The seventh edition of Gary Born's International Civil Litigation in United States Courts, co-authored with Peter Rutledge, has been published by Aspen Publishing and is available for purchase.
International Civil Litigation in United States Courts is the leading commentary in the field and is an essential resource for all practitioners and students of international litigation. The seventh edition provides a comprehensive treatment of:
- Latest developments under the Alien Tort Statute and the Torture Victim Protection Act, including the Supreme Court’s recent decisions in Doe and Jesner;
- Latest developments in the law governing personal jurisdiction, including the impact of the Supreme Court’s recent decisions in Ford Motor and Bristol-Myers Squibb;
- Latest developments in foreign sovereign immunity law following landmark Supreme Court decisions, including Cassirer and Philipp, and major revisions to the terrorism exception;
- Latest developments regarding choice of law, the extraterritorial application of federal law and proof of foreign law following several landmark Supreme Court decisions, including the Court’s recent decision in Animal Science Products;
- Recent developments in the law of foreign judgment enforcement, including the new Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Judgments;
- Expanded discussion of choice of court agreements, including critical examination of Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements;
- Critical examination of the new Restatement (Fourth) of the Foreign Relations of the United States;
- Expanded discussion of choice of law agreements;
- Up-to-date citation and review of the most current academic legal scholarship in the field.
Previous editions of International Civil Litigation in United States Courts have been lauded as the leading publication in the field:
“A source of virtual perfection”
“Quite extraordinary”
“The bible for litigation lawyers.”
“An excellent work….A felicitous combination of theory and practice.”
“The best available approach….”
“The most comprehensive work in the field”
The law and practice of international civil litigation has continued to evolve significantly since the Sixth Edition of International Civil Litigation in United States Courts was published in 2018. The US Supreme Court and other American courts have issued new and important rulings on issues such as personal jurisdiction, foreign sovereign immunity, extraterritoriality, choice of law and recognition of foreign judgments. This new 2023 Edition has been updated to reflect these changes, and addresses important questions about the broader implications of those decisions as well as the critical role that other branches of government play in the field. International Civil Litigation in United States Courts (7th ed.) captures these trends, identifies emerging splits in authority, and critiques existing and developing doctrines.
Gary Born is the world's preeminent authority on international commercial arbitration and international litigation. He is the author of International Commercial Arbitration (3rd ed. Kluwer 2021), the pre-eminent treatise in the field, as well as International Arbitration: Law and Practice (3rd ed. Kluwer 2021) and a number of other notable works on international dispute resolution. He is the only lawyer globally to achieve "Star" status for international arbitration in Chambers and Partners guides. Chambers and Partners also recognized him for his “Outstanding Contribution to the Legal Profession,” describing him as “in a class of his own” and “revered around the world for his work on international commercial and investor arbitration.”
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