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Canadian Conflict of Laws, 7th Edition

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This looseleaf subscription provides a scholarly yet practical analysis of the vast and continuously growing body of common law, legislation, treaties and conventions that govern private international law as it is applied in Canada.
by Janet Walker (Author)
Publisher: LexisNexis Canada
Publication Language: English
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ISBN/ISSN: 9780433449850
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Through six successful editions, LexisNexis® Canadian Conflict of Laws has provided a scholarly yet practical analysis of the vast and continuously growing body of common law, legislation and treaties and conventions that govern private international law as it is applied in Canada.

Now Includes LexisNexis® Quicklaw® Citations
Case references include both the official law report citation and the LexisNexis Quicklaw citation. Allowing you to quickly identify and obtain the full-text decisions relevant to your particular case.

Features and Benefits:

  • Comprehensive approach – 25 chapters set out the general principles and how they are applied by the courts in virtually every area of civil practice
  • Practical guidance – Addresses the unique evidentiary and procedural issues that form part of the conflict of laws field
  • Up-to-date information – The looseleaf format combined with regular releases ensure that the publication always represents the current state of the law as articulated in the hundreds of court decisions handed down each year
  • Authoritative statement of the law – Written by a top expert in the field of private international law

Particular focus is placed on:

  • How courts across Canada have been implementing, refining, and sometimes distinguishing, the governing principles articulated in leading cases
  • Contemporary approaches to conflicts issues in the private law fields including the particular rules that have developed with respect to torts, contracts, property, succession, family law and bankruptcy and insolvency
  • Impact of recent international developments on the enforcement of civil and commercial judgments worldwide

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Featured Authors

Janet Walker

Janet Walker

Janet Walker, C.M., C.D., B.A. (Hons.), M.A., J.D.., D.Phil. (Oxon), is a distinguished research professor and past Associate Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School, where she teaches Conflict of Laws and International Commercial Arbitration. She is the author of Canadian Conflict of Laws, 7th Edition, co-author of Civil Litigation, and general editor of The Civil Litigation Process, 9th Edition, Class Actions in Canada, 3rd Edition and Common Law, Civil Law and the Future of Categories.

Professor Walker is an executive editor of the Canadian Journal of Commercial Law, a board member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Ciarb) Canada Branch, past chair of the Arbitration Committee of ICC Canada, and a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. She has taught as a visiting professor at Monash, Haifa, U of T, NYU, NUS, Oxford, and for 13 years as a foreign research professor at Tunis II.

Professor Walker is a member of the Bar of Ontario, a chartered arbitrator of the Ciarb, and a licensed legal consultant of the New York State Bar. She has served as the advisor (common law) to Canada’s Federal Courts Rules Committee, the academic advisor to the Ciarb, and on numerous law reform initiatives. These include as an international advisor to the American Law Institute in its project with UNIDROIT to develop Transnational Principles and Rules of Civil Procedure, and as a member of the Uniform Law Conference of Canada Committee on National Class Actions, the IBA Task Force on International Procedures and Protocols for Collective Redress, the American Bar Association Litigation Section Working Group on Protocols for Parallel Class Actions, and Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society Arbitration Act Reform Committee in Ontario.

Professor Walker has served on many occasions as a consultant and expert in cross-border disputes, and as an international arbitrator in commercial and treaty disputes under a variety of institutional rules in many jurisdictions, and she is a recipient of the Ciarb Canada's Award for Distinguished Service to Arbitration. MWO Walker (retd) holds the Canadian Forces decoration for more than 40 years of service in the Canadian Forces Reserve, the Governor General’s Horse Guards Commanding Officer and Regimental Sergeant Major’s Award of Excellence, the Land Force Central Area Commander’s Award of Excellence, and the Queen’s Golden and Diamond Jubilee Medals.

Professor Walker is a member of the Order of Canada.

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Table of contents

 Part One: Overview
 Chapter 1: Nature and Scope of the Conflict of Laws
 
 Part Two: Jurisdiction in Civil and Commercial Matters
 Chapter 2: The Parties’ Consent
 Chapter 3: The Defendant’s Court 
 Chapter 4: Connections Between the Matter and the Forum
 Chapter 5: Discretionary Bases of Jurisdiction 
 Chapter 6: Discretion to Decline Jurisdiction 
 Chapter 7: Maritime Jurisdiction
 Chapter 8: Limits on Jurisdiction
 Chapter 9: Procedural Matters 
 
 Part Three: Judgments and Awards
 Chapter 10: Recognition and Enforcement
 Chapter 11: The Requirements for Recognition
 Chapter 12: Defences
 Chapter 13: Statutory Regimes
 Chapter 14: Foreign Arbitral Awards
 Chapter 15: Foreign Currency Obligations
 
 Part Four: Applicable Law Analysis
 Chapter 16: Identifying and Applying Relevant Foreign Law 
 Chapter 17: Connecting Factors
 
 Part Five: Obligations
 Chapter 18: Contracts
 Chapter 19: Torts and Unjust Enrichment
 
 Part Six: Family Law
 Chapter 20: Personal Status
 Chapter 21: Custody and Guardianship
 Chapter 22: Support
 
 Part Seven: Property
 Chapter 23: Property 
 Chapter 24: Estates and Trusts
 
 Part Eight: Foreign Corporations, Bankruptcy and Insolvency
 Chapter 25: Foreign Corporations, Bankruptcy and Insolvency
 
 Index
 

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