Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Venue and the plaintiff: the incentives for forum shopping -- Ch. 3. Conceptual responses to forum shopping and concurrent jurisdiction -- Ch. 4. Venue and the defendant: reverse forum shopping -- Ch. 5. Venue by consensus: the role of jurisdiction and arbitration agreements -- Ch. 6. Conclusion
Summary
Forum shopping in international litigation and arbitration is the product of the differences which exist in the procedural and substantive laws of countries throughout the world participating in an ever-more globalized economy. This book provides an in-depth study of the conditions for, motivations behind and techniques of forum shopping as well as possible defences against it
