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Lis pendens in international litigation /

What legal principles apply when courts in different jurisdictions are simultaneously seised with the same dispute ? This question - of international lis pendens - has long been controversial. But it has taken on new and urgent importance in our age. Globalization has driven an unprecedented rise in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McLachlan, Campbell
Autor Corporativo: Hague Academy of International Law
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff, 2009.
Colección:Pocketbooks of the Hague Academy of International Law.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:What legal principles apply when courts in different jurisdictions are simultaneously seised with the same dispute ? This question - of international lis pendens - has long been controversial. But it has taken on new and urgent importance in our age. Globalization has driven an unprecedented rise in forum shopping between national courts and a proliferation of new international tribunals. Problems of litispendence have spawned some of the most dramatic litigation of modern times - from anti-suit injunction battles in commercial disputes, to the appeals of prisoners on death row to internationa.
Notas:"Full text of the lecture published in August 2009 in the Recueil des cours, Vol. 338 (2008)"--T.p.verso.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (485 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 468-480).
ISBN:9789047441441
9047441443