In a series of recent posts (Part I, Part II and Part III), I argued that states should not ratify the Hague Choice of Court Agreements Convention (“Convention”) and, if they had already done so,…
This post continues from Part I.
Party Autonomy and Consent: How the Convention Undermines Them
My previous posts argued that the Convention undermines vital protections that existing law provides…
Gary Born, in a three-part series in Kluwer Arbitration Blog last month, addressed why States should not participate in the 2005 Hague Convention on Choice Of Court Agreements (“Hague Convention”)…
The HCCH 2005 Choice of Court Convention ("Convention"), adopted over fifteen years ago, has recently become the subject of damning criticism from Gary Born in a series of posts published on the Blog…
Introduction
In October 1865, Sir Robert Hart, a former British diplomat and by then an official in the Qing Chinese Government, wrote to Empress Dowager Cixi expressing his opinion that China should…
