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Deals with international private law rules for electronic consumer contacts. This book recommends that jurisdiction and choice of law rules should be amended to provide a basis for the consumer to sue in his own jurisdiction and for the law of the consumer's domicile to apply.
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Contents: Introduction: international private law and the dematerialisation of electronic consumer contracts; Electronic consumer contracts and international private law; The internet, electronic commerce and electronic consumer contracts; International private law rules for electronic consumer contracts; theoretical approaches; The development of European international private law rules for electronic consumer contracts; Jurisdiction rules for electronic consumer contracts in the Brussels 1 Regulation; Application of United Kingdom jurisdiction rules to electronic consumer contracts; Choice of law rules for electronic consumer contracts in the Rome 1 Regulation; Rules of personal jurisdiction for electronic consumer contracts in the United States; Adaptation of personal jurisdiction rules for electronic consumer contracts in the United States; Towards harmonised international private law rules for electronic consumer contracts; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.