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Refracting Domestic and Global Choice-of-Forum Doctrine Through the Lens of a Single Case

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From: Brigham Young University Law Review
Date: 20070101
Author:Freer, Richard D

There is nothing new under the sun, but there are lots of old things we don't know.

- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

Large portions of the civil procedure curriculum are devoted to the question of forum selection. Doctrines of personal jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, removal, venue, transfer, and forum non conveniens all address the single issue of whether the litigation is proceeding in a proper place.1 In law school, students soon see that parties sometimes engage in titanic litigation over where the case should proceed.2 Why do the parties care about the forum? Everyone ...

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