"Takes a fresh and original approach to what is perhaps the most crucial current issue in private international law: that is, how the Internet affects and is affected by the four fundamental questions: When should a lawsuit be entertained by the courts? Which state's law should be applied? When should a court that can entertain a lawsuit decline to do so? And will judgment rendered in one country be recognized and enforced in another?"--P. [4] of cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-527) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Introduction; 2. Approaching the internet; 3. Approaching private international law; 4. Traditional common law: Australia, England and Hong Kong SAR; 5. The United States of America; 6. European civil law: Germany and Sweden; 7. The people's Republic of China; 8. International instruments; 9. A critique of current rules of private international law; 10. Geo-identification: technology to the rescue? 11. Proposed " defamation convention model"; 12. Proposed "contracts convention model"; 13. Concluding remarks.
Published
Alphen aan den Rijn : Kluwer Law International, c2012.