Levina D.A.

This article is devoted to the analysis of the theory of the German scholar Friedrich Carl von Savigny on the use of the place of contractual performance as a connecting factor for the purposes of determining applicable law, as well as a criterion determining international jurisdiction in the domain of contractual matters. Savigny’s theory influenced dramatically private international law and international civil procedure of continental Europe. Accordingly, analysis of this theory allows to understand the logic of solutions developed in the European private international law and the law of international civil procedure for contractual matters.