Over the last decade the law of judicial jurisdiction has undergone profound changes in Canada. Chief among the factors that prompted evolution is the recognition of fairness as a guiding principle in the elaboration of jurisdictional rules. This thesis presents the consequences such recognition has already had and should have on the granting of freezing measures, those specific provisional measures aimed at freezing a defendant's assets pending litigation. / Having reviewed the freezing measures that can be obtained from Canadian courts, this thesis shows how concerns of fairness to the parties have questioned traditional grounds of jurisdiction and how it has affected the very availability of freezing measures. However, out of concerns of fairness to the plaintiff, Canadian courts with no jurisdiction to hear the merits of a dispute should be ready to assert jurisdiction for the limited purpose of freezing assets. / Finally, turning to the scope of those measures, this thesis deals with the issue of extraterritoriality. It is argued that out of concerns of fairness to innocent third parties courts should be extremely cautious in granting extraterritorial measures.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 1998. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 138-145).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 1999. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Princeton University, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 110-112).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business, December 2002. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2010. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 138 p. : ill. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-132).

Thesis (doctoral)--Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2007. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-136).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2006. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 133-139).

Orientador: David Dequech Filho / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Economia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-11T20:11:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Leite_FabricioPitombo_M.pdf: 1074190 bytes, checksum: cebbb5895912efdcc4bb8a0b6a39d64f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: A interpretação sugerida no presente estudo evidencia o caráter mais amplo assumido pela teoria da preferência pela liquidez, qual seja, de uma teoria da escolha e precificação de ativos em geral. Para tal, parte-se da explanação acerca dos motivos para demandar moeda, explicitando-se também as conexões entre esses motivos e a incerteza que permeia o ambiente econômico. Na busca pela especificidade da teoria da preferência pela liquidez, isto é, no que esta se diferencia de uma teoria alternativa para a demanda por moeda, discute-se a determinação da taxa de juros em decorrência destes motivos, com destaque para a expressão da moeda como um ativo e para o fato de rendimentos pecuniários serem auferidos por quem se dispõe a abdicar da posse de moeda e reter títulos, tudo isso com a gama de ativos limitada aos dois supracitados. Finalmente, abandonando-se o mundo dicotômico construído a partir da moeda e de um outro ativo e a partir da extensão de um mesmo princípio definidor básico, chega-se à escolha e precificação de ativos em geral, com o que a teoria da preferência pela liquidez adquire sua representação máxima. / Abstract: The interpretation suggested in the present study emphasizes the broad character of liquidity preference theory, namely, as a theory of asset choice and pricing in general. To this end, the thesis starts with the explanation of the motives to demand money, as well as the connections between these motives and the uncertainty that permeates the economic environment. Looking for the peculiarity of liquidity preference theory, as distinct from an alternative theory of demand for money, the thesis discusses the determination of the interest rate as a result of these motives, highlighting the expression of money as an asset and the fact that monetary yields are earned by whoever is willing to part with money and hold securities, all this with the basket of assets restricted to these two. Lastly, the thesis abandons this dichotomic world of money and only one other asset, and, on the basis of the same defining fundamental principle, arrives at asset choice and pricing in general, with the result that liquidity preference theory assumes its most general form. / Mestrado / Mestre em Ciências Econômicas