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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brand, Ronald A.

Contributor:

Jablonski, Scott R.

University of Pittsburgh. Center for International Legal Education.

Series:

CILE studies ; v. 3.

CILE studies ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forum non conveniens.

Conflict of laws--Jurisdiction.

Conflict of laws.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (359 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-985534-X

1-283-11608-1

9786613116086

0-19-974508-0

OCLC:

922970474