THE HAGUE CONVENTION OF 23 NOVEMBER 2007 ON THE INTERNATIONAL RECOVERY OF CHILD SUPPORT AND OTHER FORMS OF FAMILY MAINTENANCE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS VII
3. FOREWORD XI
4. ABBREVIATIONS XV
5. Doctrine
6. THE NEW LUGANO CONVENTION ON JURISDICTION AND THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS IN CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS 1
7. COMMERCIAL AGENTS UNDER EUROPEAN JURISDICTION RULES 19
8. DAMAGES FOR BREACH OF A CHOICE-OF-COURT AGREEMENT 57
9. ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION 93
10. ACCIDENTAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE CONFLICT OF LAWS: APPLYING, CONSIDERING, AND ADJUSTING RULES FROM DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS 113
11. WHAT’S IN A NAME? GRUNKIN-PAUL AND BEYOND 135
12. Rome I Regulation – Selected Topics
13. THE ROME I REGULATION ON THE LAW APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS 165
14. THE NEW ROME I / ROME II / BRUSSELS I SYNERGY 177
15. APPLICABLE LAW IN THE ABSENCE OF CHOICE TO CONTRACTS RELATING TO INTELLECTUAL OR INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS 199
16. THE ROME I REGULATION AND DISTRIBUTION CONTRACTS 221
17. FRANCHISE CONTRACTS AND THE ROME I REGULATION ON THE LAW APPLICABLE TO INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS 233
18. NEW ISSUES IN THE ROME I REGULATION: THE SPECIAL PROVISIONS ON FINANCIAL MARKET CONTRACTS 245
19. INSURANCE CONTRACTS IN ROME I: ANOTHER RECENT FAILURE OF THE EUROPEAN LEGISLATURE 261
20. OVERRIDING MANDATORY PROVISIONS IN THE ROME I REGULATION ON THE LAW APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS 285
21. A SHORT LOOK AT ROME I ON CONTRACT CONFLICTS FROM A JAPANESE PERSPECTIVE 301
22. The New Hague Maintenance Convention and Protocol
23. THE HAGUE CONVENTION OF 23 NOVEMBER 2007 ON THE INTERNATIONAL RECOVERY OF CHILD SUPPORT AND OTHER FORMS OF FAMILY MAINTENANCE 313
24. THE HAGUE PROTOCOL OF 23 NOVEMBER 2007 ON THE LAW APPLICABLE TO MAINTENANCE OBLIGATIONS 333
25. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDIUM AND TECHNOLOGY NEUTRAL INTERNATIONAL TREATIES IN SUPPORT OF POST-CONVENTION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 359
26. National Reports
27. A DECADE OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW IN AFRICAN COURTS 1997-2007 (PART II) 367
28. THE NEW INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION SYSTEM IN SPAIN 409
29. INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION: THE ISRAELI PERSPECTIVE 431
30. THE NEW MACEDONIAN PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW ACT OF 2007 441
31. THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW IN ESTONIA 459
32. CURRENT STATUS OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION IN ROMANIA 473
33. RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDICIAL DECISIONS IN THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA 493
34. ATTEMPTING A ‘JUDICIAL RESTATEMENT’ OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW IN BELARUS 505
35. THE PANAMANIAN BUSINESS COMPANY AND THE CONFLICT OF LAWS 523
36. News from UNCITRAL
37. INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW REFORM IN AFRICA 547
38. Court Decisions
39. TRANSLATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE EC SERVICE REGULATION: THE WEISS UND PARTNER DECISION OF THE ECJ 565
40. REGULATION (EC) 2201/03 AND ITS PERSONAL SCOPE 579
41. THE FRENCH PLUMBER, SUBCONTRACTING, AND THE INTERNAL MARKET 593
42. TWO RECENT CROATIAN DECISIONS ON COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT: CONFLICT OF LAWS AND MORE 617
43. Forum
44. THE RECOGNITION OF TRUSTS AND THEIR USE IN ESTATE PLANNING UNDER CONTINENTAL LAWS 629
45. SOME CRITICAL COMMENTS ON THE JURIDICITY OF LEX MERCATORIA 667
46. THE INAPPLICABILITY OF THE CONNECTING FACTOR OF NATIONALITY TO THE NEGOTIATING CAPACITY IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE 711
47. Backmatter 737