4.01 The reason why there is a problem in giving an account of the private international law of jurisdiction is that the word ‘jurisdiction’ serves several purposes in private international law.1 At a general level ‘jurisdiction’ describes the legal power of a court to adjudicate a claim or matter, typically, though not invariably, brought by a claimant against a defendant. It is often helpful to think separately about personal jurisdiction and subject-matter jurisdiction: the former is concerned with whether this defendant may be summoned before the court; the...
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