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PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW IN COMMONWEALTH AFRICA This book provides a comprehensive and comparative examination of privateinternationallawinCommonwealthAfrica.Itoffersanunrivalled breadthofcoverage initsexamination ofthelawinBotswana, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa,Swaziland,Tanzania,Uganda,ZambiaandZimbabwe. Drawingonnearly1,500casesdecidedbycourtsinthesecountries,and numerous national statutes, this book covers the four cornerstones of private international law: jurisdiction, choice of law, foreign judgments and arbitral awards enforcement, and international civil procedure. The book is clearly and logically structured – it is organised around broad themes or issues, with country reports, and accompanied by detailed commentaries. The author also provides an extensive bibliography of the literature on African private international law. Scholars and practi- tionersalikewillfindPrivateInternationalLawinCommonwealthAfrica invaluableandilluminating. dr richard frimpong oppong is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Law at Thompson Rivers University in Canada. He was the DirectorofStudiesinPrivateInternationalLawatTheHagueAcademyof InternationalLawin2012.Hehaspublishednumerousarticlesandbooks, and has been cited by the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth CircuitandbytheSouthAfricanSupremeCourtofAppeal. PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW IN COMMONWEALTH AFRICA RICHARD FRIMPONG OPPONG UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYork CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learningandresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521199698 ©RichardFrimpongOppong2013 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2013 PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyCPIGroupLtd,CroydonCR04YY AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloguinginPublicationdata Oppong,RichardFrimpong,1978– PrivateinternationallawinCommonwealthAfrica/RichardFrimpongOppong. pages cm ISBN978-0-521-19969-8(Hardback) 1. Conflictoflaws–Africa,English-speaking. I. Title. KQC126.O672013 340.9096009171241–dc23 2013007045 ISBN978-0-521-19969-8Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication, anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. To Mary Adjei Maame, thank you. CONTENTS Foreword xi Preface xv Table of cases xvii List of abbreviations lvi Introduction lviii part i Preliminary matters 1 1 Conceptual issues in choice of law 3 Characterisation,incidentalquestionandrenvoi 4 Substanceandprocedure 7 2 Foreign law 12 Nature,existenceandproofofforeignlaw 12 Exclusionofforeignlaw 23 3 Domicile 27 Domicileoforiginanddomicileofchoice 27 Domicileofdependency 39 part ii Jurisdiction 45 4 Bases of jurisdiction 47 Thecommonlawcountries 47 TheRoman-Dutchlawcountries 68 5 Forum non conveniens, lis alibi pendens and forum selection agreements 91 6 Limitations on jurisdiction 112 Jurisdictionalimmunities 112 Capacitytosue 126 vii viii contents part iii Obligations 129 7 Contract 131 Ascertainingtheapplicablelaw 131 Limitations on party autonomy and application of the proper law 138 Scopeoftheapplicablelaw 142 8 Torts 149 9 Foreign currency obligations 154 10 Bills of exchange 168 part iv Family law 179 11 Marriage 181 Natureofmarriage 181 Formalandessentialvalidityofmarriage 183 Marriageandpropertyrightsofspouses 186 12 Matrimonial causes 190 Jurisdictioninmatrimonialcauses 190 Choiceoflawinmatrimonialcauses 199 Recognitionofforeigndecrees 200 Enforcementofforeignmaintenanceorders 206 13 Children 221 Adoption 221 Surrogacyagreements 232 Custody,guardianshipandabduction 235 Custodyandabduction–HagueConventioncases 240 Legitimacyandlegitimation 245 part v Property, succession and administration of estates 253 14 Property 255 Natureandlegalsitusofproperty 255 Jurisdictionoverproperty 257 Ownershipandtransferofimmovableandmovableproperty 261 Insolvencyandbankruptcy 264 Trusts 276 Intellectualproperty 277
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