international/comparative law

Handrlica on Exclusive Jurisdiction and Forum Shopping in the EU

September 01, 2010 13:41

Jakub Handrlica (Charles University in Prague - School of Law) has posted Exclusive Jurisdiction vs. Forum Shopping in European Nuclear Liability Law to SSRN. Abstract: Obviously, two rather contradictory principles regarding the jurisdiction are currently in force in the European...

Skinner on International Law Violations and "Arising Under" Jurisdiction

August 25, 2010 12:00

Professor Gwynne Skinner (Willamette University College of Law) has posted "When Customary International Law Violations 'Arise Under the Laws of the United States'" on SSRN. It will be published in the Brooklyn Journal of International Law. The abstract states: For...

Huang on Interregional Recognition & Enforcement of Civil & Commercial Judgments in China

August 18, 2010 12:00

Professor Jie Huang (Duke University School of Law; Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade School of Law) has posted "Interregional Recognition and Enforcement of Civil and Commercial Judgments: Lessons for China from US and EU Laws" on SSRN. It will be...

Rau on Primary Jurisdiction

August 17, 2010 12:00

Alan Scott Rau has posted Understanding (and Misunderstanding) "Primary Jurisdiction" to SSRN. Abstract: In our “Westphalian” regime of international arbitration, conflict and competition between national jurisdictions, with overlapping and yet plausible claims to supervise the process, become ine...

Kalajdzic on the Globalization of Class Actions in Canada

August 14, 2010 12:00

Professor Jasminka Kalajdzic (University of Windsor Faculty of Law) has posted "The Globalization of Class Actions: Canada" on SSRN. The abstract states: As part of an international group of scholars who came together in December 2007 to discuss and debate...