Confrontés à un phénomène d’effacement des frontières, les demandeurs à un contentieux commercial international sont appelés à choisir le tribunal devant lequel introduire leur action. Un tel choix de for entraînera des conséquences tant sur le plan des règles procédurales et substantielles applicables au litige que quant à la facilité avec laquelle la partie adverse pourra assurer sa défense. L’étude de la pratique du contentieux commercial international révèle que le choix de for devient ainsi l’objet de stratégies procédurales mises en œuvre par les plaideurs. Les mécanismes de réaction des juges français se montrent toutefois insuffisants pour appréhender et pour répondre convenablement au phénomène grandissant des stratégies procédurales touchant au choix de for qui sont élaborées par les plaideurs. Il est partant proposé de créer une nouvelle catégorie juridique, le forum shopping malus, fondée sur une analyse de l’atteinte causée par la stratégie procédurale en cause aux droits fondamentaux de la partie adverse. En faisant application du principe de proportionnalité privatisée, une série de critères sont élaborés visant à ouvrir un corridor de solutions à l’intérieur duquel le juge national pourra se placer pour vérifier l’existence d’un cas de forum shopping malus. La création du forum shopping malus nécessite une modification de l’office du juge, afin de lui accorder le pouvoir de se dessaisir en faveur d’un autre juge, ainsi que le pouvoir de prononcer des injonctions à l’encontre de l’auteur d’une stratégie procédurale considérée comme étant constitutive d’un cas de forum shopping malus. / Faced with a blurring of national boundaries, claimants in international commercial litigations are called upon to decide before which tribunal to lodge their case. Such a choice of forum will entail consequences, as much with respect to the procedural and substantive rules applicable to the case as with respect to the ease with which the opposing party will be able to conduct its own defense. The study of international commercial litigation practice reveals that choice of forum has become the focus of procedural strategies implemented by the litigants. The reaction mechanisms available to French judges have however proved insufficient to properly address and answer the procedural strategies developed by litigants regarding the choice of forum. It is therefore proposed to create a new legal category, forum shopping malus, based on an analysis of the infringement, by a given procedural strategy, of the opposing party’s fundamental rights. By applying the principle of private proportionality (proportionnalité privatisée), a series of criteria are developed in order to establish a panel of solutions against which a judge may lean to assess the existence of a case of forum shopping malus. The creation of forum shopping malus requires a modification of the judge’s function, so that he may be granted the power to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of another judge, as well as the power to issue an injunction against the author of a procedural strategy which is deemed to constitute forum shopping malus.

The theme of my diploma thesis is one of the most important judicial acts of European private international law of civil procedure - Brussels I Regulation. The aim of my thesis was to analyse the Regulation from many views with an emphasis on the jurisprudence of European Court of Justice and of domestic national courts. First part of the thesis aims to describe the whole legal branch of european private international law of civil procedure and therefore place the Regulation in the context of the whole legal branch. second part of the thesis deals with the Regulation in its entirety and desribes every single article of the Regulation and tries to determine the boundaries of its application and interpretation. The last, third part, states othre relevant legal acts related to Regulation which are considered to be its alternative, and sums up the pros and cons of their application.

En sa qualité d’enfant, le mineur doit être protégé. Lorsqu’il se déplace par delà les frontières, ce dernier est exposé à des problématiques particulières induisant un élément d’extranéité. Le particularisme de ces situations impliquant plusieurs États entraine régulièrement l’application des mécanismes du droit international privé. Pour autant, peut-on demander à cette matière de contribuer à la protection de l’enfant mobile au travers des règles qu’elle fixe ? C’est ce que la présente étude s’est proposé de faire en s’employant à justifier la recherche d’un objectif matériel en ce contexte par la matière du droit international privé. En effet, l’évolution privatiste régulatrice du droit international privé semble légitimer cette ambition en octroyant à la matière la capacité de chercher à protéger un intérêt et, plus particulièrement nous concernant, celui de l’enfant déplacé.Au final, cette étude se propose d’avoir recours à une utilisation fonctionnelle du droit international privé dont le seul but est d’apporter à l’enfant qui se déplace par-delà les frontières des solutions propres à lui garantir une protection satisfaisante et ce, en dépit de la complexité de sa situation. / As a child, the minor must be protected. When moving across borders, minors are exposed to peculiar problems. These types of situations where several States are involved usually lead to the implementation of private international law. But can we apply the rules of private international law to the protection of the displaced child?This study proposes to clarify the use of this section of the law in achieving a tangible objective. Indeed, the private regulatory evolution of private international law seems to legitimize this aim in granting the subject matter the capacity to protect an interest and, more specifically that which concerns us, the interest of the displaced child.Specifically, this connection should be attributed to the competent authorities and to the law of the child's habitual residence in the event of continuous displacement. In order to understand the focus and integration centre of the displaced minor, the customary residence reflects the axiological system of the minor, that is to say, the focal point of his or her main ties. Of course, in the event of a change in the child's customary residence, the rules inherent to conflict of mobility should be able to justify their intervention in an effort to update the location of the focus and integration centre and, consequently, to the understanding. Thus, in the hypothetical case of temporary displacement, the closest chosen proximity should lead to the subsidiary, exceptional and temporary designation of the competent authorities and to the law of the State in whose territory the child is located.However, the flexibility of our proposals seemed to have lead to sometimes allowing deviations from the normal rules of jurisdiction. This would, however, only be achieved by the acceptance of the judges and the parties concerned.In conclusion, this study proposes to employ the functional use of private international law whereby the sole purpose is to provide children displaced across borders, with solutions that are ready to guarantee them adequate protection despite the complexity of the situation.

Despite Brazil’s importance in the world economy and its increasing participation in foreign trade, there is considerable legal uncertainty regarding the law applicable to international commercial contracts involving Brazilian parties because Brazilian judicial courts do not respect parties’ freedom to choose the governing law, thus this determination is only made by a judge, according to Private International Law rules of the forum. Applying these rules, this study demonstrates that there are at least three potential legal regimes: the Brazilian law, the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, and a foreign domestic sales law. Making use of the American law as the foreign law, a comparative analysis of these three legal regimes regarding contract formation demonstrates that their approaches are very distinct, and this confirms the legal uncertainty. In order to reduce this problem, three different strategies are proposed to the Brazilian government.

Despite Brazil’s importance in the world economy and its increasing participation in foreign trade, there is considerable legal uncertainty regarding the law applicable to international commercial contracts involving Brazilian parties because Brazilian judicial courts do not respect parties’ freedom to choose the governing law, thus this determination is only made by a judge, according to Private International Law rules of the forum. Applying these rules, this study demonstrates that there are at least three potential legal regimes: the Brazilian law, the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, and a foreign domestic sales law. Making use of the American law as the foreign law, a comparative analysis of these three legal regimes regarding contract formation demonstrates that their approaches are very distinct, and this confirms the legal uncertainty. In order to reduce this problem, three different strategies are proposed to the Brazilian government.

The economical and judicial cooperation that EU constitutes results in that there is an increasing amount of international disputes arising. These international disputes in turn result in questions concerning private international law. The principle of mutual trust is not only an important principle in the entire judicial cooperation but especially important in the area of private international law. The principle means that the member states have to trust each other and the different legal systems. The aim of the principle is to ensure a well functioning internal market that is permeated by free circulation and freedom of establishment. In order to achieve a well functioning internal market it is necessary that the member states trust each other. The development during the last years have resulted in that the recognition and enforcement have been and will be improved as well as simplified in the entire area of private international law. The question the author has in mind is if there will be a time when the EU and its member states are ready for full implementation of the principle of mutual trust. Such implementation would mean that the member states have to trust each other and the different legal systems completely and be willing to let go of the possibility to refuse to recognise and enforce judgments issued in other member states. The discussion in the paper leads to the conclusion that the author finds it unlikely that there will be such a time. This conclusion is based on the discussion of the development and the reasons behind it and also the situation of the EU today. The economical crisis within the union is also in an aspect likely to have an effect on whether or not member states are willing to trust each other’s legal systems. The result of this situation and the previous development in the area leads the author to the conclusion that it will probably be necessary to maintain some sort of safeguards in the future also, either by grounds for refusal or minimum standards.

Le recours collectif multi-juridictionnel soulève de nombreuses questions relatives à la compétence internationale des tribunaux. En raison de la spécificité de ce véhicule procédural et du droit qui lui est propre, le droit international privé et le droit constitutionnel applicables à la détermination de la compétence internationale des tribunaux pourraient être appelés à s'adapter à ce véhicule. La transformation de ces sphères de droit substantif sous l'influence du droit propre au recours collectif fait l'objet du présent mémoire. Cette étude vise principalement à déterminer la nature, l'étendue et l'opportunité des transformations du droit constitutionnel canadien et du droit international privé québécois au nom de principes propres au droit des recours collectifs. L'étude en vient à la conclusion que l'influence est significative à l'extérieur du Québec, que cette influence peut, selon les circonstances, être souhaitable ou non, et qu'à tout événement ces transformations doivent faire l'objet d'une analyse de la Cour suprême du Canada afin de dissiper les incertitudes qui s'avèrent coûteuses pour les justiciables, tant en demande qu'en défense. / Multi-jurisdictionnal class actions raise several questions of jurisdiction. As a result of the specificity of both class actions and the law of class actions, private international law and constitutional law applicable to jurisdiction may be invited to adapt to the new trend of multijurisdictional class actions. The transformation of these sectors of the law to take into account the reality of class actions is the subject of this thesis. This study primarily seeks to determine the nature, scope and opportunity of the transformation of Canadian constitutional law and Quebec's private international law to account for national class actions. This study reaches the conc1usion that this influence is significant outside the Province of Québec, that it may, according to the circumstances, be justified or not and, most importantly, that the equilibrium between these three sectors of the law should be settled by the Supreme Court of Canada in order to dissipate the uncertainties arising therefrom, uncertainties that continue to be costly for multiple claimants or defendants. / "Mémoire présenté à la Faculté des études supérieures en vue de l'obtention du grade de LL.M. en droit des affaires"

Avec le développement exponentiel de l'Internet et son corollaire l'expansion du commerce en ligne, le sort de la protection du cyberconsommateur devient un sujet préoccupant en ce 21ième siècle. En effet, dans ce monde virtuel où l'on emploie des méthodes et technologies nouvelles et plus encore des clauses abusives dans les contrats unilatéraux, s'installe indubitablement un sentiment de méfiance entre le cyberconsommateur et le cybercommerçant. Pour rétablir cette confiance et favoriser le commerce par Internet, des lois nationales, internationales et des normes communautaires ont été adoptées aux fins de l'encadrement rigoureux du processus contractuel. Toutefois, en raison de la présence fréquente d'éléments d'extranéité dans les contrats de consommation en ligne, la question fondamentale qui vient tout naturellement à l'esprit de tous ceux qui entreprennent des études aujourd'hui, en la matière, est celle de savoir si les règles classiques de droit international privé sont dépassées par le développement trop rapide de ce type de commerce ou si au contraire elles y sont adaptées. On pourrait en outre se demander si l'encadrement juridique offert au cyberconsommateur est à même de lui procurer le même niveau de protection dont il bénéficie dans le commerce traditionnel. La présente étude tente d'apporter certains éléments de réponse en analysant dans un premier temps, le droit substantiel interne de protection du consommateur dans les systèmes juridiques européen, français, canadien et québécois en vu de scruter des zones de conflits susceptibles d'exister dans le cycle de vie de ce contrat. Dans la seconde partie, elle démontre que les méthodes classiques de résolution des conflits de juridiction et des conflits de lois en droit international privé, bien que nécessitant des adaptations, sont effectivement applicables au contexte de l'internet et ce, dans l'objectif privilégié de la protection du cyberconsommateur. Le bilan de l'analyse et de l'appréciation des critères de ces règles de conflits nous conduiront à l'examen des nouvelles mesures qui s'imposent. / With the exponential development of the Internet and the consequent expansion of online commerce, the fate of cyberconsumer protection has become a topic of increasing concern in the 21st century. In fact, in a virtual world where new methods and technologies are used-as are abusive clauses in unilaterally drafted contracts-a feeling of mistrust between cyberconsumer and cybermerchant is certainly setting in. National and international laws and community norms have been adopted in order to rigorously control the contractual process and to thereby re-establish consumer confidence and further Internet commerce. However, due to the frequent presence of foreign elements in on-line commercial contracts, the fundamental question which naturally arises for those who are studying the subject is whether the classic rules of private international law have become outdated by the incredibly rapid development of this type of commerce, or whether such laws are in fact adapted. One can also question whether the legal framework offered to the cyberconsumer is able to procure the same level of protection that a consumer would benefit from in cases of traditional commerce. This study aims to present certain elements of a response, first, by analyzing substantive internal law in the realm of consumer protection in the European, French, Canadian and Quebec legal systems, in order to examine areas of conflict that are likely to exist during the lifespan of this sort of contract. In the second part, this study demonstrates that the classic methods of resolving conflicts of jurisdiction and conflicts of law in private international law, while requiring certain adaptations, can nevertheless be effectively applied to the context of the Internet with the objective of protecting cyberconsumers. The results of this analysis and evaluation of the private international rules of conflict then lead to an assessment of the new measures that are required.

<p>The Member States of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) have set as their objectives, amongst others, the facilitation of cross-border movement of goods between the territories of the Member States and the promotion of the integration of Member States into the global economy through enhanced trade and investment. Different approaches to the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments by Member States and the risk of non-enforcement may lead to legal uncertainty and increased transaction cost for prospective traders, which ultimately act as non-tariff barriers to trade in the region. Trade is critical to Southern Africa, and the ideal is that barriers to trade, of which uncertainty concerning the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments among Member States is one, should be removed. Certainty, predictability, security of transactions, effective remedies and cost are important considerations in investment decision-making / and clear rules for allocating international jurisdiction and providing definite and expedited means of enforcing foreign judgments will facilitate intraregional as well as interregional trade. In addition to trade facilitation, a harmonised recognition and enforcement regime will consolidate economic and political integration in the SACU. An effective scheme for the mutual recognition and enforcement of civil judgments has been regarded as a feature of any economic integration initiative likely to achieve significant integration. While the harmonisation of the rules on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments has been given priority in other regional economic communities, in particularly the European Union, any similar effort to harmonise the rules on recognition and enforcement of Member States have been conspicuously absent in the SACU &ndash / a situation which needs to receive immediate attention. The thesis considers the approaches followed by the European Union with the Brussels Regime, the federal system of the United States of America under the &lsquo / full faith and credit clause&rsquo / the inter-state recognition scheme under the Australia and New Zealand Trans-Tasman judicial system / as well as the convention-approach of the Latin American States. It finds that the most suitable approach for the SACU is the negotiation and adoption by all SACU Member States of a multilateral convention on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, comparable to the 1971 Convention of the Hague Conference on Private International Law / the EU Brussels I Regulation and the Latin-American Montevideo Convention, as complemented by the La Paz Convention. It is imperative that a proposed convention should not merely duplicate previous efforts, but should be drafted in the light of the legal, political and socio-economic characteristics of the SACU Member States. The current legislative provisions in force in SACU Member States are compared and analysed, and the comparison and analysis form the basis of a proposal for a future instrument on recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments for the region. A recommended draft text for a proposed Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments for the SACU is included. This draft text could form the basis for future negotiations by SACU Member States.</p>

Det faktum att Sverige blir allt mer internationaliserat och samhället mer mångkulturellt väckte ett intresse av att skriva om bröstarvingars arvsrätt ur ett såväl nationellt som internationellt perspektiv, där resultatet avsågs ställas i relation till svensk IP-rätt om ordre public. Idag tar alla barn lika lott enligt 2 kap. 1 § ÄB. Principen om istadarätt inträder om arvlåtarens barn avlider innan honom eller henne, då arvlåtarens barnbarn ärver istället. Bröstarvingar har alltid en rätt till hälften av sin arvslott enligt laglottsskyddet i 7 kap. 1 § ÄB. Det har diskuterats om laglotten bör bevaras i svensk arvsrätt eller om den bör avskaffas. Alla de nordiska länderna har någon form av laglottsskydd liksom de flesta europeiska länder med undantag från England och Wales, där det råder fullständig testationsfrihet. Även muslimska länder saknar motsvarighet till laglottsskydd. Det här kan väcka frågan huruvida ett land som saknar en skyddsregel som kan likställas med det svenska laglottsskyddet kan utgöra en grund som aktualiserar ordre public. I svensk rätt finns genom ordre public en möjlighet att åsidosätta en utländsk lag med hänvisning till att denna är uppenbart oförenlig med grunderna för det svenska rättssystemet. Den islamiska arvsrätten skiljer sig avsevärt mer från den svenska arvsrätten, än vad arvsrätten gör i exempelvis något västeuropeiskt land. Det kan diskuteras om någon grund i den islamiska arvsrätten för bröstarvingar kan strida mot grunderna för den svenska rättsordningen och på så vis aktualisera ordre public. Den svenska arvsrätten för bröstarvingar är till en stor del av dispositiv karaktär, varför ordre public endast kan bli aktuell i en internationell arvstvist där utländsk lag ska tillämpas. Domstolarna tenderar att tolka ordre public restriktivt, förmodligen av rädsla för att det lands lag som åsidosätts skulle kunna göra motstånd. Framtida tillämpning av ordre public kan begränsas ytterligare när EU:s arvsförordning träder i kraft. Det är fortfarande svensk domstol som har att avgöra vad som i det enskilda fallet kan bedömas vara uppenbart stridande mot grunderna för det svenska rättsystemet och vilken inverkan det kan ha på tvister som berör bröstarvingars arvsrätt. / The fact that Sweden is increasingly becoming more internationalized and developing a more multicultural society, stimulated an interest in writing about direct heirs inheritance rights from a national and international perspective, in which the outcome was intended to be set in relation to the Swedish Private International Law on public policy. Nowadays all children take equal shares according to chapter 2 paragraph 1 “Ärvdabalk”. If the deceased’s child passes away before him- or herself, the deceased’s grandchildren are entitled to inheritance through the Swedish istadarätt. The Swedish legal portion is enacted in chapter 7 paragraph 1 “Ärvdabalk” and entitles direct heirs half of his or her inheritance share. There has been discussion about whether the legal portion should be preserved or abolished in the law of Swedish inheritance. All the Nordic countries have a form of legal portion, as well as most of the European countries, apart from England and Wales, where there is a complete testamentary freedom. Even Muslim countries have no correspondence to the protection of legal portion. This may raise the question whether a country, which is lacking a protective rule that can be compared with the Swedish legal portion, may constitute a basis for public policy. According to the Swedish law there is an opportunity, through public policy, for Sweden to override a foreign law on the grounds that it is clearly incompatible with the foundations of the Swedish legal system. The Islamic inheritance law differs considerably from the Swedish inheritance law, in comparison to the right of inheritance in for example any Western European country. It is debatable whether any basis in the Islamic inheritance law of direct heirs may conflict with the fundamentals of the Swedish legal system and therefore actualize public policy. The Swedish right of inheritance for direct heirs is to a large extent of dispositive nature, which is why public policy can only become relevant in an international succession dispute, where a foreign law is applicable. The courts tend to strictly interpret public policy, probably because of the fear that the country's law, which gets overridden, could oppose. Future application of public policy may be further limited when the EU Succession Regulation enters into force. It is still up to the Swedish court to determine what in each case is deemed to be manifestly incompatible with public policy in Sweden, and what impact this may have on the succession of direct heirs.