Forum non conveniens : history, global practice, and future under the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements / Ronald A. Brand, Scott R. Jablonski.

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Publication details:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Record id:
59428
Series:
CILE studies.
Subject:
Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements -- (2005)
Forum Non Conveniens.
Conflict of laws -- Jurisdiction.
Contents:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Common law Forum Non Conveniens: four countries, four approaches
The United Kingdom
The United States
Canada
Australia
Similarities and differences in common law Forum Non Conveniens doctrine
Related doctrines in civil law systems
The global search for a convention on jurisdiction and judgments and related projects addressing Lis Pendens and declining jurisdiction
The future for now: Forum Non Conveniens and the 2005 Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements.
Summary:
Giving an in-depth analysis of the doctrine of forum non conveniens as it has evolved, this book focuses on four major common law countries - UK, US, Canada, and Australia. It analyzes the similarities and differences of the doctrine among those four countries, comparing this to analogous laws found in civil law countries.
Note:
Includes index.
Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. (Oxford Scholarship Online). Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher) or Firefox 2.0 (or higher). Available as searchable text in HTML format. Access restricted to subscribing institutions.
Variant title:
Oxford scholarship online. Law collection.
ISBN:
9780195329278
Phys. description:
xv, 342 p. ; 26 cm