Matthias Weller is Director of the Institute for German and international Civil Procedural Law, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany.João Ribeiro-Bidaoui is a former First Secretary, Permanent Bureau, Hague Conference on Private International Law.Moritz Brinkmann is Director of the Institute for German and international Civil Procedural Law, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany.Nina Dethloff is Director of the Institute for German and International Family Law, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany.

The book under review is ... unquestionably a valuable source of information on the Convention.

• I. Scope of ApplicationII. Judgments, Recognition, Enforcement III. Indirect JurisdictionIV. Grounds for RefusalV. Trust Management: Establishment of Relations Between Contracting StatesVI. The HCCH (Hague) System for Choice of Court Agreements: Relationship of the HCCH Judgments Convention 2019 to the HCCH 2005 Convention on Choice of Court AgreementsVII. “The HCCH (Hague) System” and “the Brussels System”: Relations to the Brussels and Lugano RegimePart II: Prospects for the WorldVIII. European Union IX. North AmericaX. South European Neighbouring and EU Candidate Countries XI. Middle East and North Africa (including Gulf Cooperation Council)XII. Sub-Saharan Africa (including Commonwealth of Nations)XIII. Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) XIV. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)XV. China (including Belt and Road Initiative)Part III: OutlookXVI. Lessons from the Genesis of the HCCH Judgments ProjectXVII. International Commercial Arbitration and Judicial Cooperation in Civil Matters: Towards an Integrated ApproachXVIII. General Synthesis and Future Perspectives