Peter Stone

EU private international law

Contents: Preface Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction Part II: Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments 2. History, Outline and Scope 3. Domicile 4. Alternative Jurisdiction 5. Protected Contracts 6. Exclusive Jurisdiction 7. Submission 8. Concurrent Proceedings 9. Provisional Measures and Taking Evidence 10. Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments 11. Enforcement Procedure Part III: Choice of Law in Respect of Obligations 12. Contracts 13. Protected Contracts 14. Torts 15. Restitution Part IV: Family Matters 17. Parental Responsibility 18. Other Family Matters Part V: Insolvency 19. Insolvency Index

Research handbook on EU private international law

Contents: Preface 1. Internet Transactions and Activities Peter Stone 2. A Step in the Right Direction! Critical Assessment of Forum Selection Agreements under the Revised Brussels I: A Comparative Analysis with US Law Youseph Farah and Anil Yilmaz-Vastardis 3. Fairy is Back - Have you got your Wand Ready? Hong-Lin Yu 4. Frustrated of the Interface between Court Litigation and Arbitration? Dont Blame it on Brussels I! Finding Reason in the Decision of West Tankers, and the Recast Brussels I Youseph Farah and Sara Hourani 5. Does Size Matter? A Comparative Study of Jurisdictional Rules Applicable to Domestic and Community Intellectual Property Rights Edouard Treppoz 6. Article 4 of the Rome I Regulation on the Applicable Law in the Absence of Choice - Methodological Analysis, Considerations Gulin Guneysu-Gungor 7. International Sales of Goods and Rome I Regulation Indira Carr 8. The Rome I Regulation and the Relevance of Non-State Law Olugbenga Bamodu 9. The Interaction between Rome I and Mandatory EU Private Rules - EPIL and EPL: Communicating Vessels? Xandra E. Kramer 10. Choice of Law for Tort Claims Peter Stone 11. Defamation and Privacy and the Rome II Regulation David Kenny and Liz Heffernan 12. Corporate Domicile and Residence Marios Koutsias Index

Internet transactions and activities

Although the Internet has now been available for use by the general public for about 20 years, it is only in the last few years that the European Court has begun to address questions of EU private international law which relate to obligations arising from transactions and activities conducted by means of the Internet. A substantial body of case-law in which the European Court has addressed such questions now exists. In this chapter the said case-law will be examined with a view to establishing general principles which may be applicable to questions not yet specifically addressed, and to identifying issues on which the position remains unclear. The principal EU legislative measures relevant to private international law in relation to Internet transactions and activities are the Brussels I Regulation on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters;1 the Rome I Regulation on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations;2 the Rome II Regulation on the Law Applicable to Non-contractual Obligations;3 and EC Directive