The Hague Judgments Convention and Commonwealth Model Law

1. General Introduction
I. Background of Study
II. Research Problem
III. Research Questions
IV. Methodology
V. Significance of the Study
VI. Literature Review
VII. Conceptual Clarification
VIII. Structure of the Book

PART I
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS FOR JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT
2. Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments: Theoretical Background
I. Introduction
II. Theoretical Bases for Enforcement of Foreign Judgments
III. Conclusion
3. A Pragmatic Model for Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments
I. Introduction
II. Pragmatism as a Philosophical Thought
III. Pragmatism as a Legal Theory
IV. Legal Pragmatism Today
V. Legal Pragmatism in Private International Law
VI. A Pragmatic Approach to Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments
VII. Conclusion

PART II
COMMONWEALTH MODEL LAW ON THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS
4. Foreign Judgments Enforcement in the Commonwealth
I. Introduction
II. The Commonwealth
III. Civil Justice and Cooperation in the Commonwealth
IV. The 1920 and 1933 Statutory Schemes
V. Conclusion
5. Commonwealth Model Law
I. Introduction
II. Preliminaries
III. Excluded Matters
IV. International Jurisdiction
V. Recognition, Enforcement and Defences
VI. Other Sundry Matters
VII. Conclusion

PART III
HAGUE CONVENTIONS
6. The Hague Judgments Project: Pre-2019 Attempts
I. Introduction
II. International Harmonisation of Foreign Judgments Laws
III. HCPIL: History of the Hague Judgments Project
IV. HCCA
V. Conclusion
7. 2019 Hague Judgments Convention
I. Introduction
II. Pragmatism in the Negotiation of the Convention
III. Scope and Exclusions
IV. International Jurisdiction
V. Refusal of Recognition
VI. Other Sundry Matters
VII. Has the Convention Met the Practical Needs of Litigants?
VIII. Conclusion
8. Summary of Findings and Conclusion
I. Summary
II. Conclusion
III. Contributions to Knowledge and Avenues for Further Research