U.S. Department of State

PIL Conventions To Which the U.S. is a Party

• Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents (1961)
  Text, status, background material, and bibliography (at the Hague Conference)

• Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (1965)
  Text, status, background material, and bibliography (at the Hague Conference)

• Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters (1970)
  Text, status, background material, and bibliography (at the Hague Conference)

• OAS Inter-American Convention on Taking Evidence Abroad (1975)
  [Text not yet available on line]

Documents on International Projects in Progress

• Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters
  [Preliminary Draft Text of October 30, 1999]

Jurisdiction

• The Reach of Doing Business Jurisdiction and Transacting Business Jurisdiction over non-U.S. Individuals and Entities, paper by Prof. Paul Dubinsky (March 1998)

• Due Process as a Limitation on Jurisdiction in U.S. Courts and a Limitation on the United States at the Hague Conference on Private Internatiohnal Law, paper by Prof. Ronald A. Brand (February 1998)

Declining Jurisdiction

• Note on Question of "Forum Non Conveniens" - Prel. Doc. No. 3 (1996)

• Australian Annex A - Note from the Australian Delegation in Relation to Forum Non Conveniens (1996)

• Canadian Annex B - Information Note on the use of Forum Non Conveniens in Canada (1996)

• US Annex C - The Doctrine of Forum Non Conveniens in the United States (1996)

• UK Annex D - Forum Non Conveniens (1996)

Damages

• Note on Punitive and Exemplary Damages - Prel. Doc. No. 4 (1996)

• US Annex 1 - The Civil Jury Trial in the United States (1996)

• Australian Annex 2 - Recognition of Foreign Judgments Containing Punitive or Multiple Damage Elements (1996)

• Canadian Annex 3 - Information Note on Canadian Reactions to U.S. Practice of Judgments Awarding Punitive or Multiple Damages (1996)

• U.S. Annex 4 - The History of Punitive Damages in U.S. Law (1996)

Interim Reports on Negotiations

• Conclusions of the Special Commission of June 1994 on the Question of the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters

• Conclusions of the second Special Commission meeting on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in civil and commercial matters (1996)

• Report by Catherine Kessedjian, Hague Conference Permanent Bureau, entitled "International Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters", Prel. Doc. No 8 (November 1997)

• Report by Catherine Kessedjian, Hague Conference Permanent Bureau, entitled "International Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters", Prel. Doc. No 7 (April 1997)