@article{41756,
      author = {Svantesson, Dan Jerker B.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/41756},
      title = {Private International Law and the Internet},
      abstract = {The third edition of Private International Law and the  Internet presents a detailed and insightful account of what  is emerging as the most crucial and current issue in  private international law: the interplay of private  international law and the Internet.  The author discusses  how the controversial issues that stem from borderless  Internet prove to be one of the greatest challenges for  private international law and international legal  cooperation as both are predicated on the existence of  traditional borders that define jurisdictional boundaries.   This book goes on to explain the following 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 a judgment rendered in one country be recognized and  enforced in another? The book identifies and investigates  twelve characteristics of Internet communication that are  relevant to these questions and then proceeds with a  detailed analysis of what is required of modern private  international law rules. This book focuses on several  issues that have far-reaching practical consequences in the  Internet context, including the following:-  cross-border  defamation; cross-border business contracts; cross-border  consumer contracts; and cross-border intellectual property  issues. A wide survey of private international law  solutions encompasses insightful and timely analyses of  relevant laws adopted in a variety of countries including  Australia, England, Hong Kong, the United States, Germany,  Sweden, and China, as well as in international instruments.  There is also a chapter on advances in geo-identification  technology and its special value for legal practice. The  book concludes with two model international conventions,  one on cross-border defamation and one on cross-border  contracts; as well as providing a set of practical  check-lists to guide legal practitioners faced with  cross-border matters within the discussed fields.  This  book ensures access to latest information and research  ideas relating to private international law and the  Internet – thereby providing a comprehensive and updated  study of the complications being faced in this area.},
      recid = {41756},
      pages = {xxxi, 692 pages ;},
}