International Litigation and Arbitration : Selected Treaties, Statutes and Rules

by Lowenfeld, Andreas F.

• ISBN13: 9780314251565
• ISBN10: 0314251561
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: West Group

Table of Contents

Preface	iii
JURISDICTIONAL STATUTES AND RULES
New York Statutes on Jurisdiction of Courts (Excerpts)	1	(2)
New York Choice of Law and Choice of Forum Statutes	3	(2)
ALI Restatement (Third) of Foreign Relations Law, Jurisdiction to Prescribe	5	(2)
UK: Order 11 on Jurisdiction of Courts	7	(16)
Federal Rules Pertaining to Service (as amended 1995) (Excerpts)	23	(11)
Federal Rules Pertaining to Service (pre-1995) (Excerpts)	28	(6)
The Hague Service Convention	34	(11)
ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS
Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act	45	(3)
New York Amendment on Foreign Currency Judgments	48	(1)
UK: Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (Excerpts)	49	(2)
EU: Convention on Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgements (1968)	51	(40)
EU: Council Regulation on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments (eff. 2002)	91	(31)
UK-Canada Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments	122	(8)
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules	130	(20)
AAA International Arbitration Rules	150	(13)
ICC Rules of Arbitration	163	(24)
Rules of London Court of International Arbitration	187	(21)
UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules	208	(16)
U.S. Arbitration Act	224	(10)
UK: Arbitration Act 1996	234	(48)
UNCITRAL Model Law on International Arbitration	282	(14)
UN Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards	296	(7)
Parties to the Convention	301	(2)
Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration	303	(3)
Parties to the Convention	305	(1)
LITIGATION INVOLVING FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
Hickenlooper Amendments to Foreign Assistance Act	306	(3)
U.S. Foreign Soverign Immunities Act of 1976	309	(13)
Alien Tort Statute and Torture Victim Protection Act	322	(2)
UK: State Immunity Act 1978	324	(12)
European Convention on State Immunity	336	(20)
DISCOVERY AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENT COMPULSION
Federal Rules Pertaining to Discovery (Excerpts)	356	(13)
U.S. Shipping Act of 1916, Sections on Discovery	369	(2)
U.S. Statutes on International Judicial Assistance	371	(3)
Switzerland: Banking and Business Secrecy Acts	374	(1)
UK: Shipping Contracts and Commercial Documents Act 1964	375	(3)
UK: Protection of Trading Interests Act 1980	378	(6)
France: Law on Documents and Information 1980	384	(1)
The Hague Evidence Convention	385	(14)
Declarations Pursuant to Article 23	399