International civil procedure in the European Union - selected issues

The purpose of the thesis is to offer a comprehensive commentary of the choice-of-court agreements under the Brussels I bis regulations and the 2005 Convention on Choice of Court Agreements ("Convention") and to refer to the main problems which may arise during the application of these instruments to the disputes arising from relationships in which the choice- of-court agreement was concluded. The paper is composed of five main chapters. The first four chapters deal with the framework of the Brussels I bis, the fifth chapter illustrates the rules of the Convention. Chapter one is dedicated to the fundamental characteristics of the Brussels I bis. It compares the rules contained therein with the previous legislation, analyses its principles and purposes, the interpretation of the terms contained therein and the relation to the other instruments. Chapter two deals with the detailed analysis of the choice-of-court agreements under the Brussels I bis, particularly with the scope of effect of art. 25, the effect of jurisdictional agreements, their characteristics, formalities necessary for their creations, their extent, forms, formal and material validity, cases where the Brussels I bis restricts the effect of the choice-of-court agreements and the consequences of such violation. Chapter three explains..