International Civil Litigation in United States Courts

This timely revision is the most current international civil litigation product on the market, featuring significant changes in the field over the past several years, including: - expanded examination of the Alien Tort Statute - expanded, in-depth analysis of personal jurisdiction in international cases - updated and comprehensive treatment of sovereign immunity law - extensive treatment of recent developments concerning forum selection clauses and forum non-conveniens principles - updated analysis of the doctrine of lis pendens and antisuit injunctions - updated discussion of legislative jurisdiction - comprehensively revised treatment of the extraterritorial application of federal antitrust and securities laws - expanded discussion of choice of law principles in international cases, retaining the book's unique position of combining treatment of international litigation and conflicts issues - updated discussion of the act of state doctrine and the foreign sovereign compulsion doctrine - revised discussion of the service of process in international cases - new treatment of major developments in the law of international discovery - the most up-to-date examination of the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments - substantially expanded discussion of international arbitration, including validity, interpretation and enforcement of international arbitration agreements and recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards, under FAA and Uncitral Model Law - an entirely new section on professional responsibility and ethics in international arbitration and litigationRutledge, Peter B. is the author of 'International Civil Litigation in United States Courts ', published 2006 under ISBN 9780735563070 and ISBN 0735563071.