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Challenges To Forum Non Conveniens, Ronald A. Brand
Challenges To Forum Non Conveniens, Ronald A. Brand
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This paper was originally prepared for a Panel on Regulating Forum Shopping: Courts’ Use of Forum Non Conveniens in Transnational Litigation at the 18th Annual Herbert Rubin and Justice Rose Luttan Rubin International Law Symposium: Tug of War: The Tension Between Regulation and International Cooperation, held at New York University School of Law, October 25, 2012. The doctrines of forum non conveniens and lis alibi pendens have marked a significant difference in approach to parallel litigation in the common law and civil law worlds, respectively. The forum non conveniens doctrine has recently taken a beating. This has come (1) in …
Extraterritoriality, Universal Jurisdiction, And The Challenge Of Kiobel V. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., Vivian Grosswald Curran
Extraterritoriality, Universal Jurisdiction, And The Challenge Of Kiobel V. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., Vivian Grosswald Curran
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This article analyzes Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. as a point of juncture between extraterritorial and universal jurisdiction, inasmuch as it harks from two lines of case law which have both overlapping and distinctive attributes. It also touches on the comparative law challenge to international law, ending by noting the immense leaps and bounds of the field since the days of the valiant Helmuth von Moltke.
Special Report: Kosovo After The Icj Opinion, Introduction, Ronald A. Brand
Special Report: Kosovo After The Icj Opinion, Introduction, Ronald A. Brand
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On October 22-25, 2012, judges, government officials, and scholars from Kosovo and the United States gathered at the University of Pittsburgh for a conference on “Kosovo after the ICJ Opinion.” The conference was organized by the Center for International Legal Education (CILE) at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and the University of Prishtina Faculty of Law. It was co-sponsored by the Ministry of Justice, Kosovo; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kosovo; the Forum for Civic Initiatives, Kosovo; the American Society of International Law (ASIL); and the Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies at the University of Pittsburgh …