First South American Congress of Private International Law

The First South American Congress of Private International Law was an international congress on private international law (or conflict of laws) and an ad-hoc codifier forum of international conflict of laws treaties held in Montevideo between 1888 and 1889, in which eight treaties and an additional protocol were passed. These were one of the first treaties on conflict of laws to come into force in the world.

Treaties

• Treaty on International Civil Law of 1889
• Treaty on International Commercial Law of 1889
• Treaty on International Procedural Law of 1889
• Treaty on International Criminal Law of 1889
• Treaty on Literary and Artistic Property of 1889
• Treaty on Trade and Factory Brands of 1889
• Treaty on Patents for Inventions of 1889
• Convention on the Exercise of Liberal Professions of 1889
• Additional Protocol to the Treaties of Montevideo of 1889

Bibliography

• Ramírez, Gonzalo (1888). Proyecto de Código de Derecho Internacional Privado y su comentario (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Félix Lajouane, Ed. OCLC 934160826.
• Fresnedo de Aguirre, Cecilia (April 2004). Curso de Derecho Internacional Privado (in Spanish). Vol. Tomo I: Parte General (2nd ed.). Montevideo: Fundación de Cultura Universitaria. pp. 127–133, 146–148. ISBN 978-9974-2-0391-0. OCLC 56034181. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: checksum (help); Unknown parameter |ignore-isbn-error= ignored (|isbn= suggested) (help)