3.2 Connecting Factors

The definition: the law-locator (the point's-contact (the relationship's-fact (the "where-does-this- legal-relationship-belong?"))); The catalogue (the exam's-list): the nationality (the person's- state (the civil-law's-favourite)); the domicile (the permanent-home (the common-law's (the U4's- own-unit))); the habitual-residence (the modern's-compromise (the Brussels's-and-the-Hague's (the U4's)); the place-of-celebration (the marriage's-locus (the form's)); the situs (the property's- place (the rem's)); the place-of-performance (the obligation's (the contract's-fact)); the place-of- the-tort (the wrong's-place (the delict's)); the party-autonomy (the choice's (the connecting- factor's-revolution (the U6's))); The factors'-conflicts-and-flex: the alternative-referencing (the validity-favouring (the "whichever-validates" (the marriage's-pilot))); the accumulation (the double- factor (the protective's)); the escaping-techniques (the public-policy's (the evasion's (the fraus's))).