Bonomi / Sarcevic / Volken 2009

Volume XI (2009)
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-3-86653-917-4
Verlag: Otto Schmidt
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 11, 647 Seiten

Reihe: Yearbook of Private International Law

The current rich volume of the Yearbook attempts to strike a balance in the multifaceted expressions of the increasing importance of private international law at national and supranational levels. The vitality of private international law within the European Union is evidenced by both legislative projects and the rich case law of the European Court of Justice. While the European Commission's draft for a Regulation on succession - which probably constitutes the most detailed and ambitious attempt ever to codify PIL in this area - begins its legislative process, a new initiative on the application of foreign law is being considered by the European institutions. Both of these developments are discussed in the Doctrine section. But the newest Yearbook of PIL also examines interesting developments taking place on other continents. For example, the present volume includes a special section focusing on Chinese PIL and reports on the renewed interest with conflict of laws in the U.S. doctrine.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sarcevic, Petar

Bonomi, Andrea

Volken, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Privatrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;TABLE OF CONTENTS;8
2;FOREWORD;12
3;ABBREVIATIONS;14
4;DOCTRINE;16
4.1;PARTY AUTONOMY IN INTERNATIONAL FAMILY AND SUCCESSION LAW: NEW TENDENCIES;16
4.1.1;I. Introduction;16
4.1.2;II. New Tendencies;19
4.1.3;III. Choice of Law Agreements – Applicable Law;22
4.1.4;IV. Mediation – Divorce by Private Act;23
4.1.5;V. Conclusions;25
4.2;AFTER THE REVOLUTION – DECLINE AND RETURN OF U. S. CONFLICT OF LAWS;26
4.2.1;I. Introduction: The Aging Revolution;26
4.2.2;II. The Return of Politics: Same-Sex Marriage;30
4.2.3;III. The Return of Theory: Interdisciplinarity;37
4.2.4;IV. Conclusion: Ready for a New Restatement?;44
4.3;PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW AND COMPARATIVE LAW: A RELATIONSHIP CHALLENGED BY INTERNATIONAL AND SUPRANATIONAL LAW;46
4.3.1;I. Introduction: A Classical Comparative Paradigm for a Classical PIL;47
4.3.2;II. Reasons for and Consequences of PIL Changes;48
4.3.3;III. Elements of Current PIL;64
4.3.4;IV. Searching for a Contemporary Comparative Paradigm for Current PIL;71
4.3.5;V. Teaching and Learning PIL on a Comparative Basis;78
4.3.6;VI. Some Final Remarks;86
4.4;DAMAGES FOR BREACH OF A CHOICE-OF-COURT AGREEMENT: REMAINING ISSUES;88
4.4.1;I. Introduction;88
4.4.2;II. Legal Bases of the Claim;93
4.4.3;III. Governing Law;99
4.4.4;IV. Jurisdiction;105
4.4.5;V. Enforceability of the Judgment in Other Countries;112
4.4.6;VI. Damages for Breach of a Choice-of-Law Agreement?;114
4.4.7;VII. Final Remarks;119
4.5;A FURTHER STEP TOWARDS A EUROPEAN CODE OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW;122
4.5.1;I. Introduction;123
4.5.2;II. The Need for Uniform Conflict of Laws Rules on Succession;124
4.5.3;III. The Concept and Principles of the Proposal;127
4.5.4;IV. Key Concerns of the Actual Draft;143
4.5.5;V. Conclusions;156
4.6;PERSONAL IDENTITY AT A CROSSROAD BETWEEN PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW, INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND EU LAW;158
4.6.1;I. The Link Between Name and Personal Identity;158
4.6.2;II. Continuity of Name and Private International Law;160
4.6.3;III. Identity, Continuity and the European Convention on Human Rights;165
4.6.4;IV. The Case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities;168
4.7;THE APPLICATION OF FOREIGN LAW;172
4.7.1;I. Introductory Remarks;172
4.7.2;II. An Overview of the Actual Treatment of Foreign Law in EU Member States;176
4.7.3;III. Possible Actions on a European Level;181
4.7.4;IV. Conclusion;184
4.8;CONTRACTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE OF GOODS: JURISDICTION AND ARBITRATION UNDER THE NEW UNCITRAL CONVENTION 2008;186
4.8.1;I. Introductory Considerations;186
4.8.2;II. Purposes of the New UNCITRAL Convention 2008;189
4.8.3;III. Regulation of Jurisdiction and Arbitration under the ‘ The Hague Rules’ and the ‘ The Hague- Visby Rules’;192
4.8.4;IV. Regulation of Foreign Court Jurisdiction and Arbitration in the Hamburg Convention of 1978;193
4.8.5;V. The Provisions of the New UNCITRAL Convention 2008 on International Jurisdiction and Arbitration;199
5;PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW IN CHINA: SELECTED TOPICS;208
5.1;CONTRACTUAL PARTY AUTONOMY IN CHINESE PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW;208
5.1.1;I. Introduction;209
5.1.2;II. Choice of National Law;211
5.1.3;III. Choice of Supra-National Rules of Law;216
5.1.4;IV. Limitations on Party Autonomy;218
5.1.5;V. Concluding Remarks;223
5.2;RECENT DEVELOPMENTS WITH REGARD TO CHOICE OF LAW IN TORT IN CHINA;226
5.2.1;I. Introduction;226
5.2.2;II. Present Choice of Law Rules in Tort;228
5.2.3;III. Recent Changes with Regard to Application of Law in Tort;236
5.2.4;IV. Draft Law on Application of Law on Foreign- Related Civil Relationship;247
5.2.5;V. Conclusion;249
5.3;RECENT JUDICIAL COOPERATION IN CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS BETWEEN MAINLAND CHINA AND TAIWAN, THE HONG KONG S. A. R. AND THE MACAO S. A. R.*;250
5.3.1;I. Introduction;251
5.3.2;II. Recent Judicial Cooperation between the Courts of Mainland China and Those of the Other Three Regions;252
5.3.3;III. Problems in Judicial Cooperation of the Mainland with Taiwan, the Hong Kong S. A. R. and the Macao S. A. R. and Possible Reforms;263
5.3.4;IV. Conclusion;267
5.4;LAW APPLICABLE TO ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS IN CHINA;270
5.4.1;I. Introduction;270
5.4.2;II. Development of the Methods for Designating the Law Applicable to Arbitration Agreements in China;271
5.4.3;III. The Current Situation with Respect to Law Applicable to Arbitration Agreements in China and the Problems therein;272
5.4.4;IV. Means to Improve the Designation of the Law Applicable to Arbitration Agreements in China;277
5.5;FOREIGN PRECEDENTS IN CHINESE COURTS;280
5.5.1;I. Introduction;280
5.5.2;II. The Applicability of Foreign Precedent in Chinese Courts;281
5.5.3;III. The Approaches to Determining the Content of Foreign Precedent;285
5.5.4;IV. The Approaches to Applying Foreign Precedents;291
5.5.5;V. Conclusions and Suggestions;295
5.6;CRIME OF LAW-BENDING ARBITRATION IN CHINESE CRIMINAL LAW AND ITS EFFECTS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION;298
5.6.1;I. The Creation of the Crime of Law- bending Arbitration;298
5.6.2;II. The Disagreements on the Crime of Law- bending Arbitration;300
5.6.3;III. Dichotomy on the Nature of Arbitration: the Key Point to the Question about the Crime of Law- bending Arbitration;302
5.6.4;IV. The Effects of the Crime of Law- bending Arbitration on International Commercial Arbitration;305
5.6.5;V. Conclusions;310
5.7;LAW APPLICABLE TO ARBITRATION CLAUSES IN CHINA: COMMENTS ON THE CHINESE SUPREME PEOPLE’S COURT’S DECISION IN THE HENGJI COMPANY CASE;312
5.7.1;I. Facts of the Decision;313
5.7.2;II. Principle of Autonomy of Arbitration Agreements and Its Application in China;314
5.7.3;III. Relative Independence of the Law Applicable to Arbitration Clauses;316
5.7.4;IV. Approaches to the Law Applicable to Arbitration Clauses;318
5.7.5;V. Conclusion;319
6;NATIONAL REPORTS;320
6.1;THE LATEST TRENDS IN LATIN AMERICAN PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW: THE URUGUAYAN 2009 GENERAL LAW ON PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW;320
6.1.1;I. Introduction: Justification for the Autonomy of the Regional Process of Codification of Private International Law in Latin America;321
6.1.2;II. The Uruguayan General Act on Private International Law;329
6.1.3;III. Contents of the General Act on PIL;334
6.2;THE INFLUENCE OF SWISS LAW ON QUEBEC’S 1994 CODIFICATION OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW;354
6.2.1;I. Introduction;355
6.2.2;II. General;357
6.2.3;III. Some Specific Rules;372
6.2.4;IV. Conclusion;389
6.3;INITIAL OWNERSHIP OF COPYRIGHT IN A CINEMATOGRAPHIC WORK UNDER JAPANESE PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW;390
6.3.1;I. Introduction;390
6.3.2;II. Substantive Law;391
6.3.3;III. Conflict of Laws;395
6.3.4;IV. Conclusion;398
6.4;LESS SURPRISE FOR SPOUSES MOVING WITHIN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES?;400
6.4.1;I. The 1931 Nordic Convention on Marriage Is Amended;400
6.4.2;II. What Is New?;402
6.4.3;III. Final Remarks;408
6.5;THE COMMON OPTIONAL MATRIMONIAL PROPERTY REGIME OF GERMANY AND FRANCE;410
6.5.1;I. The Genesis of the Common Regime;410
6.5.2;II. The Legal Background;411
6.5.3;III. The Competence of the Member States;413
6.5.4;IV. A Short Overview of the Substance of the COMPR;414
6.5.5;V. The COMPR as a Substantive Model for Europe?;416
6.5.6;VI. The PIL-Perspective;416
6.5.7;VII. A ‘Unification-Race’ within the EU?;418
6.5.8;VIII. Bilateral Treaty-Making: A Way for the CFR?;418
7;NEWS FROM UNCITRAL;420
7.1;INTERNATIONAL INSOLVENCY LAW: THE UNCITRAL EXPERIENCE WITH HARMONIZATION AND MODERNIZATION TECHNIQUES;420
7.1.1;I. Introduction;421
7.1.2;II. Harmonization and Modernization Techniques in the Insolvency Field;421
7.1.3;III. UNCITRAL’s Experience with Insolvency Texts;425
7.1.4;IV. Practice Guide on Cross-Border Insolvency Cooperation;439
7.1.5;V. Conclusion;441
8;COURT DECISIONS;442
8.1;‘MUTUAL TRUST’ AND ‘ARBITRATION EXCEPTION’ IN THE EUROPEAN JUDICIAL AREA: THE WEST TANKERS JUDGMENT OF THE ECJ;442
8.1.1;I. The Interactions between Civil Jurisdiction and Arbitration in the European Judicial Area;442
8.1.2;II. Anti-suit Injunctions in Support of Arbitration and their Recent Ban by the Court of Justice of the European Communities;447
8.1.3;III. The Evolution of the Concept of Mutual Trust in European Case Law;451
8.1.4;IV. The Different Perspectives Adopted by the House of Lords and by the European Court of Justice in West Tankers;458
8.1.5;V. The Far Reaching Scope of Mutual Trust with Respect to Arbitration as a Matter Excluded from the Scope of Application of Regulation No 44/ 2001;460
8.1.6;VI. The Effect of Arbitration Agreements on the Jurisdiction of National Courts in the Brussels System;463
8.2;JURISDICTION IN CASES RELATED TO A LICENCE CONTRACT UNDER ART. 5 ( 1) BRUSSELS REGULATION;468
8.2.1;I. Introduction;468
8.2.2;II. The Questions Referred for a Preliminary Ruling;469
8.2.3;III. The Concept of Licence Contracts in Community Private Law;475
8.2.4;IV. Methodological Clarifications on the Interpretation of the Brussels Regulation;478
8.2.5;V. Conclusions and Perspectives;482
8.3;EFFET UTILE OF THE REGULATION NO. 1346 AND VIS ATTRACTIVA CONCURSUS: SOME REMARKS ON THE DEKO MARTY JUDGMENT;484
8.3.1;I. Regulation No. 1346/2000 and Its Lack of Expressed Provisions on Jurisdiction over Actions Arising from Insolvency Proceedings and Relating to Them;484
8.3.2;II. Questions Referred to the ECJ and the Uniform and Autonomous Principle of vis attractiva Stated by the Court as a Way to Achieve the effet utile of the Regulation;487
8.3.3;III. Critical Remarks;488
8.3.4;IV. Achieving the effet utile of the Regulation by Applying the lex fori concursus in Order to Solve the Jurisdiction Issue Regardless of the Member State Where the Action is Brought;491
8.4;JURISDICTION TO SET ASIDE FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS IN INDIA;496
8.4.1;I. Introduction;496
8.4.2;II. The Indian Supreme Court’s Decision in Venture Global;497
8.4.3;III. Judicial Review of Arbitral Awards: Legal Foundations and Procedural Remedies;499
8.4.4;IV. Jurisdiction to Set Aside Arbitral Awards;502
8.4.5;V. Legal and Practical Ramifications of the Venture Global Decision;506
8.4.6;VI. Conclusion;510
8.5;FORUM NON CONVENIENS AND LIS ALIBI PENDENS IN INTERNATIONAL LITIGATION IN PANAMA;512
8.5.1;I. Introduction;512
8.5.2;II. The Admission of the forum non conveniens Exception in the Conflicts of Jurisdiction in Panama;514
8.5.3;III. Legal and Jurisprudential Evolution of the forum non conveniens Exception;517
8.5.4;IV. The Defense of International lis pendens in Panamanian Private International Law;522
8.6;LIS ALIBI PENDENS AND RELATED ACTIONS IN CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS WITHIN THE EUROPEAN JUDICIAL AREA;526
8.6.1;I. General Features of lis alibi pendens and Related Actions as Instruments of Coordination among State Jurisdictions;528
8.6.2;II. The EC Rules on lis pendens and Related Actions Contained in Regulation No. 44/ 2001 (‘ Brussels I’);532
8.6.3;III. In Particular, the Requirements for the Application of the Rules on lis pendens: the Identity of the Cause of Action;543
8.6.4;IV. Some Problems Concerning Identity of the Parties;557
8.6.5;V. The Rule Contained in the Regulation Concerning the Determination of Temporal Priority;561
8.6.6;VI. A Brief Discussion of Some Proposals for Reform of the Rules on lis alibi pendens and Related Actions Contained in the Brussels I Regulation;567
8.7;MONEY IN PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW: WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS? WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS?;580
8.7.1;I. Introduction;581
8.7.2;II. The Notion of Money in Private International Law;584
8.7.3;III. Money Obligations in Private International Law;596
8.7.4;IV. Conclusion;612
8.8;INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND STATE IMMUNITY FROM JURISDICTION IN THE NEW YORK CONVENTION OF 2004;614
8.8.1;I. The Problem and Its Economic Relevance;614
8.8.2;II. Nature and Interpretation Criteria of Arts. 5, 10 and 14 of the Convention;625
8.8.3;III. The Negative Criteria of Jurisdiction Relating to Disputes in the Field of Primary Intellectual Property Rights;627
9;INDEX;642