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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Brand Ronald A
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| Titolo: |
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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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (359 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 347.012 |
| Soggetto topico: | Forum non conveniens |
| Conflict of laws - Jurisdiction | |
| Altri autori: |
JablonskiScott R
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""CHAPTER 1: COMMON LAW FORUM NON CONVENIENS: FOUR COUNTRIES, FOUR APPROACHES""; ""CHAPTER 2: THE UNITED KINGDOM""; ""I. Scotland: From forum non competens to most appropriate forum""; ""II. England: From reticence to recognition""; ""A. First steps: the oppressive and vexatious principle""; ""B. The most suitable forum approach""; ""C. Modern forum non conveniens doctrine in England""; ""III. The impact of the Brussels Convention and Regulation""; ""A. The basic framework""; ""B. Owusu v. Jackson"" |
| ""IV. Current forum non conveniens analysis in the United Kingdom""""CHAPTER 3: THE UNITED STATES""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. Early development""; ""A. Admiralty roots in the federal courts""; ""B. State courts and constitutional issues""; ""C. Extending the doctrine beyond admiralty cases""; ""III. Modern forum non conveniens doctrine""; ""A. Gilbert and Koster: The foundations of current doctrine""; ""B. Federal transfer rules""; ""C. Jurisdictional developments limiting the need for forum non conveniens""; ""D. Refinement in the Supreme Court: Piper Aircraft"" | |
| ""CHAPTER 5: AUSTRALIA""""I. Between ""vexation and oppression"" and the ""most appropriate forum""""; ""II. The ""clearly inappropriate forum"" test""; ""A. Oceanic Sun Line Special Shipping Co. Inc. v. Fay""; ""B. Voth v. Manildra Flour Mills Pty. Ltd""; ""C. Dow Jones & Co., Inc. v. Gutnick""; ""III. Internal case allocation: the Cross-Vesting Act""; ""IV. Summary and conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 6: SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN COMMON LAW FORUM NON CONVENIENS DOCTRINE""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. Similarities in forum non conveniens doctrines"" | |
| ""A. The requirement of an available, alternative forum""""B. Allocation of the general burden of proof on the defendant""; ""C. Consideration of private interest factors""; ""D. Trial court discretion in applying forum non conveniens analysis""; ""E. Ability to impose conditions on a stay or dismissal""; ""F. Benefits of existing similarities in comparative analysis""; ""III. Differences in forum non conveniens doctrines""; ""A. Distinctions setting Australia apart""; ""B. Distinctions setting the United States apart""; ""C. Other distinctions"" | |
| ""IV. Conclusions: similarity with distinctions"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Forum non conveniens |
| ISBN: | 0-19-985534-X |
| 1-283-11608-1 | |
| 9786613116086 | |
| 0-19-974508-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910511508503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
CILE studies ; ; v. 3.