National codifications of Private International Law: General Law of Uruguay No. 19.920

Occupation: Head of the Department of General and Interbranch Legal Disciplines, Faculty of Law, National Research University “The Higher School of Economics”
Affiliation: National Research University “The Higher School of Economics”
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Irina Get’man-Pavlova

Occupation: associate Professor, Department of Legal Regulation of Business, Faculty of Law
Affiliation: National Research University "Higher School of Economics"
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Alexandra Kasatkina

Occupation: Deputy Head of the Department of Legal Regulation of Business, Faculty of Law
Affiliation: National Research University "Higher School of Economics"
Address: Russian Federation

Journal name

Gosudarstvo i pravo

Edition

Issue 10

Pages

133-148

Abstract

The processes of national codification of Private International Law and International Civil Procedure in the modern world are characterized by high intensity, but each state demonstrates its own specific features. In this regard, Latin American countries are of great interest – the codified Private International Law appeared in many of them already in the XIX century, and then the processes of its regional unification began. Despite the fact that the national Private International Law in all these countries was initially internationally oriented, each legislator solved the issues of its systematization in his own way. In view of this, it is of interest to undertake a brief analysis of the General Law on Private International Law of Uruguay, which was adopted in 2020 and entered into force in 2021. The research is aimed at clarifying and understanding the motives for the recodification of Private International Law / International Civil Procedure of Uruguay; analyzing the method (form) of codification and identifying the reasons for its election; evaluating the method of codification and the main novelties that have been consolidated in the new normative act. During the research, the relevant legal methodology was used: comparative legal and dialectical methods, methods of historical analysis, semantic and dogmatic interpretation of the law. Analysis of the General Law of Uruguay allows us to conclude that the method of two-fold codification of Private International Law / International Civil Procedure chosen by the legislator is not entirely successful: it lacks the most important part - the rules on recognition and enforcement of foreign decisions. An autonomous complex codification of Private International Law / International Civil Procedure has been carried out in the country, but it turned out to be logically incomplete. The new General Law deserves high evaluation for its content, successfully combining traditional Latin American approaches with the latest developments present in international acts and doctrinal studies.

Keywords

Private International Law, Uruguay, codification, conflict of laws rules, international jurisdiction, conflict and procedural party autonomy

Acknowledgment

The article was prepared with the help of the SPS “ConsultantPlus”.

Received

22.03.2022

Publication date

27.11.2023

Number of characters

60048

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GOST	Erpyleva N., Get’man-Pavlova I., Kasatkina A. National codifications of Private International Law: General Law of Uruguay No. 19.920 // Gosudarstvo i pravo – 2023. – Issue 10 C. 133-148 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://gospravo-journal.ru/S102694520027960-7-1 (circulation date: 23.03.2025). DOI: 10.31857/S102694520027960-7
MLA	Erpyleva, Natalia, Get’man-Pavlova, Irina, Kasatkina, Alexandra "National codifications of Private International Law: General Law of Uruguay No. 19.920." Gosudarstvo i pravo 10 (2023):133-148. DOI: 10.31857/S102694520027960-7
APA	Erpyleva N., Get’man-Pavlova I., Kasatkina A. (2023). National codifications of Private International Law: General Law of Uruguay No. 19.920. Gosudarstvo i pravo (10), pp.133-148 DOI: 10.31857/S102694520027960-7

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