Choice-of-court Agreements in the E-commerce International Contracts
Vol.11,No.1(2017)
Anabela Susana de Sousa Gonçalves
The choice-of-court agreements are a common practice in the e commerce international contracts. In the European Union, the choice-of-courts agreements find their legal framework in Article 25 of Regulation No. 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 12 December 2012, on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (Brussels I bis). The purpose of this paper is to analyse the current legal framework, in the European Union, of the jurisdiction agreements in international contracts concluded in e commerce, comparing it to the previous one, and taking into consideration the interpretative options of the European Union Court of Justice (ECJ).
Brussels I bis Regulation; Choice-of-court Agreements; E-commerce Contracts; International Contracts
p. 63–76
Anabela Susana de Sousa Gonçalves
Law School - University of Minho
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