Legal Privilege and Transnational Evidence-Taking A Comparative Study on Cross-Border Disclosure, Evidence-Shopping and Legal Privilege

Certain confidential lawyer-client communications are privileged from disclosure. Considering that these rules can differ from state to state, this book examines various states' disclosure laws and legal privilege rules in a comparative manner. It proposes a new rule that courts should use for determining the applicable privilege law during transnational litigation.

René Jansen obtained his PhD from Tilburg University, the Netherlands. He also completed his master’s in International and European law (cum laude) and research master’s in law at the same university. During his bachelor’s degree, René studied at the University of Montpellier (France) for one semester. He currently works for the advisory staff of Advocates General at the Dutch Supreme Court and has previously worked as a lecturer and researcher at Tilburg University.