private international law

Mills: Towards a Public International Perspective on Private International Law: Variable Geometry and Peer Governance

Jacob Katz Cogan
March 20, 2012 16:50

Alex Mills (Univ. College London - Law) has posted Towards a Public International Perspective on Private International Law: Variable Geometry and Peer Governance. Here's the abstract:This paper argues that private international law rules constitute a form of international ‘public’ ordering or...

Supreme Court of Canada Affirms Importance of Jurisdiction Agreements

March 16, 2012 15:59

In Momentous.ca Corp v Canadian American Assn of Professional Baseball Ltd, 2012 SCC 9 (available here) the court has affirmed its willingness to give effect to exclusive jurisdiction agreements in favour of a foreign forum.  The decision is brief (12 paragraphs) and was released only just over a...

Garnett: Substance and Procedure in Private International Law

Jacob Katz Cogan
March 13, 2012 09:03

Richard Garnett (Univ. of Melbourne - Law) has published Substance and Procedure in Private International Law (Oxford Univ. Press 2012). Here's the abstract:When the law of a foreign country is selected or pleaded by a claimant or defendant, a question arises as to whether the issue pertains to...

Article on Global Class Actions in Canada

September 26, 2011 15:44

Associate Professor Tanya Monestier of the Roger Williams University School of Law has written an article on the willingness of Canadian courts to hear class actions involving a global plaintiff class. It is entitled ”Is Canada the New ‘Shangri-La’ of Global Securities Class...

Jurisdiction Based on a Domain Name

August 09, 2011 10:35

In Tucows.Com Co. v. Lojas Renner S.A., 2011 ONCA 548 (available here) the Court of Appeal for Ontario considered whether to take jurisdiction in a dispute over the ownership of an internet domain name.  Tucows is a Nova Scotia corporation with its principal office in Ontario.  Renner is a...