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1.Forum non conveniens (Latin for "forum not agreeing") (FNC) is a (mostly) common law legal doctrine
whereby courts may refuse to take jurisdiction over matters where there is a more appropriate forum
available to the parties. As a doctrine of the conflict of laws, forum non conveniens applies between
courts in different countries and between courts in different jurisdictions in the same country. Forum
non conveniens is not applicable between counties or federal districts within a state.
Doctrine of incorporation
The doctrine of incorporation is applied whenever municipal tribunals (or local
courts) are confronted with situations in which there appears to be a conflict
between a rule of international law and the provisions of the Constitution or statute
of the local state. Efforts should first be exerted to harmonize them, so as to give
effect to both since it is to be presumed that municipal law was enacted with proper
regard for the generally accepted principles of international law in observance of
the Incorporation Clause in Section 2, Article II of the Constitution.
Revoi Doctrine
RENVOI DOCTRINE - doctrine whereby a jural matter is presented which the conflict of laws rules of the
forum refer to a foreign law which in turn, refers the matter back to the law of the forum or a third
state.
When reference is made back to the law of the forum, this is said to be "remission" while reference to a
third state is called "transmission.