Boundaries of European Private International Law / Les frontières du droit international privé européen

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bergé, Jean-Sylvestre, editor.

Francq, Stéphanie, editor.

Gardeñes Santiago, Miguel, editor.

Language:

English

French

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Conflict of laws--European Union countries.

Conflict of laws.

International and municipal law--European Union countries.

International and municipal law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1090 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bruxelles : Bruylant, [2015]

Language Note:

Text in English French and Spanish.

Summary:

European private international law is by now based mainly on a large body of uniform rules such as the Regulations Rome I, Rome II, Brussels I, Brussels I bis. This significant legislative output, however, does not take place in a vacuum. Rules of private international law have been earlier (and still are) adopted at national, international and even European level in scattered regulations and directives. The recent plethora of private international law rules gives rise to issues of delineation and calls for some sort of ordering as gaps, overlaps and contradictions become flagrant. At the sa

Contents:

Intro

Couverture

Titre

Copyright

FOREWORD / AVANT-PROPOS / PRÓLOGO

COORDINATORS / COORDINATEURS / COORDINADORES

CONTRIBUTORS / CONTRIBUTEURS / HAN CONTRIBUIDO

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS / REMERCIEMENTS / AGRADECIMIENTOS

INTRODUCTION / INTRODUCTION / INTRODUCCIÓN

INTRODUCTION - OPEN QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE BOUNDARIES OF EUROPEAN PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW

INTRODUCTION - QUESTIONS OUVERTES AUTOUR DES FRONTIÈRES DU DROIT INTERNATIONAL PRIVÉ EUROPÉEN

INTRODUCCIÓN - PREGUNTAS ABIERTAS EN TORNO A LAS FRONTERAS DEL DERECHO INTERNACIONAL PRIVADO EUROPEO

FIRST PART / PREMIÈRE PARTIE / PRIMERA PARTE - European Private International Law and National and International Law Droit international privé européen et droit national et international Derecho internacional privado europeo y derecho nacional e internacional

INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST PART - EUROPEAN PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW AND NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

INTRODUCTION DE LA PREMIÈRE PARTIE - DROIT INTERNATIONAL PRIVÉ EUROPÉEN ET DROIT NATIONAL ET INTERNATIONAL

INTRODUCCIÓN A LA PRIMERA PARTE - DERECHO INTERNACIONAL PRIVADO EUROPEO Y DERECHO NACIONAL E INTERNACIONAL

Titre 1 - Introductory Contributions Contributions liminaires Contribuciones introductorias

CHAPTER 1 - THE EU REGULATION ON SUCCESSION MATTERS AND THE TERRITORIAL CONFLICTS OF LAWS WITHIN THE EUROPEAN BOUNDARIES

I. - Presentation

II. - How the EU solved territorial conflicts of laws,until the EU's Regulation on Succession

III. - The solution established in the EU's Regulation on Succession

IV. - The possible problems caused by Art. 36 of the EU's Regulation on Succession within the EU

A. - Testate or intestate succession

1. - The deceased is a Spanish citizen

2. - The deceased is a European citizen

B. - Agreements as to succession.

1. - Agreement as to succession regarding the succession of one person

2. - Agreement as to succession regarding the succession of several persons

V. - Conclusion

CHAPTER 2 - ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN MEDIATION AGREEMENTS WITHIN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Introduction

I. - The enforceability of agreements resulting from mediation as the principle of departure

II. - The enforcement of mediation settlements

III. - The cross-border enforcement of settlements

IV. - Assessment

CAPÍTULO 3 - TRIBUNAL UNIFICADO DE PATENTES : COMPETENCIA JUDICIAL Y RECONOCIMIENTO DE RESOLUCIONES (UNIFIED PATENT COURT : INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTION AND RECOGNITION OF JUDGEMENTS)

Introducción

I. - Tribunal unificado de patentes : competencia por razón de la materia, reparto interno de procedimientos y competencia judicial internacional

II. - Contenido del Reglamento (UE) no 542/2014 que modifica el Reglamento Bruselas I bis

III. - La competencia judicial internacional tras el Reglamento (UE) nº 542/2014

A. - Extensión de las reglas de competencia a los demandados no domiciliados en un Estado miembro

B. - La regla sobre competencia subsidiaria en la Propuesta de Reglamento

C. - El nuevo artículo 71 ter apartado 3 del Reglamento Bruselas I bis

D. - Valoración crítica de la competencia basada en la presencia de bienes del demandado

IV. - Reconocimiento y ejecución de resoluciones

A. - Alcance del Reglamento (UE) no 542/2014

1. - Motivos de denegación del reconocimiento

B. - Medidas de ejecución

Conclusión

Titre 2 - Young Researchers Contributions Contributions des jeunes chercheurs Contribuciones de los jóvenes investigadores

CHAPTER 1 - AGENCY AND DISTRIBUTION CONTRACTS: NATIONAL RULES V. EUROPEAN PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW

I. - Disparity between european and national perceptions of weaker parties to a contract.

II. - The grey area of collaboration contracts

A. - Spanish protective private international law rules

B. - Belgian protective private international law rules

III. - Prevalence of these rules over EPIL

A. - International Jurisdiction provisions

1. - The facts of the case and the preliminary question

2. - The decision of the ECJ and its implications

B. - Conflict-of-law provisions

1. - Facts of the case and preliminary question

2. - How to detect an overriding mandatory provision: the question of public interest

3. - The decision of the Court

4. - Implications of the decision

IV. - Conclusions

CHAPTER 2 - RECONCILING MANDATORY NORMS AND EUROPEAN UNION PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW IN CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS

I. - Absence of control over the overriding nature of a national norm

A. - A missed opportunity to clarify the overriding qualification criteria

B. - Incoherencies created by an absence of strict control

II. - Need of control over the overriding mandatory rules

A. - Influence of the mandatory rules mechanism

B. - Influence of the system of recognition and enforcement of decisions

Conclusion

CHAPTER 3 - THE EUROPEAN LEGAL FRAMEWORK ON CONSUMER ONLINE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ODR)

I. - Towards a contextual framework of consumer ODR

A. - The lack of appropriate means of consumer redress

B. - Technologies for an informal justice

C. - Consumers' access to justice in the EU

II. - A EU law approach towards consumer ADR/ODR

A. - The EU secondary legislation on consumer ADR/ODR

B. - Mediation in civil and commercial aspects versus consumer mediation

III. - The Directive 2013/11/EU on consumer ADR

A. - Its aim and scope of application

B. - ADR entities and Competent authorities

C. - Regulatory principles

D. - Information, assistance and cooperation.

IV. - An ODR platform for consumer disputes

B. - Functions of the ODR platform

C. - Network of ODR contact points

D. - Submission and resolution of the complaints

V. - Conclusions

CHAPTER 4 - EUROPEAN ACCOUNT PRESERVATION ORDER: WHAT DOES THE COMMON LAW TRADITION HAVE TO SAY?

I. - Place of the Regulation in the national,international, and european legal order

II. - Available options for the EAPO

III. - Common law characteristics missing from the EAPO Regulation

CHAPTER 5 - CROSS BORDER CREDITOR'S PROTECTION: THE IMPACT OF THE EUROPEAN ACCOUNT PRESERVATION ORDER

I. - Transparency of debtor's bank accounts

II. - The debtor's domicile

III. - Abolition of exequatur

IV. - Impact on the fundamental rights of the debtor

CHAPTER 6 - JUDICIAL POWERS OVER PENALTY CLAUSES AND PROCEEDINGS FOLLOWED BEFORE AN ENGLISH COURT

I. - Introduction: Remedies and the lex fori

A. - English PIL and RIR

B. - Lex fori regit processum and RIR

II. - A workable hypothetical case

III. - The caveat of the limits of the powers conferred on the court by its procedural law

A. - The deliberations on the caveat

B. - From the general to the specific: lack of consensus

C. - Limits identified: rationale and consequence?

D. - French judicial powers alien to forum's traditions and practices as a "limit"?

CHAPTER 7 - DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THIRD STATE RESPONDENTS IN REGULATION (EC) NO. 2201/2003

I. - Brussels IIa rules: going beyond the boundaries of the FSJA

A. - The schizophrenic scope of Brussels IIa

B. - The preservation of national sovereignty and exorbitant grounds of jurisdiction

II. - The categorization of respondents:a eurocentric ternary distinction.

A. - EU respondents: the insular approach to exorbitant grounds of jurisdiction

B. - Third-State respondents: the category fully exposed to exorbitant jurisdiction

III. - Reconciling EUPIL with PIL applicable to third-state respondents

A. - The reconciliation: extension of jurisdiction rules to third-State respondents

B. - EUPIL in family matters: a uniform regulation of jurisdiction in relation to third States

CHAPTER 8 - MOVING BACK AND FORTH: ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BRUSSELS I REGULATION AND INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL LAW

I. - Article 71 of the Regulation and the Court's interpretation

II. - Interpretation of Article 71 of the Regulation by national courts

A. - Subsidiary Application of the Regulation

B. - Clash of Specialised Conventions and Principles Underlying the Regulation

III. - Shortcomings of the present system

IV. - Possible solutions

A. - Systematic Changes

B. - Role of the National Courts - Possible Options Available Within the Current Framework

CHAPTER 9 - REFORM TO THE REGIME OF LIS PENDENS IN REGULATION BRUSSELS I BIS AND HARMONIZATION WITH CHINESE JURISDICTION

I. - The regime of lis pendens in RBI and RBI bis

II. - The regime of lis pendens in Chinese Law and challenge met by Chinese jurisdiction after promulgation of RBI bis

III. - A possible bilateral international convention regarding lis pendens between China and the EU

CHAPTER 10 - (LACK OF) INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTION OVER THIRD-COUNTRY POLLUTERS: A TROJAN HORSE TO THE EU'S ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY?

I. - The crystallization of un-equal access to justice in the frame of environmental torts caused by third-country polluters

II. - The special character of environmental torts

Conclusion.

CHAPTER 11 - RECONCILING THE EUROPEAN UNION SUCCESSION REGULATION WITH THE PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF THE UK.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 20, 2020).

ISBN:

2-8027-5164-6

OCLC:

914152198