2.2 Rules Determining the Jurisdiction of National Courts

The bases' catalogue (the exam's list): (1) the domicile/residence of the defendant; (2) the presence (the transient service — the tag jurisdiction's common-law face); (3) the submission (the defendant's consent (the appearance, the agreement — the choice-of-forum clause)); (4) the cause-of-action's occurrence (the tort committed, the contract made-or-breached within the forum); (5) the property's presence (the situs for the property claims); (6) the nationality/ personal-law faces; (7) the doing-business (the corporations).