Forum Non Conveniens : History, Global Practice, and Future under the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements


Ronald A. Brand
Bok Engelsk 2007 · Electronic books.
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New York : : Oxford University Press, , c2007.
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1 online resource (359 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - ""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"". - ""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"". - ""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"". - ""E. Forum non conveniens and international comity""""F. Discretion to dismiss in whole or in part""; ""G. The nationality of the plaintiff""; ""H. Parallel litigation and forum selection clauses""; ""I. State or federal law?""; ""J. Jurisdiction and forum non conveniens""; ""K. Non-uniformity among the states""; ""IV. Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 4: CANADA""; ""I. Common law development of forum non conveniens""; ""A. One doctrine, three purposes""; ""B. Amchem Products: Clarifying the modern doctrine""; ""II. Discretion to decline jurisdiction in the Québec Civil Code"". - ""IV. Conclusions: similarity with distinctions"". - ""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"". - 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.
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