Jurisdiction in International Litigation

Transport and communications technologies have made international disputes common, and a frequent practical issue is which country or countries have jurisdiction to resolve the dispute. Existing literature on private international law tends to emphasize choice of law rather than jurisdiction. This groundbreaking book offers a critical analysis of the principles and the theoretical foundations applied to resolve private international jurisdictional disputes and of the manner in which those principles are applied in practice by describing the context in which international jurisdiction disputes are determined; explaining and critically analysing the principles of jurisdiction; explaining and critically analysing the manner in which the principles are applied; identifying the interests which motivate principles and the courts application of the principles; and recommending reforms to the principles.