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Unoffficiel translations in English
(Hague) Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters of 1971
United States of America
US Constitution:
[N]or shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal of the laws."
[N]or shall any person be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law..
U.S. Uniform
Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act
Jurisdiction
and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial
matters (Official Journal L 012, 16/01/2001 P. 0001 - 0023)
Joined declaration issued by the European Parliament and
Commission at the time the Regulation was passed -
Statement on
Articles 15 and 73
Denmark has asked for a "paralleltreaty". The E.U. Council has authorize the Commission to begin negotiation with Denmark about such a treaty, see Memorandum on E.U. Council meeting of May 8th 2003 from the Danish Minister of Justice to the Europa-Committee of the Danish Parliament (item one on the agenda), at http://www.eu-oplysningen.dk/dokumenter/ft/bilag/2002_2003/20030964. See also Note from the Danish Minister of Justice at http://www.eu-oplysningen.dk/ upload/application/pdf/6b6e44fc/20030897.pdf (visited March 7 2004).
Brussels Convention of 1968 and Lugano Convention of 1988 on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters
South America
Inter-American Convention on Extraterritorial validity of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards of 1979- "Montevideo Convention"
Denmark
Danish Civil Procedure Code -
Chapter 22 on
Jurisdiction
April 19, 2004