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Recent Reforms In Eu Law: Recognition And Enforcement Of Judgments, Samuel P. Baumgartner
Recent Reforms In Eu Law: Recognition And Enforcement Of Judgments, Samuel P. Baumgartner
Akron Law Faculty Publications
The European Union has just adopted a set of amendments to the Brussels I Regulation, which governs jurisdiction to adjudicate, parallel proceedings, and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. This article discusses the Regulation and the adopted amendments regarding the recognition and enforcement of judgments and argues that these amendments are part of a deeper set of structural and conceptual changes in the law of transnational litigation in the European Union over the last two decades. The article concludes with an analysis of both the amendments and the underlying changes for litigants and law reformers in the United States, …