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Territorial Jurisdiction for Breach of Contract in Nigeria or whatever

Conflict of Laws

In Maska the 1st claimant/respondent instituted an action for summary judgment against the defendant/appellant and the 2nd respondent at the High Court of Katsina State for breach of contract. On this basis the defendant/appellant argued that the court of Yobe State had exclusive jurisdiction.

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Brazil’s New Law on Forum Selection Clauses: Throwing the Baby out with the Bathwater?

Conflict of Laws

Until very recently, Brazilian courts would not enforce a clause that selected a foreign forum, arguing that parties could not, by agreement, oust the jurisdiction of Brazilian courts established by law — an approach quite similar to that adopted by U.S. courts prior to the landmark U.S. 63 §1 CCP.

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Review of: PP Penasthika, Unravelling Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts: Indonesia as an Illustrative Case Study (The Hague: Eleven Publishers 2022)

Conflict of Laws

1] Dr Penasthika’s monograph (‘the monograph’) [2] is one such work that deserves attention for its compelling and comprehensive account of choice of law in international commercial contracts in Indonesia. Chapter Two of this work proceeds to discuss choice of law in international commercial contracts in a global context.

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Guest Post: The Caselaw Access Project — Then, Now, Tomorrow

LawSites

We’d all been working for over a year on a contract that would make it possible, someday in the future, for everyone to have free and open access to all the official court decisions ever published in the United States. state and federal court decisions representing the bulk of our nation’s common law.

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SCOTUS Clarifies Reach of FAA Exemption for Transportation Workers

Constitutional Law Reporter

To purchase those rights, they entered into contracts with Flowers that require any disputes to be arbitrated under the FAA. Pursuant to the FAA, arbitration agreements are “valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract.”

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Moroccan Supreme Court on the HCCH 1996 Child Protection Convention

Conflict of Laws

The Supreme Court Ruling No. The case is also particularly interesting because it concerns the establishment of a kafala under Moroccan law for the purpose of relocating the child in another Contracting State (France in casu ). Meknes Court of Appeal, Ruling No. 87 of 14 January 2013 ( ibid ); idem , Ruling No.

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Bahraini High Court on Choice of Court and Choice of Law Agreements

Conflict of Laws

Choice-of-court agreements conferring jurisdiction on foreign courts are often disregarded or declared null and void. The recent judgment of the High Court of Bahrain (a first instance court in the Bahraini judicial system ) in the Case No. Pursuant to Article 4 of Law No. 2, 2019, pp. Girsberger et al.

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