International Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction of States

This section covers mainly the Principles of Jurisdiction (the power of a State to prescribe and enforce criminal and regulatory laws and is ordinarily based on the territorial principle, under which a State has jurisdiction over activities within its territory), and Immunities from Jurisdiction (The principle of State immunity or sovereign immunity provides that foreign sovereigns enjoy immunity from the jurisdiction of other States; the principle of diplomatic immunity provides that the diplomatic agents of the sending State have complete immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of the receiving State).

International Jurisdiction Issues

This cover, among others:

• International Jurisdiction Issues and the Electronic Commerce (see here)
• International Jurisdiction Issues in the Online Business Law (see here)

Enforcement Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction to Enforce in General

This include the following:

• National Practice with Respect to Jurisdiction to Enforce
• International Law Governing Jurisdiction to Enforce

Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in a Country

This covers the following topics:

• Recognition of Foreign Judgments
• Procedure to Obtain Recognition
• Mandatory Grounds for Nonrecognition
• Discretionary Grounds for Nonrecognition
• Burdens of Proof
• Enforcement of Foreign Judgments
• Claim and Issue Preclusion
• Foreign Injunctions
• Tax and Penal Judgments
• Judgments Denominated in Foreign Currency

Jurisdiction to Adjudicate

Jurisdiction to Adjudicate in Civil Cases

This includes the following:

• Subject-Matter Jurisdiction
• Personal Jurisdiction
• Service of Process
• Forum Non Conveniens
• Antisuit Injunctions
• Obtaining Evidence in Civil Proceedings

Jurisdictio to Adjudicate in Criminal Cases

This includes the following:

• Presence of the Defendant
• Extradition
• Rule of Male Captus, Bene Detentus
• Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters

Resources

See Also

• PRESCRIPTIVE JURISDICTION
• Enforcement
• Internet Marketing
• Internet Privacy
• Internet Sales
• Internet Tax
• Crossborder Commerce
• Keyword Advertising

Further Reading

Ndulo Muna , The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Vienna, 1980): Explanatory Documentation Prepared for Commonwealth Jurisdictions , London: Commonwealth Secretariat (1991)
Witz Claude , L´application de Convention de Vienne sur la vente internationale de marchandises par les jurisdictions françaises – Premier bilan , in: Majoros (Hrsg.), emptio – venditio inter nationes, Basel: Recht und Gesellschaft (1997), S. 425-456
Witz Claude , L’application de la Convention de Vienne sur la vente internationale de marchandises par les jurisdiction françaises – Premier bilan , in: Majoros (Hrsg.), emptio – venditio inter nationes, Basel: Recht und Gesellschaft (1997), S. 425-456
Lookofsky Joseph M. / Henschel René Franz , Case Note on Randers Country Court, Denmarkt (BS 2-2229/2002 decided on 12 September 2003): Comments on Issues Relating to the Interaction between the Place of Payment unter CISG Article 57 and Jurisdiction unter Article 5 of the Brussels Convention , available at: https://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/cisg/biblio/lookofsky12.html
Zeller Bruno , Jurisdiction in Cyberspace. Does the CISG ‘Manage’ the Global Communication Medium? , 6 Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law & Arbitration (2002), 321-332; also available online at: https://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cisg/biblio/zeller11.html
Brand Ronald A. , CISG Article 31: When Substantive Law Rules Affect Jurisdictional Results , 25 Journal of Law and Commerce, Issue No. 1 (Fall 2005 / Spring 2006), 181-202; available online at: https://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cisg/biblio/brand1.html
Drettmann Anne-Katherin , Would English law on trade usages benefit from adopting a more formal approach such as seen in other jurisdictions as well as in international conventions? , Thesis, University of the West of England (August 2009)
Killian Monica , CISG and the Problem with Common Law Jurisdictions , (2001) 10 J Transnat’l L & Pol’y 217–43
Van LIth Hélène , International Jurisdiction and Commercial Litigation , Uniform Rules for Contract Disputes, Cambridge University Press (2009) 585 p.