The Hague Evidence Convention Revisited: Reflections on Its Role in U.S. Civil Procedure

Authors

Gary B. Born

Abstract

A reworking of the basic terms of the Hague Evidence Convention is proposed. Under current law, US courts typically do not employ the Convention's evidence-taking mechanisms when ordering discovery from either a litigant or a witness subject to the court's subpoena power.

Citation

Gary B. Born, The Hague Evidence Convention Revisited: Reflections on Its Role in U.S. Civil Procedure, 57 Law and Contemporary Problems 77-102 (Summer 1994)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/lcp/vol57/iss3/7