Lajos Vékás is Professor of Law at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.Yehuda Elkana (1934–2012) was historian and philosopher of science, former President and Rector of Central European University (1999–2009). Nenad Dimitrijevic teaches political theory at Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. He taught at Law School, University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia before joining the faculty at CEU. He has published on a variety of topics in the fields of constitutional theory, moral responsibility, and transitional justice.

• Greeting from the Rector Acknowledgments Tibor Várady—Introduction JOHN J. BARCELÓ: Expanded Judicial Review of Awards After Hall Street and in Comparative Perspective DAVID J. BEDERMAN: Tibor Várady’s Advocacy Before the International Court of Justice PETER BEHRENS: From “Real Seat” to “Legal Seat”: Germany’s Private International Company Law Revolution LÁSZLÓ BURIÁN: The Impact of Community Law on the Determination of the Personal Law of Companies RICHARD M. BUXBAUM: Public Law, Ordre Public and Arbitration: A Procedural Scenario and a Suggestion RICHARD D. FREER: Forging American Arbitration Policy: Judicial Interpretation of the Federal Arbitration Act GUY HAARSCHER: The Decline of Free Thinking ATTILA HARMATHY: Questions of Arbitration and the Case Law of the European Court of Justice PETER HAY: Recognition of a Recognition Judgment Within the European Union: “Double Exequatur” and the Public Policy Barrier LÁSZLÓ KECSKÉS: European Union Legislation and Private International Law: A View from Hungary JÁNOS KIS: Constitutional Democracy: Outline of a Defense FERENC MÁDL: The European Dream and its Evolution in the Architecture of the Treaties of Integration VLADIMIR PAVIC: ‘Non-Signatories’ and the Long Arm of Arbitral Jurisdiction HANS-ERIC RASMUSSEN-BONNE: The Pendulum Swings Back: The Cooperative Approach of German Courts to International Service of Process KURT SIEHR: Internationale Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit über Kulturgutstreitigkeiten LAJOS VÉKÁS: About the Rome II Regulation: The European Unification of the Conflict Rules to Torts JOHAN D. VAN DER VYVER: The United States and the Jurisprudence of International Tribunals Bibliography of Tibor Várady List of Authors