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Choice-of-court Agreements under the European and International Instruments

Choice-of-court Agreements under the European and International Instruments The Revised Brussels I Regulation, the Lugano Convention, and the Hague Convention

Author: Trevor Hartley
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199218028
Published In: August 2013
Format: Hardback , 560 pages
Jurisdiction: European Union ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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The first book to cover all three instruments governing the choice-of-court agreement in Europe
Written by the one of the authors of the Explanatory Report on the 2005 Hague Convention, commissioned by the Hague Conference on Private International Law
Considers the instruments thematically according to scope, validity and effect, and in a range of specialist contexts
Concludes with practical appendices, including: the complete text of the Hague Convention; the report on the Hague Convention; extracts from the Brussels Convention, Brussels I Regulation (2000 and 2012), and Lugano Convention; other selected materials.

This is the first text to address all the instruments that will govern choice-of-court agreements in Europe and to engage in a practical discussion of their mutual relationship. The existing common law, which has dominated discussion of this subject for so long, will become less significant as European and international instruments become more widely applicable. The consequences of this, both for practitioners and business persons engaging in international transactions, are explained by thematic chapters covering all major issues affected.

The work opens with an introduction to the components of a choice-of-court agreement and to the origins, principles, and status of the various instruments, making the text accessible to a broad practitioner audience. The scope of the instruments - territorial application, international application and subject-matter application - as well as conflicts between them, are addressed in Part II, which is devoted to guidance on deciding which instrument applies. Validity (substantive and formal), effects, remedies, and procedure are discussed in Part III, while Part IV tackles a range of more specialist areas, including insurance, consumer contracts, employment contracts, companies, and intellectual property. Comprehensive appendices follow, including the Hague Convention 2005 in its entirety, alongside extracts from Brussels I and Lugano, making this a standalone support for any practitioner facing unfamiliar questions in the area.

Readership: The primary market comprises practitioners specialising in private international law, particularly in the UK, the EU, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It will also appeal to academics, students of private international law, and libraries.

Introduction
1: Introduction
Which Instrument?
2: Territorial Application
3: From what date do the instruments apply?
4: Subject-matter scope
5: International Scope
6: Conflict of Instruments
Validity and Effect
7: Validity of Choice-of-Court Agreements
8: Effects of Choice-of-Court Agreements
9: Recognition and enforcement of judgments
10: Remedies and Procedure
11: Concurrent proceedings
Special Topics
12: Insurance
13: Consumer contracts under Brussels and Lugano
14: Individual contracts of employment under Brussels and Lugano
15: Immovable Property
16: Companies
17: Intellectual Property
Selected provisions from the Brussels Convention, the Brussels 1 Regulation and the Lugano Convention
Appendices
Choice-of-court provisions in the Brussels Convention, Brussels 2000, Brussels 2012, the Lugano Convention of 1988 and the Lugano Convention of 2007
Brussels 2012: Text of the Regulation
Hague: Text of the Convention and Hartley/Dogauchi Report
Extracts from Nygh/Pocar Report

Trevor Hartley is Professor Emeritus of Law at the London School of Economics, where he has taught since 1969, after five years at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. He has been a visiting professor at the Universities of California (Berkeley), Michigan, Florida, and Texas and at the College of Europe, Bruges. He has published many books and articles on EU Law and Private International Law, including International Commercial Litigation (Cambridge University Press, 2009), The Foundations of European Community Law, 7th ed. (Oxford University Press, 2010) and European Union Law in a Global Context (Cambridge University Press, 2004). He co-authored the official report on the 2005 Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements. He is a member of the American Law Institute and the Committee that advises the British Government on private international law (Ministry of Justice).