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Conférence de La Haye de Droit International Privé.Actes et Documents de la Onzième Session. 4 vols. Vol. I: Matières Diverses. pp. 147. FI.36; $10.00; Vol. II: Divorce, pp. 229. Fl. 54; $15.00; Vol. III: Accidents de la Circulation Routière. pp. 223. Fl. 54; $15.00; Vol IV: Obtention des Preuves à I’Étranger. pp. 219. Fl. 54; $15.00. The Hague: Imprimerie Nationale, 1970, 1971. Fl. 162; $45.00, the set.

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References

1 Amram, , “Report on the Eleventh Session of The Hague Conference on Private International Law,” 63 A.J.I.L. 521 (1969)Google Scholar; von Mehren, , Reese, and Nadelmann, , “The Eleventh Session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law,” 16 A. J. Comp. Law 580 (1968)CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

2 English text of the convention already published in 16 A. J. Comp. Law 582 (1968), and 8 Int. Legal Materials 31 (1969).

3 On June 1, 1970, which has given the convention its official date.

4 See The Law Commission and The Scottish Law Commission, Hague Convention on Recognition of Divorces and Legal Separations. Report (Command Paper Cmnd. 4542 (Nov. 1970)).

5 English text already published in 16 A. J. Comp. Law 589 (1968), and 8 Int. Legal Materials 34 (1969).

6 See Report of the U.S. Delegation on the XIth Session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, 8 Int. Legal Materials 785, 800 (1969).

7 See Castel, and Crepeau, , “Choice of Law in Torts,” 19 A. J. Comp. Law 17, 29 (1971)CrossRefGoogle Scholar (text at 36).

8 On May 4, 1971, the convention was signed by Belgium, France, The Netherlands, and Portugal.

9 English text already published in 16 A. J. Comp. Law 594 (1968), and 8 Int. Legal Materials 37 (1969).

10 See Table Showing Status of Conventions prepared by the Hague Conference on Private International Law, 19 A. J. Comp. Law 588 (1971).

11 See Amram, , “United States Ratification of the Hague Convention on Service of Documents Abroad,” 61 A.J.I.L. 1019 (1967)Google Scholar. Cf. Table, cited above.

12 See Report, note 6 above, at 804, 820.

13 Pp. 121–144.

14 For example, in the topical listing, there is no heading “Recognition of Judgments.”

15 See Nadelmann, and von Mehren, , “The Extraordinary Session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law,” 60 A.J.I.L. 803 (1966)CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

16 The English text of both draft Convention and Supplementary Protocol appeared in 15 A. J. Comp. Law 362 and 369 (1967), respectively.

17 Pp. 89–95, 110–113. The Proceedings of the Extraordinary Session and of the Special Committee meeting had appeared earlier. Reviewed by von Mehren, 64 A.J.I.L. 978 (1970); Nadelmann, 17 A. J. Comp. Law 638 (1969).

18 At pp. 90–92 (Ambassador Richard D. Kearney).

19 At pp. 110–113. English text of the Recommendation already published in 16 A. J. Comp. Law 602 (1968), and 8 Int. Legal Materials 820 (1969).

20 On Feb. 1, 1971, which has given the instruments their official date. See Art. 27 (1) of the convention. From time to time exceptions have been made for members of the’ Council of Europe who are not members of The Hague Conference on Private International Law.

21 A number of new conventions have been concluded by France. See 2 H. Batiffol, Traité de Droit International Privé, No. 721, p. 430 (5th ed. with P. Lagarde, 1970/71).

22 The convention was signed on Sept. 27, 1968, ten days before the opening of the XIth Session of the Hague Conference. Parliamentary authorization for ratification has been secured in France, Law No. 69–1064 of Nov. 28, 1969, J.O., Nov. 29, 1969, p. 11643. A bill to the same effect was introduced in the German Parliament early in 1971.

23 In the U.S., a bill was introduced in the 91st Congress by Representative Mikva which would provide the President with retaliatory powers. H.R. 16175, 91st Cong., 2d Sess. (1970), 116 Cong. Rec. No. 26, Feb. 25, 1970, E-1333; in transl. in [1970] Cahiers de droit Européen 353. Cf. Homburger, , “Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments: An Addendum,” 18 A. J. Comp. Law 841 (1970)CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

24 See Nadelmann, , “The Common Market Judgments Convention and a Hague Conference Recommendation: What Steps Next?”, 82 Harvard Law Rev. 1282 (1969)CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

25 For the first time, the Permanent Bureau has secured translations in the other language of the three Explanatory Reports covering the conventions prepared at the XIth Session. The translations are not reproduced, however, in the Proceedings.