Can the Hague Judgments Project be Saved?: A Perspective from the United States
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Description
The Hague Judgments Project was at a crossroads as the delegates to a first session of a Diplomatic Conference met in June, 2001 at The Hague. As has been reported, the Preliminary Draft Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments encountered formal resistance from the United States delegation and substantial informal criticism in other U.S. circles. This paper explains some of the difficulties that the Draft Convention presents for the United States and proposes some possible compromises for the negotiators at The Hague. It also offers details of an ongoing project undertaken by the American Law Institute (ALI) to address issues of jurisdiction and recognition as a matter of U.S. domestic law and to take account of the numerous federalism issues with respect to any implementation of a convention.
Source Publication
A Global Law of Jurisdiction and Judgments: Lessons From the Hague
Source Editors/Authors
John J. Barceló III, Kevin M. Clermont
Publication Date
2002
Recommended Citation
Silberman, Linda J., "Can the Hague Judgments Project be Saved?: A Perspective from the United States" (2002). Faculty Chapters. 1431.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-chapt/1431
