Hague Evidence Convention in the Aftermath of Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale

Authors

Pascal W. Di Fronzo

Abstract

The successful negotiation of the Hague Evidence Convention in 1970 represented an historic achievement in furthering international cooperation in transnational discovery. The Evidence Convention established procedures for obtaining evidence located abroad that would be tolerable to the requested state and would produce evidence utilizable in the requesting state. In Socie't Nationale Industrielle AerospatiaIle the United States Supreme Court majority failed to recognize the great accomplishment the Evidence Convention represents toward international judicial cooperation. The Court held that the Evidence Convention is United States law, but that its application in American courts is optional. This Note addresses the inadequacies of the five to four majority opinion and advocates a presumption in favor of the Hague Evidence Convention in American courts.

Recommended Citation

Pascal W. Di Fronzo, Hague Evidence Convention in the Aftermath of Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale, 12 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 735 (1989).
Available at: https://repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_international_comparative_law_review/vol12/iss3/8