From the publisher : Kurt H. Nadelmann, born May 4, 1900 in Berlin, Germany. J.U.D., Freiburg im Breisgau, 1921; Licencié en droit, Paris, 1934. Judge in Berlin until 1933; with law firm in Versailles until 1940; Asst. Prof. of Law, University of Pennsylvania, 1947-1950; Adjunct Prof, of Law, New York University, 1949-1963; Research Scholar, Harvard Law School, 1961-1966, Member of the Faculty Emeritus since 1966. Member of the Advisory Committee of the Secretary of State on Private International Law since 1964; Member of the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Com parative Law since 1952. Known especially for his writings on Conflict of Laws, many of which are translated into several languages, the author has drawn on an unusual experience. A judge in Berlin until the advent of Hitler and involved in French law practice until the War, after his arrival in the United States he broadened his interests from comparative bankruptcy law to its con flicts aspects and to conflict of laws in general, including history, constitu tional aspects, unification of law and treaties. He had a part in the develop ments leading to United States membership in The Hague Conference on Private International Law, sessions of which he attended as a member of United States delegations. A teacher at leading schools, today he is Re search Scholar and Member of the Faculty Emeritus of the Law School of Harvard University and continues research and writing in his special fields. Nadelmann's scholarly writings have been influential in the development of legal thought and policy in a number of directions. These include, to name only a few, strengthening the recognition of foreign money-judgments in the United States, the possibility of recourse to uniform laws as an alternative to conventions in order to achieve uniformity in conflicts laws, and the alerting of the international community to the dangers of abuse created by laws permitting "jurisdictionally improper fora." Edited by three of his colleagues at Harvard, the volume of Essays here presented opens with a Vita by David F. Cavers and an Introduction to the Writings by Arthur von Mehren. Fifteen essays are included, collected under the headings: Conflicts Doctrines and Theories; Conventions on Conflicts; Jurisdiction and Judgments; Bankruptcy; Comparative Law. Topical bibliographies are given of Dr, Nadelmann's writings not reprinted in the volume.