† ALI/UNIDROIT Principles of Transnational Civil Procedure
2006, hardbound, lix, 177 pp., ISBN 0-521-85501-2, available from Cambridge University Press in New York (www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521855012) for $55, Cambridge (www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521855012) for £30.00, and Australia (www.cambridge.org/aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521855012) for AUD$99.00 (inclusive of GST) (Export price AUD$90.00)
The ALI (American Law Institute) and UNIDROIT (the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law) are preeminent organizations working together toward the clarification and advancement of the procedural rules of law. Recognizing the need for a “universal” set of procedures that would transcend national jurisdictional rules and facilitate the resolution of disputes arising from transnational commercial transactions, Principles of Transnational Civil Procedure was launched to create a set of procedural rules and principles that would be adopted globally. This work strives to reduce uncertainty for parties that must litigate in unfamiliar surroundings and to promote fairness in judicial proceedings. As recognized standards of civil justice, Principles of Transnational Civil Procedure can be used in judicial proceedings as well as in arbitration. The result is a work that significantly contributes to the promotion of a universal rule of procedural law.
In the ALI process, the Reporters benefited from the constructive criticism of Advisers from many countries, a Consultative Group consisting of ALI members, and a group of International Consultants, as well as from annual discussion and consideration by the ALI’s Council and membership. In the UNIDROIT process, a distinguished Working Group devoted four week-long meetings at the UNIDROIT headquarters in Rome to vigorous analysis of the Reporters’ drafts. In addition to the formal procedures of the two sponsoring organizations, the drafts were subjected to close critical review at numerous professional meetings and conferences held around the world. The great number of countries visited and of national systems taken into account and compared was crucial not only in demonstrating that the project and its goals were feasible on a broader scale than originally envisioned, but also in providing access to practitioners and scholars from many different jurisdictions, whose comments and criticisms enabled the Reporters both to refine their work and to make it more practicable.
Included in the official text are the Principles, with commentary, in both English and French, an appendix Reporters’ Study containing the Rules, with commentary, which are the Reporters’ model implementation of the Principles, a bibliography of writings about the project, and a comprehensive index.
† Formerly called “Principles and Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure” and “Transnational Rules of Civil Procedure”
Tentative and Other Annual Meeting Drafts
Discussion Draft: Introduction; A. Scope and Personal Jurisdiction; B. Proceedings; C. Subsequent Proceedings xx, 152 pp., 1999, Order Code 6137, $25 -- Order this item
Discussion Draft No. 2: Introduction; Fundamental Principles of Transnational Civil Procedure; Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure xxvii, 157 pp., 2001, Order Code 1TCPDD2, $25 Please note: This draft supersedes the Discussion Draft. -- Order this item
Discussion Draft No. 3: Introduction; Principles of Transnational Civil Procedure; Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure xxix, 194 pp., 2002, Order Code 1TCPDD3, $25 Please note: This draft supersedes Discussion Draft No. 2. -- Order this item
Discussion Draft No. 4: Introduction; Principles of Transnational Civil Procedure; Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure xxx, 209 pp., 2003, Order Code 1TCPDD4, $30 Please note: This draft supersedes Discussion Draft No. 3. -- Order this item
Proposed Final Draft: Introduction; Principles of Transnational Civil Procedure; Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure (Reporters’ Study) xxx, 213 pp., 2004, Order Code 1TCPPFD, $30 -- Order this item
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