Review of Ronald A. Brand, Michael S. Coffee, and Paul Herrup, The 2019 Hague Judgments Convention, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023, 416pp, hb £125
The book by Brand, Coffee, and Herrup offers a thorough examination of the Hague 2019 Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (commonly referred to as “The Hague Judgments Convention”). Concluded on July 2, 2019, the Convention currently has 31 Contracting States, including all 27 EU member states, the European Union, and Ukraine. Uruguay has signed and ratified the Convention, which will enter into force on October 1, 2024. The United Kingdom has ratified the Convention, with the Convention taking effect there on July 1, 2025.