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Impacts of the Internet on Traditional Jurisdictional Principles in International Civil and Commercial Cases

  • Xia Feng
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  • School of Law, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing 100088, China

Published date: 05 Sep 2011

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2014 Higher Education Press and Thomson Reuters

Abstract

Started as an undefined US military project to the current global network, the Internet has been developing and improved at an amazing speed, which also brought out enormous challenges to the traditional way of life worldwide. By analyzing the features of the Internet, this paper reveals the impacts of the Internet on jurisdictional principles applied in traditional international civil and commercial cases and aims to apply traditional rules under the new environment of the Internet. In addition, by referring to the international uniform legislation and from the US judicial theories and practices, this paper also brings out reflections and suggestions regarding this issue.

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Xia Feng . Impacts of the Internet on Traditional Jurisdictional Principles in International Civil and Commercial Cases[J]. Frontiers of Law in China, 2011 , 6(3) : 387 -402 . DOI: 10.1007/s11463-011-0135-3

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