International jurisdiction

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In jurisprudence, international jurisdiction decides in cases with foreign relevance in which state a court is called to rule on the legal dispute. This state is known as the forum state .

If the parties are based in the same country, the local jurisdiction results from the national procedural rules, for example the German , Austrian or Swiss civil procedure code.

For international jurisdiction , in addition to the defendant's domicile, which establishes his general place of jurisdiction, there are also other connecting criteria for special places of jurisdiction, such as the place of action or the place of success in claims arising from tort.

The European Union has developed international civil procedure law.