Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements

Gilles Cuniberti, Professor of Comparative and Private International Law, University of Luxembourg, Brooke Marshall, Associate Professor of Law, University of Oxford, UK and Louise Ellen Teitz, Professor of Law, Roger Williams University School of Law, Bristol, Rhode Island, USA

• ContentsPrefaceIntroduction to The Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements 1 Louise Ellen Teitz CHAPTER I SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS 1 Scope 38 Peter Mankowski and Gilles Cuniberti 2 Exclusions from scope 55 Peter Mankowski 3 Exclusive choice of court agreements 108 Gilles Cuniberti 4 Other definitions 134 Gilles Cuniberti CHAPTER II JURISDICTION 5 Jurisdiction of the chosen court 150 Peter Mankowski and Gilles Cuniberti 6 Obligations of a court not chosen 182 Peter Mankowski and Brooke Marshall 7 Interim measures of protection 226 Peter Mankowski and Gilles Cuniberti CHAPTER III RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT 8 Recognition and enforcement 239 Gilles Cuniberti 9 Refusal of recognition or enforcement 256 Gilles Cuniberti 10 Preliminary questions 282Brooke Marshall11 Damages 295Louise Ellen Teitz12 Judicial settlements (transactions judiciaires) 307Gilles Cuniberti13 Documents to be produced 316Brooke Marshall14 Procedure 325Louise Ellen Teitz15 Severability 330Louise Ellen TeitzCHAPTER IV GENERAL CLAUSES16 Transitional provisions 335Gilles Cuniberti17 Contracts of insurance and reinsurance 339Brooke Marshall18 No legalisation 352Brooke Marshall19 Declaration limiting jurisdiction 359Louise Ellen Teitz20 Declarations limiting recognition and enforcement 368Louise Ellen Teitz21 Declarations with respect to specific matters 377Louise Ellen Teitz22 Reciprocal declarations on non-exclusive choice of court agreements 387Louise Ellen Teitz23 Uniform interpretation 403Louise Ellen Teitz24 Review of operation of the convention 410Louise Ellen Teitz25 Non-unified legal systems 415Louise Ellen Teitz26 Relationship with other international instruments 424Peter Mankowski27 Signature, ratification, acceptance, approval or accession 450Peter Mankowski 28 Declarations with respect to non-unified legal systems 456Peter Mankowski29 Regional economic integration organisations 462Peter Mankowski30 Accession by a Regional Economic Integration Organisation without its Member States 469Peter Mankowski31 Entry into force 473Peter Mankowski32 Declarations 479Peter Mankowski33 Denunciation 490Peter Mankowski34 Notifications by the depository 493Peter MankowskiAnnex 1: Hartley/Dogauchi Report 495Annex 2: Nygh/Pocar Report 617Annex 3: Singapore Choice of Court Agreements Act 745Bibliography 751Index 763

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