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Volume 37 Issue 1, Canada-United States Law Journal Jan 2012

Volume 37 Issue 1, Canada-United States Law Journal

Canada-United States Law Journal

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Public-Private Partnerships For Promotion Of Cross-Border Trade And Transportation, David Lick, Roger E. Hamlin Jan 2012

Public-Private Partnerships For Promotion Of Cross-Border Trade And Transportation, David Lick, Roger E. Hamlin

Canada-United States Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Towards Sustainable Consumption And Production In North America: Building Legitimacy Through Roles And Responsibilities In A Beyond Compliance Operating Environment, Stefanie Bowles Jan 2012

Towards Sustainable Consumption And Production In North America: Building Legitimacy Through Roles And Responsibilities In A Beyond Compliance Operating Environment, Stefanie Bowles

Canada-United States Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Masthead, Volume 37 Issue 2 (2012) Jan 2012

Masthead, Volume 37 Issue 2 (2012)

Canada-United States Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Law Of The Sea And Lng: Cross-Border Law And Politics Over Head Harbor Passage, The, James Kraska Jan 2012

Law Of The Sea And Lng: Cross-Border Law And Politics Over Head Harbor Passage, The, James Kraska

Canada-United States Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Masthead, Volume 37 Issue 1 (2012) Jan 2012

Masthead, Volume 37 Issue 1 (2012)

Canada-United States Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Volume 37 Issue 2, Canada-United States Law Journal Jan 2012

Volume 37 Issue 2, Canada-United States Law Journal

Canada-United States Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Forum Non Conveniens On Appeal: The Case For Interlocutory Review, Cassandra Burke Robertson Jan 2012

Forum Non Conveniens On Appeal: The Case For Interlocutory Review, Cassandra Burke Robertson

Faculty Publications

Court-access doctrine in transnational litigation is plagued by uncertainty. Without a national court-access policy, federal courts often reach inconsistent forum non conveniens decisions even on very similar facts. This inconsistency is compounded by the district court’s largely unreviewable discretion in making those forum-access decisions, which precludes effective resolution of these conflicts through the appellate process. As a result, the law underlying the forum non conveniens doctrine remains unsettled, creating systemic inefficiency both in litigation procedure and in regulatory policy.

This article, prepared for the symposium “Our Courts and the World: Transnational Litigation and Civil Procedure,” argues that expanding appellate review …