Yearbook of Private International Law

With articles by Harry Duintjer Tebbens, David Goddard, Christoph Bernasconi, Bertrand Ancel and Frank Gerhard, Private International Law Issues in World War II Era Litigation, national reports from Germany and news from The Hague as well as texts, materials and recent developments.

Doctrine:Harry Duintjer Tebbens: Judicial Interpretation of the 1988 Lugano Convention on Jurisdiction and Judgments in the Light of ist Brussels Matrix: the Convergence ConfirmedDavid Goddard: Rethinking the Hague Judgments Convention: A Pacific PerspectiveChristoph Bernasconi: Indirectly Held Securities: A New Venture for the Hague Conference on Private International LawBertrand Ancel: The Brussels I Regulation: CommentPrivate International Law Issues in World War II Era Litigation:Yasuhiro Okuda: The Law Applicable to Governmental Liability for Injuries to Foreign Individuals during World War II: Questions of Private International Law in the Ongoing Legal Proceedings before Japanese CourtsKent Anderson: Issues of Private International Law and Civil Procedure Arising out of the U.S. Civil Suits for Forced Labor during World War II: To What Extent Do U.S. Conflict and Procedural Rules Obstruct Private Liability for Wartime Human Rights Violations?Jan von Hein: The Law Applicable to Governmental Liability for Violations of Human Rights in World War II: Questions of Private International Law from a German PerspectiveNational Reports:Gerhard Hohloch/Cecilie Kjelland: The New German Conflicts Rules for Registered PartnershipsNews from The Hague:J.H.A. van Loon: The Hague Conference on Private International Law - Work in Progress (2000-2001)Forum:Frank Gerhard: The Extraterritorial Judicial Penalty - New Instrument for the Transnational Enforcement of Extraterritorial Injunctions?Texts, Materials and Recent Developments:Council Regulation (EC) No. 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters ("Brussels I")Council Regulation (EC) No. 1206/2001 of 28 May 2001 on Cooperation between the Courts of the Member States in the Taking of Evidence in Civil or Commercial MattersChinese Society of Private International Law: Model Law of Private International Law of the People's Republic of China (Sixth Draft, 2000)James A.R. Nafziger: Oregon's Conflicts Law Applicable to ContractsBook Review:Mario Giovanoli (ed): International Monetary Law, Issues for the New Millenium (Petar Sarcevic)Books ReceivedIndex