Foreword, Mr Dammu Ravi (Ministry of External Affairs, India and India''s BRICS Sherpa, 2023) Marta Pertegás Sender (University of Antwerp, Belgium; Maastricht University, the Netherlands) Part 1 1. Introduction: Thematic Statement, Stellina Jolly (South Asian University, India; University of Johannesburg, South Africa) and Saloni Khanderia (OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India; University of Johannesburg, South Africa) 2. The Internal Unity of Private International Law, Sagi Peari (University of Western Australia) Part 2: The Jurisdiction of Courts and the Initiation of Claims in International Civil and Commercial Matters 3. Brazil, Agatha Brandão de Oliveira (University of Lucerne, Switzerland) and Felipe Albuquerque (Sciences Po School of Law, France) 4. Russia, Natalia Erpyleva (Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia) 5. India, Saloni Khanderia (OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India; University of Johannesburg, South Africa) 6. China, Zheng Sophia Tang (Wuhan University Institute of International Law, China; University of Newcastle, UK) and Ting Liao (Wuhan University Institute of International Law, China) 7. South Africa, Garth J.

Bouwers (University of Johannesburg, South Africa) 8. Concluding Remarks, Stellina Jolly (South Asian University, India; University of Johannesburg, South Africa) and Saloni Khanderia (OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India; University of Johannesburg, South Africa) Part 3: Private International Law in Personal Matters 9. Brazil, Marcos Vinícius Torres (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 10. Russia, Voytovich Elena (Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia) 11. India, Stellina Jolly (South Asian University, India; University of Johannesburg, South Africa) 12. China, Guangjian Tu (University of Macau, China) 13. South Africa, Marlene Wethmar Lemmer (University of South Africa) 14. Concluding Remarks Stellina Jolly (South Asian University, India; University of Johannesburg, South Africa) and Saloni Khanderia (OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India; University of Johannesburg, South Africa) Part 4: Private International Law of Obligations 15.

Brazil, Claudia Lima Marques (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) and Tatiana Squeff (Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil) 16. Russia, Vladimir Orlov (Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia; University of Helsinki, Finland) 17. India, Saloni Khanderia (OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India; University of Johannesburg, South Africa) 18. China, Guangjian Tu (University of Macau, China) 19. South Africa, Jan L Neels (University of Johannesburg, South Africa) 20. Concluding Remarks, Stellina Jolly (South Asian University, India; University of Johannesburg, South Africa) and Saloni Khanderia (OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India; University of Johannesburg, South Africa) Part 5: The Execution of Foreign Decisions in International Civil and Commercial Matters 21. Brazil, Claudia Lima Marques (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) and Tatiana Squeff (Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil) 22. Russia.

Stepan Sultanov (KIAP, Russia) 23. India, Saloni Khanderia (OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India; University of Johannesburg, South Africa) 24. China, Wenliang Zhang (Renmin University of China) 25. South Africa, Pontian Okoli (University of Stirling, UK) 26. Concluding Remarks, Stellina Jolly (South Asian University, India; University of Johannesburg, South Africa) and Saloni Khanderia (OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India; University of Johannesburg, South Africa) Part 6 27. Private International Law in BRICS and the EU - Some Reciprocal Lessons, Anatol Dutta (Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Germany) 28. Concluding Remarks: Convergences, Divergences and Some Reciprocal Lessons, Stellina Jolly (South Asian University, India; University of Johannesburg, South Africa) and Saloni Khanderia (OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India; University of Johannesburg, South Africa).