Theory and Practice of Adjudicatory Authority in Private International Law: a Comparative Study of the Doctrine, Policies and Practices of Common- and Civil-law Systems, General Course on Private International Law (1996)

"Professor Arthur Taylor von Mehren, Professor at the University of Harvard, devotes his general course on private international law to the theory and practice of adjudicatory authority in private international law, by presenting a comparative study of the doctrines, policies and practices of common law and civil law systems. The first part of Professor von Mehren's course is dedicated to the foundations and the emergence of jurisdictional theory. In the first chapter the reasons for exercising adjudicatory authority and its principal types are presented. The second chapter explores the design of jurisdictional provisions and mentions in particular the situation in the United States, in Germany, the Brussels and Lugano Conventions, and the Brussels Regulation. The third chapter is devoted to the emergence of the jurisdictional theory in the United States and in Germany. In the second part of his course, Professor von Mehren examines the principal themes relating to adjudicatory authority, such as actor sequitur forum rei, consent and adjudicatory authority, forum shopping and fine tuning. The last part of this course takes the form of an epilogue in which the author discusses convergence and compromise in private international law, and the role of international instruments in this field"--Publisher's description.