Title: Adjudicatory authority in private international law : a comparative study /
Authors: Von Mehren, Arthur Taylor.; Gottschalk, Eckart.
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Conflict of laws Jurisdiction.; Jurisdiction (International law); Forum shopping.; Conflict of laws Jurisdiction Europe.
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.