International commercial litigation : text, cases and materials on private international law / Trevor C. Hartley.

Machine generated contents note: Part I. Starting Off: 1. Introduction; Part II. Jurisdiction: 2. Jurisdiction: an analysis; 3. Jurisdiction under EU law; 4. EU law: special jurisdiction; 5. The traditional English rules; 6. Developments in Canada; 7. US law: an outline; 8. Choice-of-court agreements; 9. Jurisdictional conflicts: the common-law approach; 10. Jurisdictional conflicts: the EU approach; 11. Special topic I: product liability; 12. Special topic II: defamation; Part III. Foreign Judgments: 13. Introduction to Part III; 14. EU law; 15. English law: jurisdiction; 16. English law: defences; 17. The Canadian conflicts (judgments) revolution; 18. US law: some highlights; Part IV. Procedure: 19. Freezing assets; 20. Obtaining evidence abroad: forum procedures; 21. Obtaining evidence abroad: international co-operation; Part V. Choice of Law: 22. Introduction to choice of law; 23. Torts; 24. Contracts: the principle of party autonomy; 25. Contracts: legal policy and choice of law; 26. The common-law countries: regulating business, protecting employees and helping consumers; 27. Foreign currency; 28. Property: tangible movables; 29. Contractual rights and property interests - I; 30. Contractual rights and property interests - II; 31 Contractual rights and property interests - III.