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P r ef a c e S e l e c t e d Community acts in the area of judicial cooperation in civil matters
F ûr o r d Sam l in g av gemenskapsrêttsakter som rûr civilrêttsligt samarbete
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CIVIL LAW EUROPEAN JUDICIAL COOPERATIONPreface
CIVILRÊTT EUROPEISKT RÊTTSLIGT SAMARBETE
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CIVIL LAW EUROPEAN JUDICIAL COOPERATION Preface
CIVILRÊTT EUROPEISKT RÊTTSLIGT SAMARBETE Fûrord
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Fausto Pocar has been Professor of International Law and Private Interna-tional Law at the University of Milan since 1976, where he also taught European Community law for many years.
Sedan 1976 professor i internationell rêtt och internationell privatrêtt vid universitetet i Milano, dêr han êven under mìnga ìr undervisat i europe-isk gemenskapsrêtt.
He lectured at the Hague Academy of International Law in 1983 and delivered the general course on private international law there in 1993.
Lêrare vid Haagakademin fûr internationell rêtt 1983 och fûr den allmênna kursen i internationell privatrêtt 1993.
Fausto Pocar was the rapporteur for the Working Party on Revision of the Brussels I Convention; his explanatory report remained unpublished be-cause of the conversion of the draft revised convention into Regulation (EC) No 44/2001.
Fûredragande i arbetsgruppen fûr ûversyn av Bryssel I-konventionen med uppgift att utarbeta den fûrklarande rapport om ûversynen som aldrig o.entliggjordespìgrundavattutkastettillrevideringomsattesifûrordning (EG) nr 44/2001.
He has represented Italy at the Hague Conference on Private International Law on various occasions since 1980: he was co-rap-porteur of the Special Commission preparing a draft worldwide conven-tion on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments and is currently Chairman of the Special Commission preparing a draft convention on maintenance obligations.
Sedan 1980 vid ‹eratillfêllenitalienskfûre-trêdare vid Haagkonferensen fûr internationell privatrêtt, medfûredra-gande i den sêrskilda kommissionen fûr utarbetande av ett utkast till in-ternationell konvention om behûrighet och verkstêllande av domar och fûr nêrvarande ordfûrande i den sêrskilda kommissionen fûr utarbetan-de av ett utkast till konvention om underhìllsskyldighet.
He is a member of the Institut de droit interna-tional and of numerous learned societies and professional associations, both Italian and foreign, including the European Group for Private Inter-national Law, which he chaired from 1994 to 1997.
Ledamot av In-stitut de droit international och ìtskilliga italienska och internationella vetenskapliga sammanslutningar och yrkesorganisationer, dêribland Eu-ropean Group for Private International Law, dêr han var ordfûrande mellan 1994 och 1997.
Fausto Pocar is the author of over 100 publications on private interna-tional law and European law, including one of the «rst university text-books published in Italy on European Community law (now in its ninth edition), a commentary on the Treaty establishing the European Commu-nity and the Treaty on European Union, and various articles on Commu-nity employment law, private international commercial and family law and international law on civil procedure, with particular reference to the Brussels and Lugano Conventions.
Han har publicerat ett stort antal (ûver hundra) skrifter om internationell privatrêtt och europeisk rêtt, dêribland en av de fûrsta akademiska hand-bûckerna i gemenskapsrêtt i Italien, nu i en nionde upplaga, och en kom-mentar till EG-fûrdraget och fûrdraget om Europeiska unionen, fûrutom diverse skrifter i gemenskapsarbetsrêtt, internationell handels- och fa-miljerêtt och internationell civilprocessrêtt, med sêrskild inriktning pì Bryssel- och Luganokonventionerna.
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