In this fresh and original approach to what is perhaps the most crucial current issue in private international law, Dan Svantesson examines how the Internet affects and is affected by the four fundamental questions: When should a lawsuit be entertained by the courts? Which state law should be applied? When should a court that can entertain a law-suit decline to do so? And will a judgment rendered in one country be recognized in another? He identifies eleven characteristics of Internet communication that are relevant to ...
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In this fresh and original approach to what is perhaps the most crucial current issue in private international law, Dan Svantesson examines how the Internet affects and is affected by the four fundamental questions: When should a lawsuit be entertained by the courts? Which state law should be applied? When should a court that can entertain a law-suit decline to do so? And will a judgment rendered in one country be recognized in another? He identifies eleven characteristics of Internet communication that are relevant to these questions, and then proceeds with a detailed investigation of whether and to what extent these characteristics have already been dealt with in legal issues arising from other forms of communication.
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