Comparative Studies on Business Tort Litigation

This book is the third volume of a book series devoted to the discussion of current topics of transnational civil procedure focusing mainly on the field of business disputes. This third volume is based on an international symposium which took place in Lyon, France. The contributors discuss comparative aspects of global business activities and tort law, problems of international jurisdiction in tort litigation as well as mass tort litigation. The symposium was part of an international research project for "Establishing a New Framework for Realizing Effective Transnational Business Litigation," created by Nagoya University in cooperation with the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science and the University of Freiburg. The contributions analyze the laws of England, France, Germany, Italy, Finland, Japan, Poland and the United States in important fields of transnational business litigation. Contributors: Neil H. Andrews, Georges Cavalier, Marco de Cristofaro, Laura Ervo, Andrea Guissani, Masaaki Haga, Emmanuel Jeuland, Masanori Kawano, Michele Lupoi, Dimitris Maniotis, Peter L. Murray, Piotr Pogonowski, Astrid Stadler, Nicolò Trocker