The Hague Judgments Convention and Commonwealth Model Law: A Pragmatic Perspective

The book offers a pragmatic analysis of the 2019 Hague Judgments Convention, the 2005 Hague Choice of Court Convention, and the 2017 Commonwealth Model Law on recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, providing practical tools for courts and policymakers to develop effective enforcement schemes. It includes case law from the UK, US, and EU, as well as empirical research on refusal of recognition and enforcement in the UK and Commonwealth statutory registration schemes.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 310 pages
Publication date: 23 February 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

The 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.

Weight: 480g
Dimension: 155 x 234 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781509947119