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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Geeroms, Sofie Geeroms, Sofie (Staff Legal Adviser Geeroms
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2004
• EAN: 9780199264766
• ISBN: 978-0-19-926476-6
• Pagine: 456
• Dimensioni: 165 mm x 240 mm x 28 mm
• Serie: Oxford Private International Law Series; Oxford Private International L; Oxford Private International Law Series; Oxford Private International L
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto