Book excerpt: The Academy is an institution for the study and teaching of public and private international law and related subjects. Its purpose is to encourage a thorough and impartial examination of the problems arising from international relations in the field of law. The courses deal with the theoretical and practical aspects of the subject, including legislation and case law. All courses at the Academy are, in principle, published in the language in which they were delivered in the "Collected Courses of the" "Hague Academy of International Law." This volume containes: - La contribution de la Conference de La Haye au developpment du droit international prive, par A.E. VON OVERBECK, professeur emerite a l'Universite de Fribourg. - The Contribution of the Hague Conference to the Development of Private International Law in Latin America by A. BOGGIANO, Professor at the University of Buenos Aires. - The Contribution of the Hague Conference to the Development of Private International law in Common Law Countries by J.D. McCLEAN, Professor at the University of Sheffield. - The Incidental Question in Private International Law by T.S. SCHMIDT, Professor at the University of Aarhus.