The General Law of Private International Law of Uruguay and the application of foreign law. A development of concepts rooted in the origins of the Uruguayan and regional private international law system

Abstract

The notorious contemporary increase of international private relations and, beyond the methodological pluralism, the relevance of convenonal and national source regulations that respond to a conflictualist methodology, determines the appearance of a high number of legal situations linked to the application of foreign law. The General Law of Private International Law (arts. 2, 3 and 4), addresses in a systematic manner the issues directly related to the treatment of foreign law: application, interpretation, information and appealability of the decisions adopted in the cases in which its application corresponds.