The Judiciarys Law Journal

The Judiciarys Law Journal

Systems of recognition and enforcement of international insolvency judgments

Document Type : Research/Original/Regular Article

Author
Alireza Alipanah
10.22106/jlj.2014.11566
Abstract
Recognition and enforcement of foreign court judgments is a matter of conflict of courts in legal traditions and due to its political dimension, it is a controversial legal issue. Because, the recognition and enforcement of a foreign judgments means the use of force of sovereignty to enforce the judgment, the national sovereignty have a serious question that how can use the national power to enforce the judgment that had no role in its creation. Especially, it is possible that the laws and regulations relate to this cases is contrary to legal principles, common assumptions or general understandings of justice in a country where it has been requested to recognize or enforce the foreign judgment. With regard to this topic, it could be understood that the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in insolvency and bankruptcy how much can be problematic and controversial. This article is not included in the theories of recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, but it is included in the regimes governing the recognition and enforcement of foreign insolvency judgments. In this context, the discussion about the theories of jurisdiction in international insolvency will be necessary.
Keywords
insolvency
recognition
Foreign judgments
Jurisdiction
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Key words: recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, foreign insolvency, theories of jurisdiction in insolvency, recognition and enforcement of foreign insolvency, the systems of recognition and enforcement of foreign insolvency

  • Receive Date 25 January 2015
  • First Publish Date 25 January 2015
  • Publish Date 23 September 2014