Foreign Law In Civil Litigation

Informationen zum Autor Sofie Geeroms is Staff Legal Adviser at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law. She is a qualified Belgian lawyer and was recently awarded her doctorate at the University of Leuven. Klappentext This work provides an analysis of how foreign law should be pleaded and dealt with in the litigation process of another country. What weight should the trial court give to the relevant foreign law! and how should it decide what the foreign law actually is? The way foreign law is procedurally treated in court indicates to a certain extent the degree of tolerance of a legal system towards foreign ideas. The book compares how these issues are handled in different national systems! with particular focus upon civil litigation rules in the US! UK! France! Germany! the Netherlands and Belgium. Zusammenfassung This work provides an analysis of how foreign law should be pleaded and dealt with in the litigation process of another country. The book compares how issues are handled in different national systems, with particular focus upon civil litigation rules in the US, UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium.

List of contents

• General Introduction


• PART ONE: FOREIGN LAW AT THE TRIAL LEVEL


• Introduction


• 1: The Decision-making Process in Civil Litigation with Comparative Perspectives


• 2: The Introduction and Ascertainment of Foreign Law


• 3: Principle and Policy at the Trial Level


• PART TWO: FOREIGN LAW AT THE REVIEW LEVEL


• Introduction


• 4: Final Review: Cassation, Revision, and Appeal Compared


• 5: The Power to Review Foreign Law


• 6: Principle and Policy at the Review Level


• 7: Conclusion: Towards a Positive Attitude to Foreign Law

About the author

Sofie Geeroms is Staff Legal Adviser at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law. She is a qualified Belgian lawyer and was recently awarded her doctorate at the University of Leuven.

Product details

• Authors: Geeroms, Sofie Geeroms, Geeroms Sofie
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2004
• EAN: 9780199264766
• ISBN: 978-0-19-926476-6
• No. of pages: 456
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 240 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Oxford Private International Law Series; Oxford University Press (UK)
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; England, Wales, LAW / Courts, LAW / International, LAW / Civil Law, LAW / Comparative, LAW / Conflict of Laws, LAW / Trial Practice, comparative law, Private or civil law: general, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures, Private International Law & Conflict Of Laws, Private / Civil law: general works, Private international law and conflict of laws, Wales / Cymru