International Commercial Litigation
Text, Cases and Materials on Private International Law

Retaining its practical emphasis, this new edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect important new developments.

Trevor C. Hartley (Author)

9781107095892, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 2 July 2015

964 pages, 2 b/w illus.
25.3 x 18.5 x 4.6 cm, 2.04 kg

'This textbook provides students and others interested in international commercial litigation with an excellent and accessible analysis from an EU, English, Canadian and US perspective. It covers the full breadth of international jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments, selected other topics of procedure and choice of law rules, and is richly illustrated by case law and references to the relevant rules. Hartley manages to strike a good balance between an insightful overview of the subject and an in-depth analysis of topical issues.' Xandra E. Kramer, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Taking a fresh and modern approach to the subject, this fully revised and restructured textbook provides everything necessary to gain a good understanding of international commercial litigation. Adopting a comparative stance, it provides extensive coverage of US and Commonwealth law, in addition to the core areas of English and EU law. Extracts from key cases and legislative acts are designed to meet the practical requirements of litigators as well as explaining the ideas behind legal provisions. Significant updates include new material on the recast of the Brussels I Regulation, the impact of EU law on choice-of-court agreements and arbitration agreements, and controversial decisions on antisuit injunctions. A companion website features important updates to the law.

Part I. Starting Off: 1. Introduction
Part II. Jurisdiction: 2. Jurisdiction: an analysis
3. Jurisdiction under EU law
4. EU law: special jurisdiction
5. The traditional English rules
6. Developments in Canada
7. US law: an outline
8. Choice-of-court agreements
9. Jurisdictional conflicts: the common-law approach
10. Jurisdictional conflicts: the EU approach
11. Special topic I: product liability
12. Special topic II: defamation
Part III. Foreign Judgments: 13. Introduction to Part III
14. EU law
15. English law: jurisdiction
16. English law: defences
17. The Canadian conflicts (judgments) revolution
18. US law: some highlights
Part IV. Procedure: 19. Freezing assets
20. Obtaining evidence abroad: forum procedures
21. Obtaining evidence abroad: international co-operation
Part V. Choice of Law: 22. Introduction to choice of law
23. Torts
24. Contracts: the principle of party autonomy
25. Contracts: legal policy and choice of law
26. The common-law countries: regulating business, protecting employees and helping consumers
27. Foreign currency
28. Property: tangible movables
29. Contractual rights and property interests – I
30. Contractual rights and property interests – II
31 Contractual rights and property interests – III.

Subject Areas: Company, commercial & competition law [LNC], Public international law [LBB], Law [L]