Elgar Companion to the Hague Conference on Private International Law

Edited by Thomas John, MCIArb, Independent Mediator, Arbitrator and Legal Consultant, the Netherlands, Rishi Gulati, Associate Professor in International Law, University of East Anglia, UK and Barrister, Victorian Bar, Australia and Ben Köhler, University of Bayreuth, Germany

'In this book there are 35 contributions from foremost experts around the world. They deal with the history of the HCCH, its role in an increasingly globalised world, and its role in the future. Especially valuable is the critical analysis of the existing HCCH instruments. [...] All scholars in this field will need to take notice of this comprehensive work, and practitioners in ever-increasing international litigation will find much that is of great practical importance.'

• Contents:Foreword I xxiChristophe BernasconiForeword II xxivLord CollinsEditors’ introduction to the Elgar companion to the HCCH xxvPART I HCCH: INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVESSECTION 1 – HCCH AS AN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTION1 The Netherlands Standing Government Committee on PrivateInternational Law 3Paul Vlas2 The HCCH and functional immunity: on origins, scope, and access to court 11Guido den Dekker3 The three sisters of private international law: an increasinglyco-operative family rather than sibling rivals 23William Brydie-WatsonSECTION 2 – HCCH AS AN ORGANISATION WITH GLOBAL REACH4 The HCCH’s development in Latin America and the Caribbean 42Nuria Gonzalez-Martin5 The HCCH’s development in Africa 52Richard Frimpong Oppong and Pontian N. Okoli6 The HCCH’s development in the Asia-Pacific region 61Yuko NishitaniSECTION 3 – HCCH AS A DRIVER OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW7 The work of the HCCH and the path of the law: the politics ofdifference in unified private international law 79Horatia Muir Watt8 The role of the HCCH in shaping private international law 112Jan von Hein9 Regulatory competition and the 2015 Choice of Law Principles 128Giesela Rühl10 The HCCH and legal co-operation – shaping the fourth dimension ofprivate international law 150Lukas Rass-Masson11 The effect of ‘ordre public’ and mandatory forum law on the work ofthe HCCH: reflections from the Australian common law 160Christopher Ward and Philip SantucciPART II HCCH: CURRENT INSTRUMENTSSECTION 1 – HCCH FAMILY LAW INSTRUMENTS12 The HCCH and its Conventions relating to marriages 173Patrick Wautelet13 The 1980 Child Abduction Convention – the status quo and future challenges 183Diana Bryant14 The 1993 Intercountry Adoption Convention: from ‘gift child’ to saferadoptions 198Sai Ramani Garimella and Shivika Choudhary15 International family law and child protection in Latin America:achievements and shortcomings, challenges posed by the 1996 ChildProtection Convention 214Nieve Rubaja16 The 2000 Adult Protection Convention – sleeping beauty or toocomplex to implement? 226Richard Frimston17 The HCCH and maintenance obligations 236Nadia de Araujo18 Mediation in international children’s cases 249Melissa Kucinski19 Child protection in private international law – a HCCH success story? 259Yuko NishitaniSECTION 2 – HCCH CIVIL PROCEDURE, CROSS-BORDERLITIGATION AND LEGAL CO-OPERATION INSTRUMENTS20 The 1961 Apostille Convention – authenticating documents forinternational use 277Peter Zablud21 The 1965 Service and 1970 Evidence Conventions as crucial bridgesbetween legal traditions? 288Vincent Richard and Burkhard Hess22 The 2005 Choice of Court Convention – the triumph of party autonomy 298Ronald A. Brand23 The Judgments Project: fulfilling Asser’s dream of free-flowing judgments 309Richard GarnettSECTION 3 – HCCH COMMERCIAL AND FINANCE INSTRUMENT24 Bridging the common law–civil law divide? The 1985 Trusts Convention 323Adeline Chong25 The 2006 Securities Convention: background, purpose and future 336Guy Morton26 Advocating party autonomy in private international law – the 2015Choice of Law Principles 349José Antonio Moreno RodríguezPART III HCCH: CURRENT AND POSSIBLE FUTURE PRIORITIESSECTION 1 – CURRENT PRIORITIES OF THE HCCH27 Parentage and international surrogacy – common solutions fora contentious issue? 361María Mercedes Albornoz28 Global governance and co-operation on tourist-consumer matters:arguments in favour of a legal instrument to protect internationaltourists at the HCCH 373Claudia Lima Marques and Tatiana Cardoso Squeff29 Forum non conveniens: a comparative perspective 390Philippa WebbSECTION 2 – POSSIBLE FUTURE PRIORITIES OF THE HCCH?30 Is private international law tech-proof? Conflict of laws and FinTech:selected issues 406Francisco J. Garcimartín Alférez and Sara Sánchez Fernández31 Private international law and international commercial arbitration –a role for the HCCH? 416Alexander Grebelsky32 The digitisation of legal co-operation – reshaping the fourth dimensionof private international law 428Florian Heindler33 Complex contractual relationships – is there a need for special privateinternational law rules on contractual chains and networks? 439Poomintr Sooksripaisarnkit and Ifeoma Obi34 The (uneasy) relationship between the HCCH and information technology 449Dan Jerker B. Svantesson35 Of giggers and digital nomads – what role for the HCCH in developinga regulatory regime for highly mobile international employees 464Geert van CalsterGlossary to the Elgar companion to the HCCH 479Index 485