International Litigation and Arbitration

International Litigation and Arbitration
ISBN-10
0314159177
ISBN-13
9780314159175
Category
Law / International
Pages
1092
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
Thomson/West
Author
Andreas F. Lowenfeld

Description

Preface Acknowledgments Table of Cases Chapter Public Law and the Conflict of Laws The Public Law Taboo The Revenue Rule Reconsidered Jurisdiction to Prescribe A First Look at Extraterritoriality The Search for Criteria The Same Problems a Generation Later Jurisdiction of Courts The U.S. Supreme Court and Jurisdiction to Adjudicate Jurisdiction of Courts in Comparative Context: The European Perspective Suing a Multinational Enterprise Service of Process Across International Frontiers: The Hague Service Convention Property as a Basis of Jurisdiction Forum Non Conveniens, Lis Pendens, and Parallel Litigation Arbitration of International Disputes Forum Selection Clauses in International Transactions: Litigation, Arbitration, and the Question of Arbitrability A Primer on International Commercial Arbitration The United Nations Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards Judicial Review of Arbitral Awards at the Place of Arbitration ICSID, Bilateral Investment Treaties and Arbitration of Investment Disputes Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Development of the Law of Foreign Judgments in the United States Jurisdiction, Default Judgments and the Public Policy Defense Recognition of Foreign Judgments in Europe A Look Ahead: Can the Law of Judgments Go Global? The Act of State Doctrine The Act of State Doctrine Attempts to Limit the Act of State Doctrine Exceptions to Application of the Doctrine The Situs of Debts and the Act of State Doctrine Act of State in a Non-Expropriation Context Claims Against Foreign States in Domestic Courts The Development of Sovereign Immunity Law in the United States The Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act of 1976 Special Problems in Suing Foreign Governments and Instrumentalities Abuse of Human Rights, Terrorism, and Civil Litigation Resort to United States Courts: The Alient Tort Statute Expanded Resort to the Alien Tort Statute American Plaintiffs and Action in Congress Discovery of Information Located Abroad Introduction The Foreign Compulsion Defense Public and Private Interests Intertwined Law Enforcement and Secrecy Laws International Judicial Assistance.

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