Lex causae

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In international private law, the lex causae ( Latin for about the law applicable to the individual case ) is the law which, according to the conflict of law rules, is decisive in the matter itself. The term lex fori ( Latin law of the place of jurisdiction ), on the other hand, describes the law applicable at the place of the court seised.

When a judge is dealing with a case with an international dimension, he has to determine through qualification which law is to be applied in this case. Under certain conditions, this is the lex fori. Usually, the lex fori is decisive for procedural questions, regardless of the relevant lex causae.

The Rome Convention lays down uniform standards for the law applicable to contractual obligations in the European Union .

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  1. lex causae / lex fori website of the European Commission , glossary
  2. M. Andrae: Qualification in international private and procedural law (general part), University of Potsdam , 2010
  3. Convention 80/934 / EEC on the law applicable to contractual obligations, which was opened for signature in Rome on June 19, 1980 EUR-Lex, accessed on March 7, 2016