International Commercial Litigation: A Practictioner's Approach

• Semester: Spring 2027
• Course ID: 196V
• Credit Hours: 1
• Unique: 29814

Registration Status: Waitlisted

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Description

This course will only meet in person on January 22, January 23, February 12, and February 13, but there are required readings ahead of the first class meeting.

This course focuses on the resolution of cross-border commercial disputes via litigation from the perspective of a practitioner.  Among the topics examined are: (1) the legal and practical advantages and disadvantages of litigation versus other forms of international commercial dispute resolution; (2) the international legal framework for international commercial litigation (including key treaties); (3) the jurisdiction of US courts over foreign defendants in cross-border litigation; (4) key elements of international choice of court agreements (including the negotiation of those agreements); (5) basic conflicts of laws principles in international litigation; (6) principles and tactics involved in litigating against foreign sovereigns and their instrumentalities in US courts; (7) the enforcement of foreign court judgments in US courts; (8) the practice and strategic use of parallel international litigation proceedings; and (9) unique features of civil and common law in international commercial litigation proceedings.