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Vanderbilt University Law School

International Law

1989

Enforcement

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The Public Policy Exception To The Recognition Of Foreign Judgments, Jonathan H. Pittman Jan 1989

The Public Policy Exception To The Recognition Of Foreign Judgments, Jonathan H. Pittman

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Note examines the public policy exception to the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. The author first examines other grounds that a United States court can use to refuse to recognize a foreign judgment. An analysis of several cases construing the public policy exception follows. The author concludes with a suggested analysis for courts faced with the public policy exception.