Declining Jurisdiction in Private International Law

This book addresses the issue of declining jurisdiction in private international law, a subject of immense scholarly and practical importance. It contains 17 national reports and the general report of the subject of `Rules for declining to exercise jurisdiction', which were written for the XIVth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law held in Athens/Delphi last year. Written by a group of leading scholars, these original papers will be of great interest to all those interested in the Conflict of Laws and International commercial litigation.