2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Solution of International Libel Cases on the Internet--Jurisdiction and Governing Law
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26380152
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
New fields of law
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 名誉毀損 / インターネット / 国際裁判管轄 / 準拠法 / 統一的解決 / 名誉毀損法制 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Libel Tourism, where plaintiff brings action in England expecting the application of favorable English law, is forum shopping in the Internet age. Plaintiff is making use of a English forum, which gives plaintiff advantages in terms of jurisdictional rules and English substantive law. For the uniform solution of Libel Tourism, the most effective solution is to unify teh rule on jurisdiction and substantive law level.
By adopting a new defamation law England followed American way of Libel resolution.
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| Free Research Field |
国際私法
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