Netherlands Yearbook of International Law. Volume XIX, 1988. (Published jointly with the Netherlands International Law Review and under the auspices of the T. M. C. Asser Instituut, Institute for International and European Law, The Hague. Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1988. Pp. 621. Index. Dfl.140; $78; £45.)

In April of this year the 12th Telders International Law Moot Court Competition was held in the Peace Palace in the Hague. Teams from twelve European countries debated the issues concerning the “Right to Insurgency Case”, which was included in the last issue of the Leiden Journal of International Law. The winner of the 1989 Competition was the Team from the University of Leiden, the Netherlands. In the final round they took on the team from Germany, in the Great Hall of Justice at the Peace Palace, in front of Judge Jose Maria Ruda, Judge Manfred Lachs and Judge Sir Robert Jennings.

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BOOK REVIEWSBOOK REVIEWSvan der WeideJ. A.Lecturer in private international law, Faculty of Law, Free University, Amsterdam122001483367371RutgersJ.W., International Reservation of Title Clauses: A Study of Dutch, French and German Private International Law in the Light of European Law, T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague 1999, XI + 233 pp., € 61.50/US$ 81/UK£ 47.25. ISBN 90-6704-116-5.Copyright © T.M.C. Asser Press 20012001T.M.C. Asser PresspdfS0165070X00001388a.pdfdispartBook Reviews1.See, e.g., VlietL.P.W. van, Transfer of Movables in German, French, English and Dutch Law (diss. Maastricht) (Nijmegen, Ars Aequi Libri 2000).2.1968 Brussels Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, most recently amended by the 1996 Accession Convention. The Brussels Convention will be converted into the Council Regulation (EC) No. 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Official Journal ECL 12, 16 01 2001), which will come into force on 1 March 2002. This Council Regulation shall apply to all EC Member States except Denmark.3.Directive 2000/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 June 2000 (Official Journal EC L 200, 8 08 2000). Art. 4 states: ‘1) Member States shall provide in conformity with the applicable national provisions designated by private international law that the seller retains title to goods until they are fully paid for if a retention of title clause has been expressly agreed between the buyer and the seller before the delivery of the goods. 2) Member States may adopt or retain provisions dealing with down payments already made by the debtor.’4.See, e.g., MünchKomm-Kreuzer, Internatonales sachenrecht (München, C.H. Beck 1998), Nach Art. 38 Anh. I, nrs. 66–67; Staudinger/Stoll, Internationales Sachenrecht (Berlin, Sellier de Gruyter 1996) nrs. 282–285 and 292–294; WeberR.H., ‘Parteiautonomie im internationalen Sachenrecht?

Netherlands International Law Review ◽

10.1017/s0165070x00001388 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 48 (03) ◽

pp. 367

Author(s):

J. A. van der Weide

Keyword(s):

International Law ◽

Official Journal ◽

Brussels Convention ◽

Private International Law ◽

European Law ◽

Member States ◽

Law Faculty ◽

Recognition And Enforcement ◽

The Hague ◽

Council Regulation

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A Persian–Dutch Treaty in the Seventeenth Century (1958)

10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198766070.003.0011 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

C. H. Alexandrowicz

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

Seventeenth Century ◽

The Netherlands ◽

International Law ◽

National Treatment ◽

The Hague ◽

United Provinces

It is generally believed that commercial treaties between European and Asian powers prior to the nineteenth century focused on the establishments and privileges of European traders in Asia. However, there are exceptions where establishments of Asian traders in Europe received the same type of benefits as those enjoyed by European traders in Asia. This chapter focuses on one example, a treaty concluded on 7 February 1631 at The Hague between the King of Persia and the States General of the United Provinces of the Netherlands in which the latter, in return for privileges accorded to the Dutch in Persia, conceded reciprocal benefits to Persian traders in the Netherlands. In terms of international law, the treaty secured national treatment to Persians, granting them the same franchises and rights as those enjoyed by the inhabitants of the Netherlands, even by persons of quality in high positions whenever they engaged in trade.

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