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Global Private International Law: Adjudication without Frontiers

Global Private International Law: Adjudication without Frontiers

Author: Horatia Muir Watt; Lucia Bizikova; Agatha Brandao de Oliveira; Diego P. Fernandez Arroyo
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781789907742

Published In: August 2019
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781788119221

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Global Private International Law is a groundbreaking casebook, combining the expertise of over sixty international and interdisciplinary contributors who analyze key legal proceedings in order to provide a comprehensive study of the impact of globalisation on the law.

Providing a unique and clearly structured tool, this book presents an authoritative collection of carefully selected global case studies. Some of these are considered global due to their internationally relevant subject matter, whilst others demonstrate the blurring of traditional legal categories in an age of accelerated cross-border movement.

The study of the selected cases in their political, cultural, social and economic contexts sheds light on the contemporary transformation of law through its encounter with conflicting forms of normativity and the multiplication of potential fora.

Key Features:-

the specific global scope allows the reader to gain a contextualised understanding of legal transformation
each case has two commentaries from different viewpoints, ensuring a nuanced perspective on the implications of the global turn in private international law and its importance for adjudication
an astute combination of theory and practice ensures readers gain an understanding of the relevance of innovative legal theories in interpreting concrete cases in a changing world
comparative material and ground-breaking analysis make this book eminently suitable for use with students and a useful tool for researchers and courts confronted with novel topics or issues

Introduction

Part I. Jurisdiction: Judging without Frontiers?

1. Post-war yearning for deparochialisation and the siren of free trade: The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co. - Jacco Bomhoff, Agatha Brandao de Oliveira and Lucia Bizikova 2. Judicial discretion (From Bhopal to Brexit): Owusu v. Jackson - Christelle Chalas and Richard Fentiman 3. Parallel proceedings: Texaco/Chevron lawsuits (re Ecuador) - Diego P. Fernandez Arroyo and Laura Carballo Pineiro 4. Free-wheeling judgments/awards: Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc. - George A. Bermann and Giuditta Cordero-Moss 5. By-passing sovereignty: Trafigura lawsuits (re Ivory Coast) - Sara Dezalay and Simon Archer

Part II. The Rise of Informality: Emerging Non-legal Normativities

6. Indigenous norms and judicial anthropology - Song Mao, Alex Mills, Hisashi Harata and Oona Le Meur 7. Non-state authority: FIFA - Franck Latty 8. Informal Codes: Nike v Kasky - Ralf Michaels and Ludovic Hennebel 9. Arbitration and religion: Jivraj v Hashwani - Francois-Xavier Licari, Sandrine Brachotte and Nathalie Najjar

Part III. Changing Structures: New Foundations of the Private Global Economy

10. Emerging global giants: the legal infrastructure and structural causes of economic monopoly: Samsung - Darren Rosenblum, Calixto Salomao Filho and Vitor Henrique Pinto Ido 11. Global supply chains: Doe v. Nestle - Tomaso Ferrando and Samuel Fulli-Lemaire 12. Global market for sovereign debt: Argentina v. NML Capital, Ltd. - Jerome Sgard and Mark Weidemaier 13. Autotomizing financial markets: Lehman Brothers v. BNY Corporate Trustee - Horatia Muir Watt

Part IV. Modes of Reasoning: Doing Law beyond the State

14. Mysteries of extraterritoriality: RJR Nabisco, Inc. v European Community - Hannah Buxbaum and Jean d'Aspremont 15. Beyond the State: How far can Rights Reach?: Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co - Patrick Kinsch, Chris Thomale and Fabien Marchadier 16. Interpretation at cross-purposes: Dallah v. Pakistan - Hayk Kupelyants and Sylvain Bollee 17. Economic transplants : Lafonta v. Autorite des marches financiers - Katja Langenbucher and Toni Marzal 18. Mestizo International Law: Petrobras saga - Filipe Antunes Madeira da Silva, Fabio Costa Morosini and Michelle Sanchez Badin 19. Legal challenges of data dominance: Yahoo! v. LICRA and Microssoft - Ireland Cases - Paul Schiff Berman and Jennifer Daskal

Part V. Global market: Unfamiliar foci of concern

20. Global contract governance: Selden v. Airbnb - David Restrepo-Amariles and Gregory Lewkowicz 21. Free movement of corporations: Centros Ltd. v. Erhvervs-og Selskabsstyrelsen - Jeremy Heymann and Regis Bismuth 22. Financial markets: Banco Santander v Transport Companies - Catalina Avasilencei and Gilles Cuniberti 23. Global labour market: Laval - Ugljesa Grusic and Etienne Pataut

Part VI Personhood: Changing identities

24. Surrogacy issues: Mennesson v. France - Kellen Trilha and Dagmar Coester-Waltjen 25. Blind spots (persons and family): Blood - Elsa Supiot and Michael Wells-Greco 26. Cultural identities: Wagner v. Luxembourg - Hans Van Loon and David Sindres 27. Privatisation of international migration flows: Manus Island class action - Sabine Corneloup and Jinske Verhellen

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