctrine of renvoi by English courts.
2018 ZAB Q2 “It is claimed that by applying renvoi an English court is surrendering to
a foreign court, in that instead of applying the English choice of law rule
it is effectively applying the Utopian or Ruritanian choice of law”.
Discuss.
2018 Oct -
2019 ZAB Q2 “Renvoi leads always to international harmony of decision”. Discuss.
2019 Oct 6 “The doctrine of renvoi and the contested distinction between questions
of substance and questions of procedure significantly undermine the
certainty and predictability of choice of law rules.” Discuss.
2020 ZA Q1 “it is hardly an argument for the doctrine of total renvoi that it is workable
only if the other country reject it”. Critically discuss this statement.
2020 ZB Q2 “The doctrine of renvoi should be abolished so that any reference to a
foreign system of law should only refer to its domestic law”. Critically
discuss this statement.
2020 Oct “The doctrine of renvoi is convoluted and a product of academic
theorising, and should not have a place in the conflict of laws.” Critically
discuss this statement.
