Asserting Jurisdiction: International and European Legal Perspectives

Contents: 1. Introduction -- (A) Theoretical Approaches to the Assertion of Jurisdiction: 2. Jurisdiction: The State / Frank Berman -- 3. New Wine in Old Bottles or Old Wine in New Bottles or Only Old Wine in Old Bottles? Reflections on the Assertion of Jurisdiction in Public International Law / Iain Scobbie -- 4. The Exercise of Jurisdiction in Private International Law / Jonathan Hill -- (B) Approaches to the Assertion of Jurisdiction Political Bodies: 5. National Law,International Law and EU Law - How do they Relate? / Trevor Hartley -- 6. The Member States' Competence and Jurisdiction under the EU/EC Treaties / Stephen Hyett -- 7. Competition Law in a Globalized Marketplace: Beyond Jurisdiction / Brenda Sufrin -- 8. The Jurisdiction of the Security Council: Original Intention and New World Order(s) / Colin Warbrick -- 9. Jurisdiction, NATO and the Kosovo Conflict / Christopher Greenwood -- (C) Approaches to the Assertion of Jurisdiction by Adjudicative Bodies: 10. Approaches of Domestic Courts to the Assertion of International Jurisdiction / Hazel Fox -- 11. Assertion of Jurisdiction by the International Court of Justice / Abdul Koroma -- 12. Approaches to the Assertion of International Jurisdiction: The Human Rights Committee / Dominic McGoldrick -- 13. Some Problems of Compulsory Jurisdiction before Specialised Tribunals: The Law of the Sea / Alan Boyle --14 Activism and Restraint in the European Court of Justice / Stephen Weatherill -- 15. The Assertion of Jurisdiction by the European Court of Justice / John Usher.