Despite the regularity with which the issue of forum non conveniens is raised by defendants in maritime personal injury actions brought by foreign seamen, no reported case has presented a definitive analysis of the doctrine since the Lauritzen-RhodtLs choice of law method was established by the Supreme Court, In order to fill this void the author first suggests policy reasons which underpin the consistent judicial refusal to dismiss cases controlled by American maritime law. Next the author turns to the application of forum non conveniens in cases controlled by foreign law and discusses relatively recent innovations in law, technology and corporate structure which undercut the assumptions upon which the doctrine rests. The conclusion reache...
A new legal phenomenon has emerged in recent years, as plaintiffs from developing countries have beg...
This Note explores the current, law regarding forum non conveniens for foreign plaintiffs and examin...
To prevent plaintiffs from harassing the defendant or engaging in forum-shopping, the common law doc...
Despite the regularity with which the issue of forum non conveniens is raised by defendants in marit...
Courts and commentators, in dealing in the past three decades with the increasingly topical doctrine...
This Article explores the impact of the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion in Atlantic Marine Constru...
This thesis examines the doctrine of forum non conveniens as follows. First, the preliminary factors...
Increases in the amount and complexity of international trade and changes in jurisdictional rules ov...
Part I of this Note will develop and summarize the historical backdrop of the doctrine of forum non ...
When a plaintiff files a transnational suit in the United States, the defendant will often file a fo...
Forum selection, choice of law and arbitration clauses are of great significance in offshore contrac...
This Article argues that the federal forum non conveniens doctrine subverts critical national intere...
When it comes to transnational litigation in the federal courts, it is time to retire the doctrine o...
The doctrine of forum non conveniens is best understood as a means to “promote the ends of justice.”...
The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is the primary international agreement gove...
A new legal phenomenon has emerged in recent years, as plaintiffs from developing countries have beg...
This Note explores the current, law regarding forum non conveniens for foreign plaintiffs and examin...
To prevent plaintiffs from harassing the defendant or engaging in forum-shopping, the common law doc...
Despite the regularity with which the issue of forum non conveniens is raised by defendants in marit...
Courts and commentators, in dealing in the past three decades with the increasingly topical doctrine...
This Article explores the impact of the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion in Atlantic Marine Constru...
This thesis examines the doctrine of forum non conveniens as follows. First, the preliminary factors...
Increases in the amount and complexity of international trade and changes in jurisdictional rules ov...
Part I of this Note will develop and summarize the historical backdrop of the doctrine of forum non ...
When a plaintiff files a transnational suit in the United States, the defendant will often file a fo...
Forum selection, choice of law and arbitration clauses are of great significance in offshore contrac...
This Article argues that the federal forum non conveniens doctrine subverts critical national intere...
When it comes to transnational litigation in the federal courts, it is time to retire the doctrine o...
The doctrine of forum non conveniens is best understood as a means to “promote the ends of justice.”...
The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is the primary international agreement gove...
A new legal phenomenon has emerged in recent years, as plaintiffs from developing countries have beg...
This Note explores the current, law regarding forum non conveniens for foreign plaintiffs and examin...
To prevent plaintiffs from harassing the defendant or engaging in forum-shopping, the common law doc...