Papers from a two day conference held in Sydney in April 2013, organised by Sydney and Griffith Law Schools.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Facing outwards : Australian private international law in the 21st century / Roger Wilkins AO and Thomas John -- Improving Australian private international law / Mary Keyes -- Incoherence in Australian private international laws / The Honourable James Allsop and Daniel Ward -- Rationalisation and rationale : approaching the reform of rules for the assertion of jurisdiction over foreign defendants / Andrew Bell SC -- Uniformity of outcome in Australian choice of law / Richard Garnett -- Together alone : integrating the Tasman world / Reid Mortensen -- Trans-Tasman court proceedings and regulatory enforcement / David Goddard -- What, if anything, can Australia learn from the EU experience? / Andrew Dickinson -- A view from Australia's regional partners : recent developments in New Zealand and Singapore / Elsabe Schoeman and Adeline Chong -- Reducing legal complexity of cross-border transactions and relationships : driving micro-economic reform through the establishment of more cohesive and clearer jurisdictional, applicable law and choice of court rules -- Harmonisation of the Forum conveniens tests in Australian and Trans-Tasman proceedings : a discussion paper.

Consultation paper 1: Consultation paper 2: