Adjudicatory authority in private international law a comparative study /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Von Mehren, Arthur Taylor
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Gottschalk, Eckart
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, c2007.
Series:Hague Academy of International Law monographs ; v. 5.
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Table of Contents:
  • Adjudicatory authority : reasons for its existence and its principal types
  • The design of jurisdictional provisions
  • The emergence of jurisdictional theory in the United States and Germany
  • Basic themes and pervasive issues
  • The actor sequitur forum rei principle : are defendants jurisdictionally preferred? Should they be?
  • Consent and adjudicatory authority : consequences of splitting causes of action, participating as a litigant, and choice of forum agreements
  • Forum shopping and fine-tuning : herein of forum non conveniens, antisuit injunctions, and lis pendens
  • Convergence and compromise in private international law : the role of international instruments.