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Obtaining Personal Jurisdiction Over Alien Corporations--A Survey Of U.S. Practice, John D. Gleissner, David C. Veeneman, S. Rodgers Wheaton
Obtaining Personal Jurisdiction Over Alien Corporations--A Survey Of U.S. Practice, John D. Gleissner, David C. Veeneman, S. Rodgers Wheaton
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
With the increase in international trade, civil litigation between persons of different nationalities has become increasingly important. Today alien and foreign corporations are being brought before American courts to defend actions arising out of products liability, contract, and tort. There is considerable authority holding alien and foreign corporations amenable to jurisdiction on the basis of a single act or business transaction. The states themselves are affecting international trade since state law is chosen to determine the amenability of alien and foreign corporations to suit in diversity actions in federal court.
This survey presents a cross-section of recent cases and attempts …
Legal And Economic Incentives For Foreign Direct Investment In The Southeastern United States, Paul S. Dempsey
Legal And Economic Incentives For Foreign Direct Investment In The Southeastern United States, Paul S. Dempsey
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
The United States of America may well be the most attractive area for investment in the entire world. Foreign investment, although failing to play a dominant role in the American economy, has nevertheless enjoyed a substantial and significant growth in recent years. This contemporary acceleration may be attributed to a number of factors, including, for example: (a) America's enormous pool of skilled and well educated labor; (b) the narrowing of the gap between the cost of United States and foreign labor; (c) the abundance of domestic energy and other raw materials; and (d) the relative docility of the United States …
Books Received, Journal Staff
Books Received, Journal Staff
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
A COMMENTARY ON THE FOREIGN INVESTMENT REVIEW ACT
By Graeme C. Hughes
Toronto: Carswell, Ltd., 1975. Pp. 214. $20.65.
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THE EXPORT TRADE: THE LAW AND PRACTICE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE By Clive M. Schmitthoff
6th ed. London: Stevens & Sons,Ltd., 1975. Pp. 461. $28.75.
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FOREIGN DISINVESTMENT BY U.S. MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS: WITH EIGHT CASE STUDIES
By Roger L. Tourneden
New York: Praeger Publishers, 1975. Pp. 157. $15.00.
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THE GATT LEGAL SYSTEM AND WORLD TRADE DIPLOMACY
By Robert E. Hudec
New York: Praeger Publishers, 1975. Pp. 399, $25.00.
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS--GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS
By Jack N. Behrman, J.J. Boddeayn, & Ashok …