Adjudicatory authority in private international law
Subtitle: a comparative study
By: by Arthur T. von Mehren ; completed with the assistance of Dr. Eckart Gottschalk.
Contributors: Gottschalk, Eckart.
Series: Hague Academy of International Law monographs -- v. 5
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9789004158818
Subjects: Conflict of laws -- Jurisdiction; Jurisdiction (International law); Forum shopping; Conflict of laws -- Jurisdiction -- Europe
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Adjudicatory authority : reasons for its existence and its principal types; title: The design of jurisdictional provisions; title: The emergence of jurisdictional theory in the United States and Germany; title: Basic themes and pervasive issues; title: The actor sequitur forum rei principle : are defendants jurisdictionally preferred? Should they be?; title: Consent and adjudicatory authority : consequences of splitting causes of action, participating as a litigant, and choice of forum agreements; title: Forum shopping and fine-tuning : herein of forum non conveniens, antisuit injunctions, and lis pendens; title: Convergence and compromise in private international law : the role of international instruments.