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The first edition of Bruno Ristau’s International Judicial Assistance in Civil and Commercial Matters was published in two volumes in 1984; its fourth (and final) edition was published in six volumes in 2000. Since then, the field of international civil and commercial litigation has continued to expand. An abundance of new material (including new treaties, conventions, norms, and principles) and the growing complexity of the field of transnational civil and commercial litigation justify an updated and reoriented version of Ristau’s volumes, providing an overview of this increasingly relevant yet still complex field. Chapter One summarizes the following seven chapters and emphasizes that the book is intended to serve as a practitioner’s guide to the major issues in international litigation, rather than an exhaustive compendium of national laws or judicial decisions, which we have included for context and as representative examples. The book surveys and discusses the major issues practitioners are likely to encounter, with particular emphasis on the most significant judicial assistance tools, international treaties, conventions, and instruments relevant to cross-border litigation. |
