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 transformationeach 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 adjudicationan 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 worldcomparative 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.
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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.
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Contents: 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 Brandão de Oliveira and Lucia Bíziková 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. Fernández Arroyo qnd Laura Carballo Piñeiro 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 François-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 Salomão 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. Jerôme 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 Bollée  17. Economic transplants : Lafonta v. Autorité des marchés 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 Régis Bismuth 22. Financial markets: Banco Santander v Transport Companies Catalina Avasilencei and Gilles Cuniberti 23. Global labour market: Laval Uglješa Grušić 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 Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781789907742
Publisert
2019-08-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Høyde
244 mm
Bredde
169 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
640

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Edited by Horatia Muir Watt, Professor of Law, SciencesPo Law School, Paris, France, Lucia Bíziková, Trainee in an international law firm, London, UK, Agatha Brandão de Oliveira, Guest Lecturer, Federal University of Espirito Santo (UFES), Brazil and member of the Brazilian Bar and Diego P. Fernández Arroyo, Professor of Law, Director of the LLM in Transnational & Dispute Settlement, SciencesPo Law School, Paris, France