%0 Book Section %T Principle 5 Applicable law publisher Springer %D 2026 %@ https://hdl.handle.net/10433/27412 %X In this chapter, the author analyzes Principle 5 (“Applicable Law”), the only principle in Section II (“Private International Law”). The study is structured in five sections: context, purpose and nature, preparatory work, relationship with other instruments, and final considerations. %K Private International Law %K Digital Assets %K Party Autonomy %~