Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
purposeful availment
French translation:
décision délibérée/choix délibéré
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English term
purposeful availment
English to French
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Law (general)
Droit
In cases involving international defendants, a variety of bases have been deemed appropriate for a U.S. court to assert personal jurisdiction, including nationality, domicile, “purposeful availment,” and a number of federal statutes.
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Choix du for juridique | Madeleine van Zanten |
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Mar 3, 2019 14:37: Ph_B (X) Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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décision délibérée/choix délibéré
décision délibérée/choix délibéré de soumission à la législation du pays d'activité
« L'un des critères fréquemment employé pour déterminer la compétence d'un tribunal particulier aux États-Unis est celui du «purposeful availment»... Ce critère permet au tribunal de déterminer si le défendeur a délibérément décidé d'exercer des activités dans le territoire en question et ainsi peut se prévaloir des avantages de la loi locale. »
https://www.ulcc.ca/fr/lois-uniformes-nouvelle-structure/loi...
« …par son activité dans le for, le défendeur s'est délibérément soumis à la législation étatique. Note 214 : "When the defendant "purposefully avails itself of the privilege of conducting activities within the forum State, thus invoking the benefits and protection ofits laws"...
...une activité dirigée vers le ressort du tribunal est nécessaire (an act purposefully directed toward the forum state).
The nature and quality of the defendant's activity must be such that "the defendant purposefully avails itself of the privilege of conducting activities within the forum state, thus invoking the benefits and protections of its laws". »
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/55645445.pdf
Pour évaluer la nature des contacts du défenseur et afin de déterminer s’il a une compétence spécifique, le juge effectue un test composé de trois facteurs. Premièrement, le facteur du purposeful availment exige que le défenseur ait accompli des actes commerciaux dans l’Etat du forr. Ces actes commerciaux ne peuvent être simplement fortuits, occasionnels ou unilatéraux.
https://sites.uclouvain.be/cridho/documents/Working.Papers/C...
On parle aussi de « focalisation » :
« La méthode de la « focalisation», largement utilisée aux États-Unis pour résoudre les conflits de lois et de juridictions liés au commerce électronique, est donc transposée en droit communautaire pour les litiges avec les consommateurs… En France, on doit cette notion à Olivier Cachard qui en élabore une véritable théorie générale dans
sa thèse. Nous nous empressons de signaler que cet auteur justifie le recours à cette méthode uniquement en matière délictuelle. Pour lui, la seule accessibilité d'un site internet, si elle est relayée par la conclusion
d'un contrat, suffit à considérer que l'opérateur a dirigé son activité vers l'État du consommateur. »
https://archipel.uqam.ca/4701/1/M12219.pdf
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Ma dernière ligne a sauté pendant le copier-coller : « Pas certain que ce terme de focalisation soit très lisible… »
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« soumission », ça fait très Houellebecq ; préférer « se soumettre » : « décision/choix… de se soumettre à... ». Ça se lit mieux.
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Eliza Hall
: You have the concept right, but to my ear, "délibéré" sounds a lot more deliberate or thoughtful or thought out than "purposeful availment" actually means.
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Cf. les sources citées : « délibérément décidé/délibérément soumis/[pas] simplement fortuits, occasionnels ou unilatéraux/activité dirigée vers »
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Profit/avantage à des fins précises
Not sure about this but it sounds like that's the meaning!
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Tony M
: I don't think 'profit / avantage' is really appropriate when talking about availing oneself of this or that jurisdiction.
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Eliza Hall
: Tony M is right, and there's no sense in this proposed translation of WHAT the person was availing themselves of. Also, it's not so narrow as "fins précises."
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recours délibéré
https://www.persee.fr/doc/ridc_0035-3337_1994_num_46_2_4877
de R Legeais - 1994
A. La multiplication des indices d'un recours délibéré au droit comparé
de R Legeais - 1994
A. La multiplication des indices d'un recours délibéré au droit comparé
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Eliza Hall
: Délibéré is too strong here. "Purposeful availment" can exist with just the slightest intention, and even by accident (see the example in my answer).
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How can anything "purposeful" exist "by accident"? "Having or showing determination or resolve." https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/purposeful
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recours volontaire
What counts as "purposeful availment" in US law is much less than a thoughtful, specifically intended act. You can "purposely avail" yourself of State X's laws by doing nothing more than driving your car into State X.
Here's an example. If you live in Ohio and want to drive to Chicago, which is in Illinois, you have to drive across Indiana -- and in doing so, you "purposely avail" yourself of Indiana law; as a result, if you happen to get into a car accident while crossing Indiana, Indiana courts have jurisdiction over you if the other driver sues you.
Similarly, if you send a cease-and-desist letter to someone in Indiana, making them reasonably fear that you're going to sue them for something, just sending the letter into Indiana by mail or email may constitute "purposeful availment" sufficient to allow the recipient to sue you in Indiana court (if they happen to have a legal claim against you).
So "volontaire" works much better than "délibéré," because it's really not a thoughtful or deliberate act at all. It can even be accidental (for instance, if you're driving in Ohio, take a wrong turn and end up in Indiana).
Here's a definition: https://www.quimbee.com/keyterms/purposeful-availment
And here's a much longer explanation of US jurisdiction, including explanations of purposeful availment:
"It is always necessary that there be an act 'by which the defendant purposefully avails itself of the privilege of conducting activities within the forum State, thus invoking the benefits and protections of its laws.' Such an act may be a single occurrence, such as driving a car through the territory of the state; it may be the continuous presence of the defendant in the state as a citizen or domiciliary; it may be (and frequently is) something in between. But any time a defendant is by choice physically present in a state, she has benefitted from its legal protections; Hanson is satisfied, a prerequisite of the assertion of jurisdiction though not sufficient to sustain it." https://www.quimbee.com/keyterms/purposeful-availment
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PS: Here's the correct link for the one-paragraph quote above: http://www.kentlaw.edu/cyberlaw/docs/rfc/usview.html
Please note the difference between INTENTIONAL or VOLUNTARY, and KNOWING. You don't have to know where you are in order to be intentionally driving there.
If you get lost and continue driving without knowing for sure where you are, any consequences of that decision (to voluntarily drive while lost) are on you. The consequences will not be placed on some innocent person whose car you crash into. If you intentionally keep driving, and you happen to cross a state line and cause an accident in the next state, you can be sued in that state.
Here's an example. If you live in Ohio and want to drive to Chicago, which is in Illinois, you have to drive across Indiana -- and in doing so, you "purposely avail" yourself of Indiana law; as a result, if you happen to get into a car accident while crossing Indiana, Indiana courts have jurisdiction over you if the other driver sues you.
Similarly, if you send a cease-and-desist letter to someone in Indiana, making them reasonably fear that you're going to sue them for something, just sending the letter into Indiana by mail or email may constitute "purposeful availment" sufficient to allow the recipient to sue you in Indiana court (if they happen to have a legal claim against you).
So "volontaire" works much better than "délibéré," because it's really not a thoughtful or deliberate act at all. It can even be accidental (for instance, if you're driving in Ohio, take a wrong turn and end up in Indiana).
Here's a definition: https://www.quimbee.com/keyterms/purposeful-availment
And here's a much longer explanation of US jurisdiction, including explanations of purposeful availment:
"It is always necessary that there be an act 'by which the defendant purposefully avails itself of the privilege of conducting activities within the forum State, thus invoking the benefits and protections of its laws.' Such an act may be a single occurrence, such as driving a car through the territory of the state; it may be the continuous presence of the defendant in the state as a citizen or domiciliary; it may be (and frequently is) something in between. But any time a defendant is by choice physically present in a state, she has benefitted from its legal protections; Hanson is satisfied, a prerequisite of the assertion of jurisdiction though not sufficient to sustain it." https://www.quimbee.com/keyterms/purposeful-availment
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Note added at 7 days (2019-01-31 20:03:56 GMT)
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PS: Here's the correct link for the one-paragraph quote above: http://www.kentlaw.edu/cyberlaw/docs/rfc/usview.html
Please note the difference between INTENTIONAL or VOLUNTARY, and KNOWING. You don't have to know where you are in order to be intentionally driving there.
If you get lost and continue driving without knowing for sure where you are, any consequences of that decision (to voluntarily drive while lost) are on you. The consequences will not be placed on some innocent person whose car you crash into. If you intentionally keep driving, and you happen to cross a state line and cause an accident in the next state, you can be sued in that state.
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Ph_B (X)
: Selon vous : can even be accidental et donc vous utiliseriez « volontaire » pour traduire accidental? Plutôt… « involontaire » alors !) + cf. citations dans ma réponse : « [pas] simplement fortuits, occasionnels ou unilatéraux »
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The voluntary act doesn't have to be purposeful or knowing. Driving your car down a road is voluntary. If you get lost and don't know where you are, but you keep driving, you're driving voluntarily in whatever jurisdiction you happen to be in.
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B D Finch
: Your own reference says purposeful means "Some intentional act". So, taking a wrong turning in your car wouldn't meet that criterion. Also, "purposeful" is stronger than "voluntary".
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You intentionally drove and intentionally turned. No US court cares whether you knew where you were; you don't need full knowledge of all facts in order to act intentionally. Getting lost doesn't give you a loophole to avoid being sued for a car accident.
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l'intention (du défendeur)
je pense qu'il est plus approprié de traduire de façon à ce que le concept soit clair plutôt que de se restreindre à une traduction littérale, qui ici n'aurait pas de sens pour un lecteur français.
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purposeful availment: In the law of civil procedure, an intentional act by one party directed into a particular state, thereby permitting that state to constitutionally assert personal jurisdiction over that party.
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purposeful availment: In the law of civil procedure, an intentional act by one party directed into a particular state, thereby permitting that state to constitutionally assert personal jurisdiction over that party.
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GILLES MEUNIER
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Eliza Hall
: No, this is way too broad. Purposeful means intentional, but you haven't translated "availment" at all.
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''L'action intentionnelle '' if you prefer. But is refers to the same legal concept anyway
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Reference comments
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Reference:
Choix du for juridique
The purposeful availment requirement in determining personal jurisdiction ensures that a nonresident defendant will not be haled into court based upon "random, fortuitous or attenuated" contacts with the state
Example sentence:
"deliberate action
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B D Finch
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Ph_B (X)
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Eliza Hall
: And here's a definition: https://www.quimbee.com/keyterms/purposeful-availment
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Discussion
http://www.kentlaw.edu/cyberlaw/docs/rfc/usview.html
Answer: because legalese is legalese. If you drive your car in State X, even if you don't realize you're in State X (for instance, because you got lost and don't have GPS), and you cause an accident, you can get sued in State X. The rationale, in legalese, is that you "purposefully availed" yourself of the laws of State X by driving there. No court is going to say, "Oh, you can't be sued here because you didn't realize you were here at the time."
Legal rules have to work in the real world. If we said accidentally driving into State X wasn't "purposeful availment," that would give drivers a huge incentive to lie ("Oh, I had no idea I was in state X, I drove there completely by accident"). So rather than creating a loophole based on something that cannot be proven, we just say, if you were intentionally driving, then we don't care whether you knew where you were -- that counts as purposeful availment.
And here's a much longer explanation of US jurisdiction, including explanations of purposeful availment:
"It is always necessary that there be an act 'by which the defendant purposefully avails itself of the privilege of conducting activities within the forum State, thus invoking the benefits and protections of its laws.' Such an act may be a single occurrence, such as driving a car through the territory of the state; it may be the continuous presence of the defendant in the state as a citizen or domiciliary; it may be (and frequently is) something in between. But any time a defendant is by choice physically present in a state, she has benefitted from its legal protections; Hanson is satisfied, a prerequisite of the assertion of jurisdiction though not sufficient to sustain it." https://www.quimbee.com/keyterms/purposeful-availment