Présentation de l'éditeur

This book undertakes a systematic analysis of the 2019 Hague Judgments Convention, the 2005 Hague Choice of Court Convention 2005, and the 2017 Commonwealth Model Law on recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments from a pragmatic perspective. 

The book builds on the concept of pragmatism in private international law within the context of recognition and enforcement of judgments. It demonstrates the practical application of legal pragmatism by setting up a toolbox (pragmatic goals and methods) that will assist courts and policymakers in developing an effective and efficient judgments' enforcement scheme at national, bilateral and multilateral levels.

Practitioners, national courts, policymakers, academics, students and litigants will benefit from the book's comparative approach using case law from the United Kingdom and other leading Commonwealth States, the United States, and the Court of Justice of the European Union. The book also provides interesting findings from the empirical research on the refusal of recognition and enforcement in the UK and the Commonwealth statutory registration schemes respectively.

Sommaire

I. Background of Study 
II. Research Problem 
III. Research Questions 
IV. Methodology 
V. Significance of the Study 
VI. Literature Review 
VII. Conceptual Clarification 
VIII. Structure of the Book 

PART I. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS FOR JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT

2. Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments: Theoretical Background 
I. Introduction 
II. Theoretical Bases for Enforcement of Foreign Judgments 
III. Conclusion 

3. A Pragmatic Model for Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments 
I. Introduction 
II. Pragmatism as a Philosophical Thought 
III. Pragmatism as a Legal Theory 
IV. Legal Pragmatism Today 
V. Legal Pragmatism in Private International Law 
VI. A Pragmatic Approach to Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments 
VII. Conclusion 

PART II. COMMONWEALTH MODEL LAW ON THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS

4. Foreign Judgments Enforcement in the Commonwealth 
I. Introduction 
II. The Commonwealth 
III. Civil Justice and Cooperation in the Commonwealth 
IV. The 1920 and 1933 Statutory Schemes 
V. Conclusion 

5. Commonwealth Model Law 
I. Introduction 
II. Preliminaries 
III. Excluded Matters 
IV. International Jurisdiction 
V. Recognition, Enforcement and Defences 
VI. Other Sundry Matters 
VII. Conclusion 

PART III. HAGUE CONVENTIONS

6. The Hague Judgments Project: Pre-2019 Attempts 
I. Introduction 
II. International Harmonisation of Foreign Judgments Laws 
III. HCPIL: History of the Hague Judgments Project 
IV. HCCA 
V. Conclusion 

7. 2019 Hague Judgments Convention 
I. Introduction 
II. Pragmatism in the Negotiation of the Convention 
III. Scope and Exclusions 
IV. International Jurisdiction 
V. Refusal of Recognition 
VI. Other Sundry Matters 
VII. Has the Convention Met the Practical Needs of Litigants? 
VIII. Conclusion 

8. Summary of Findings and Conclusion
I. Summary 
II. Conclusion 
III. Contributions to Knowledge and Avenues for Further Research