Wednesday, January 6, 2021

John, Gulati, & Köhler: The Elgar Companion to the Hague Conference on Private International Law

Thomas John
(Grotius Chambers), Rishi Gulati (London School of Economics and Political Science), & Ben Köhler (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law) have published The Elgar Companion to the Hague Conference on Private International Law (Edward Elgar Publishing 2020). The table of contents is here. Here's the abstract:

This comprehensive Companion is a unique guide to the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to developing multilateral legal instruments pertaining to personal, family and commercial legal situations that cross national borders. The Companion is a critical assessment of, and reflection on, past and possible future contributions of the HCCH to the further development and unification of private international law.

Written by international experts who have all directly or indirectly contributed to the work of the HCCH, chapters analyse its structure and working methods, as well as explore its significant achievements in the areas of international family law, civil procedure, legal co-operation, commercial and finance law. The contributors also discuss the many challenges both the HCCH and other global organisations are facing, including the advent of regionalism and renewed nationalism.