The Arrest of Ships in Private International Law

Zusatztext ... the description of the arrest systems in English and Scots law makes the book interesting reading, even more so for civil law lawyers. Informationen zum Autor Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm is Lecturer in Law at the School of Law of the University of Sheffield. Her teaching and research interests lie in international commercial dispute resolution (including litigation, arbitration and mediation) particularly in connection with shipping disputes as well as maritime law, commercial conflict of laws and comparative law. In 2003 she graduated with an LL.M. in Commercial Law (Distinction) at the School of Law of the University of Edinburgh and in 2008 she was granted a Ph.D. at the same institution. She was formerly an Associate Professor of Private International Law at the Catholic University in Uruguay and a shipping practitioner in Uruguay between 1997 and 2002. Klappentext Analysing the arrest of ships in English and Scots law in the light of the international conventions in the field this book examines the protective, security, and jurisdictional functions of arrest within the three classical domains of private international law: applicable law, jurisdiction, and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. Zusammenfassung Analysing the arrest of ships in English and Scots law in the light of the international conventions in the field this book examines the protective, security, and jurisdictional functions of arrest within the three classical domains of private international law: applicable law, jurisdiction, and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.

Product details

• Authors: Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm, Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.01.2012
• EAN: 9780199581351
• ISBN: 978-0-19-958135-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Oxford Private International Law Series; Oxford Private International Law Series; Oxford Private International L
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Commercial / General, LAW / International, LAW / Transportation, LAW / Conflict of Laws, Commercial law, Private International Law & Conflict Of Laws, Shipping law, Private international law and conflict of laws