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Volume 50 - December 2003

Contents

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Book Review

Hague Case Law – Latest Developments

Book Review

Articles

  • Family Unions in Private International Law

  • Kurt Siehr
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    02 April 2004, pp. 419-435

  • In 1893 the Hague Conference on Private International Law convened for the first time and put also certain matters of family law on its agenda. With respect to the law of husband and wife three conventions were drafted in a short period of time and opened for signature and ratification by the member states:

    1. the Convention of 12 June 1902 Governing Conflicts of Laws Concerning Marriage

    2. the Convention of 12 June 1902 Governing Conflicts of Laws and Conflicts of Jurisdiction concerning Divorce and Separation

    3. the Convention of 17 July 1905 concerning Conflicts of Laws relating to the Effects of Marriage on the Rights and Duties of Spouses inter se and on the Spouses' Property.

    These instruments were drafted by the delegations of sixteen European countries and of Japan as the only non-European member of the Hague Conference. Of course, these countries had their problems a century ago. Many marriage impediments existed in various jurisdictions and two countries (Italy and Spain) did not provide for any divorce, simply admitted a judicial separation of spouses without dissolving the marital bond. Despite these problems it must have been idyllic times in a world without mobility of thousands of people and with a firm belief that there is only one legitimate form of family life: the union of husband and wife married according to the law governing the celebration of marriage.

Book Review

Articles

  • Impact of Time in the Recent EC Regulations on International Civil Procedure

  • Paul Meijknecht
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    02 April 2004, pp. 437-458

  • Certainly the relationship between time and law is a central item, particularly in civil procedure, since civil litigation constitutes a sequence of acts towards a specific goal. Civil procedure can only be conceived in terms of time. However, the speed at which the interests of individuals in civil litigation are taken care of, depends on the efficiency of the administration of justice. The running of time is here decided by powers other than the persons concerned. This is why the time factor in civil procedure is being explored with a growing intensity.

Documents

Contents of Volume L (2003)

Book Review

Books Received

Hague Case Law – Latest Developments

Documents

Books Received

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