The United States Attorneys General and International Law. By David R. Deener. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1957. pp. xiv, 415. Gld. 26.50.

The Conference on the Limitation of Armament at Washington adopted at its sixth plenary session on the 4th February, 1922, a resolution for the appointment of a Commission representing the United States of America, the British Empire, France, Italy and Japan to consider the following questions:(a) Do existing rules of international law adequately cover new methods of attack or defence resulting from the introduction or development, since The Hague Conference of 1907, of new agencies of warfare?(b) If not so, what changes in the existing rules ought to be adopted in consequence thereof as a part of the law of nations?

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The United States Joins the Hague Conference on Private International Law: A "History" with Comments

Law and Contemporary Problems ◽

10.2307/1190516 ◽

1965 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 291 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kurt H. Nadelmann

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

International Law ◽

The United States ◽

Private International Law ◽

The Hague

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Should Great Britain and the United States be Represented at the Hague Conferences on Private International Law

The American Journal of International Law ◽

10.2307/2187331 ◽

1913 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 774-780

Author(s):

Arthur K. Kuhn

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Great Britain ◽

International Law ◽

The United States ◽

Private International Law ◽

British Government ◽

The Hague

At the Antwerp meeting of the International Law Association in 1903, a paper was presented by Mr. Justice Phillimore indicating the desirability of having Great Britain participate in the Hague Conferences on Private International Law. At the same meeting, a resolution was adopted on the motion of Mr. Justice Kennedy to the effect that the Association “should take steps respectfully to lay before the British Government the points dealt with in that paper” with a view to its participation in the conferences. Although not referring in terms to America, the resolution was seconded by Dr. Gregory, an American member, and the discussion showed plainly that it was the sense of the meeting that the resolution was intended to apply also to the United States.

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The Hague Evidence Convention: Practice in the Netherlands

Leiden Journal of International Law ◽

10.1017/s0922156500001242 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 155-166

Author(s):

Eric P. A. Keyzer ◽

Marion Th. Nijhuis

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

The Netherlands ◽

Supreme Court ◽

International Law ◽

The United States ◽

European Countries ◽

Private International Law ◽

Differences Of Opinion ◽

The Subject ◽

The Hague

The Hague Evidence Convention – officially the Convention On the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters – was realized in 1970 by The Hague Conference for Private International Law. The Convention gave rise to several differences of opinion between Europe and the United States. The European countries and the United States, in particular, disagree about the (optional or obligatory) character of the convention-procedures. This article will, among other things, deal with the consequences to be expected in The Netherlands of a recent American Supreme Court judgement on this issue: The Aérospatiale case1. The subject will be treated in five sections: 1.The Hague Evidence Convention; 2.The Netherlands and The Hague Evidence Convention; 3.Consequences of the Aérospatiale-case for The Netherlands; 4.Consequences of the Aérospatiale-case for Dutch parties involved in litigation in the UnitedStates; 5.Aérospatiale and conclusion.

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