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The Hague Conference on Private International Law and Germany

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Kurt Siehr
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Netherlands International Law Review , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , May 1993 , pp. 129 - 142
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1. Cf., e.g., the report of T.M.C. Asser, ‘Conférence Internationale de La Haye de 1893 pour la codification du droit international privé, 13 Annuaire (1894) pp. 369–376, at p. 370.

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4. Brussels Convention of 27 September 1968 on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, O.J.E.C. 1978 No. L 304/36; Lugano Convention of 16 September 1988 on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, O.J.E.C. 1988 No. L 319/9 and 1990 No. C 189/2.

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6. Cf., the name of the Conference, supra a 1.

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16. Such an attitude of the German delegation is mentioned by the German Ministry of Justice, as an opponent of the German Foreign Office: cf., Hartwieg and Korkisch, op. cit. n. 8, pp. 41 and 208 etseq.

17. Convention of 12 June 1902 Governing Conflict of Laws Concerning Marriage; Convention of 12 June 1902 on the Law Applicable to Divorce and Separation; Convention of 12 June 1902 on the Regulation of Guardianship for Minors.

18. Convention of 17 July 1905 on the Application of Laws Concerning the Effects of Marriage on Rights and Duties of Spouses in their Personal Relations and on Matrimonial Property; Convention of 17 July 1905 on the Law Applicable to the Incapacitation of Incapable Persons.

19. The first session after 1945 took place in 1951 as the 7th session of the Conference.

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22. Especially Australia and Canada.

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24. Convention of 1 August 1989 on the Law Applicable to Succession to the Estates of Deceased Persons, in op. cit n. 20, p. 341.

25. Bundesverfassungsgericht 4 May 1971, Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts 31, p. 58=Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des Internationalen Privatrechts (IPRspr.) (1971) no. 39, p. 101.Google Scholar

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27. Hague Convention of 24 October 1956, supra n. 23; Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Concerning the Powers of Authorities and the Law Applicable in Respect of the Protection of Minors, in op. cit n. 20, pp. 1–42; Hague Convention of 2 October 1973 on die Law Applicable to Maintenance Obligations, in op. cit. n. 20, p. 219.

28. Cf., Siehr, K. in Mūnchener Kommentar zum BGB, vol. 7, 2nd edn. (1990) Art 19 Anhang, marginal note 110 et seq.Google Scholar

29. Siehr, ibid, marginal note 214.

30. Hague Convention of 14 March 1978, in op. cit n. 20, p. 229.

31. Hague Convention of 14 March 1978 on Celebration and Recognition of the Validity of Marriages; Convention of IS November 196S on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law and Recognition of Decrees Relating to Adoptions; Convention of 1 August 1989 on Succession, in op. cit. n. 20, pp. 243, 65 and 341, respectively.

32. Convention of 15 June 1955 ontheLaw Applicable to International Sales of Goods; Convention of 15 April 1958 on the Law Applicable to the Transfer of Property in Cases of International Sales of Goods, in op. cit. a 20, pp. 12 and 16.

33. This happened on 1 January 1962.

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36. Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 on the Conflicts of Laws Relating to the Form of Testamentary Dispositions, in op. cit. n. 20, p. 49.

37. Convention of 1961 on the form of wills, supra n. 36, and Convention of 1973 on maintenance, supra n. 27.

38. Cf., Arts. 18 and 26(1)–(3)EGBGB, version of 25 July 1986, supra n. 26.

39. Op. cit a 20, p. 12.

40. Supra n. 3.

41. Op. cit. n. 20, p. 143.

42. Cf., 81 Rev. crit (1992) p. 189.

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47. Op. cit n. 20, p. 193.

48. Rev. crit., op. cit. n. 42, p. 190.

49. As to this objection, cf., Lorenz, W., ‘Der Haager Konventionsentwurf über das auf die Produktenhaftpflicht anwendbare Recht’, 37 RabelsZ (1973) pp. 317–356, pp. 328–335; Stoll, loc. cit n. 43, p. 132 et seq.Google Scholar

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56. Art 26(2) of the Hague Convention of 2 October 1973 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions Relating to Maintenance Obligations, in op. cit. n. 20, pp. 203, 211.

57. Cf., e.g., Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (4 issues per year on international law), Zeitschriftfür das gesamte Familienrecht (FamRZ).

58. Cf., especially the periodical Praxis deslnternationalen Privat-und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax), published every second month.

59. This yearbook has been published since 1926.

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61. Supra n. 34.

62. Supra n. 27.

63. Cf., the series Gutachten zum ausländischen und internationalen Privatrecht, published annually or every second year.

64. Cf., Siehr, loc. cit. n. 28, marginal note 313, p. 1241.

65. Siehr, loc. cit. n. 28, marginal note 117 et seq.

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71. infra n.58.

72. Cf., Art. 11 of the Treaty of 31 August 1990 between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic on the Re-establishment of the Unity of Germany (Unification Treaty), Bundesgesetzblatt (1990-II) pp. 889, 893.

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