Introduction / Franco Ferrari and Diego P. Fernández Arroyo -- I. Certainty versus flexibility -- Certainty versus flexibility in the conflict of laws / Kermit Roosevelt III -- Certainty versus flexibility in the EU choice of law system / Francesca Ragno -- II. Party autonomy -- Foundation, limits and scope of party autonomy / Giuditta Cordero-Moss -- The scope and limits of party autonomy in international contracts : a comparative analysis / Symeon C. Symeonides -- III. Universal values -- Private international law and the question of universal values / Ralf Michaels -- Are there universal values in choice of law rules? Should there be any? / Mathias Reimann -- IV. Private international law and global governance issues -- Unlocking private international law's potential in global (migration) governance / Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm -- The present and prospective contribution of global private international law unification to global legal ordering / Hans van Loon -- V. The new challenges of extraterritoriality -- Extraterritoriality in the public and private enforcement of U.S. regulatory law / Hannah L. Buxbaum -- New challenges of extraterritoriality : superposing laws / Matthias Lehmann -- VI. Current developments in forum access : jurisdiction and forum non conveniens -- European perspectives on human rights litigation / Martina Mantovani and Burkhard Hess -- Judicial jurisdiction and forum access : the search for predictable rules / Linda J. Silberman -- VII. Recognition and enforcement of judgments -- New challenges in the recognition and enforcement of judgments / Ronald A. Brand -- New challenges in the context of recognition and enforcement of judgments / Andrea Bonomi -- VIII. Foreign law in domestic courts -- Foreign law in domestic courts : challenges and future developments / Yuko Nishitani -- The challenge of accommodating foreign law in domestic courts / Louise Ellen Teitz -- IX. Private international law in international arbitration -- Private international law in international arbitration / George A. Bermann -- Private international law and arbitration : arbitral determination of the law or rules of law governing the merits / Horacio A. Grigera Naón.