International Law of Procedure

International (Civil) Procedural Law is part of Private International Law and covers the following main subjects. Firstly, the jurisdiction of national courts in international civil and commercial disputes, and jurisdictional immunities. Secondly, the recognition and enforcement of decisions of foreign courts. The 1968 Brussels Convention on Jurisdiction and Enforcement represents the beginning of a harmonization programme of procedural law within the European Union which has been one of the most striking developments in this field. Harmonization attempts at the international level by the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)and the American Law Institute (ALI) resulted in the ALI/UNIDROIT Principles and Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure in 2004.

Reference works

Miguel Virgos Soriano y Francisco J. Garcimarti?n Alfe?rez, Derecho procesal civil internacional : Litigacio?n internacional (2nd ed.), 2007
Shelby R. Grubbs (ed.), International Civil Procedure, 2003
Jean Derruppe?, Droit international prive? (16th ed.), 2008
Adrian Briggs; Peter Rees (ed.), Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (5th ed.), 2009
Stephen McCaffrey and Thomas O. Main, Transnational Litigation in Comparative Perspective : Theory and Application, 2010
Reinhold Geimer und Rolf A. Schu?tze, Europa?isches Zivilverfahrensrecht : Kommentar zur EuGVVO, EuEheVO, EuZustellungsVO, EuInsVO, EuVTVO, zum Lugano-U?bereinkommen und zum nationalen Kompetenz- und Anerkennungsrecht (3rd ed.), 2010
Reinhold Geimer , Internationales ZivilprozeàŸrecht (6th ed.), 2009

Bibliographies
Periodicals and Serial Publications

IPRax : Praxis des internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts

Books

EPSTEIN, D. and C.S. BALDWIN, International Litigation : A Guide to Jurisdiction, Practice, and Strategy, Leiden : N?hoff, 2010
FOUCHARD, P. (ed), Vers un procès civil universel? : les règles transnationales de procédure civile de l’American Law Institute, Paris : Pantheon-Assas, 2001
GEIMER, R.,Internationales ZivilprozeàŸrecht, Küln : Schmidt, 2009
HAU, W.J. und H. LINKE (eds.), Internationales Zivilverfahrensrecht, Küln : Verlag Otto Schmidt, 2011
KRUGER, T., Civil Jurisdiction Rules of the EU and Their Impact on Third States, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008
McCAFFREY, S.C. and T.O. MAIN, Transnational Litigation in Comparative Perspective : Theory and Application, New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2010
STORSKRUBB, S.R., (ed.), Civil Procedure and EU Law : a Policy Area Uncovered, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008
STàœRNER, R. and M. KAWANO (eds.), Current Topics of International Litigation, Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2009
UNIDROIT, ALI/UNIDROIT principles of Transnational Civil Procedure : as Adopted and Promulgated by the American Law Institute at Washington, D.C., May 2004 and by UNIDROIT at Rome, Italy, April 2004, New York, NY etc. : Cambridge University Press etc., 2006
VIRGà“S SORIANO, M. y F.J. GARCIMARTàN ALFà‰REZ, Derecho procesal civil internacional : litigación internacional, Madrid : Civitas, 2007

Articles

GLASSER, C., “Do We Need a Transnational Civil Procedure Code? : a Critical Comment” , in: The Future of Transnational Civil Litigation : English Responses to the ALI/UNIDROIT Draft Principles and Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure, London : British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 2004, pp. 13-15
PEREIRA, F.P., “La coopération judiciaire en matière civile dans l’Union européenne : bilan et perspectives” , in: 99 Revue critique de droit international privé (2010) 1, pp. 1-36
STàœRNER, R., “The Principles of Transnational Civil Procedure” , in: 69 Rabels Zeitschrift für auslandisches und internationales Privatrecht (2005) 2, pp. 201-254
TARUFFO, M., “Harmonizing Civil Litigation in Europe?” , in: Making European Private Law : Governance Design, Cheltenham : Elgar, 2008, pp. 46-63
VRELLIS, S., “Major Problems of International Civil Procedure as Compared to the AlI/Unidroit Principles and Rules” , in: 56 Revue hellénique de droit international (2003) 1, pp. 91-109

Documents

ALI/UNIDROIT Principles of Transnational Civil Procedure

Comparative Civil Procedure : a Guide to Primary and Secondary Sources, by Radu D. Popa and Mirela Roznovschi
Institute for Private International Law and Civil Procedure
Unifying International Civil Procedure and Private International Law in the European Union, by Volker Behr

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keywords

Jurisdiction
Law of european civil procedure
Law of international civil procedure
Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments
UNIDROIT

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Hague Conference on Private International Law, International Commercial Arbitration, International Commercial Law, International Family Law, International commercial arbitration, Private International Law, Transnational Litigation.