Doctrine:Harry Duintjer Tebbens: Judicial Interpretation of the 1988 Lugano Convention on Jurisdiction and Judgments in the Light of ist Brussels Matrix: the Convergence ConfirmedDavid Goddard: Rethinking the Hague Judgments Convention: A Pacific PerspectiveChristoph Bernasconi: Indirectly Held Securities: A New Venture for the Hague Conference on Private International LawBertrand Ancel: The Brussels I Regulation: CommentPrivate International Law Issues in World War II Era Litigation:Yasuhiro Okuda: The Law Applicable to Governmental Liability for Injuries to Foreign Individuals during World War II: Questions of Private International Law in the Ongoing Legal Proceedings before Japanese CourtsKent Anderson: Issues of Private International Law and Civil Procedure Arising out of the U.S. Civil Suits for Forced Labor during World War II: To What Extent Do U.S. Conflict and Procedural Rules Obstruct Private Liability for Wartime Human Rights Violations?Jan von Hein: The Law Applicable to Governmental Liability for Violations of Human Rights in World War II: Questions of Private International Law from a German PerspectiveNational Reports:Gerhard Hohloch/Cecilie Kjelland: The New German Conflicts Rules for Registered PartnershipsNews from The Hague:J.H.A. van Loon: The Hague Conference on Private International Law - Work in Progress (2000-2001)Forum:Frank Gerhard: The Extraterritorial Judicial Penalty - New Instrument for the Transnational Enforcement of Extraterritorial Injunctions?Texts, Materials and Recent Developments:Council Regulation (EC) No. 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters ("Brussels I")Council Regulation (EC) No. 1206/2001 of 28 May 2001 on Cooperation between the Courts of the Member States in the Taking of Evidence in Civil or Commercial MattersChinese Society of Private International Law: Model Law of Private International Law of the People's Republic of China (Sixth Draft, 2000)James A.R. Nafziger: Oregon's Conflicts Law Applicable to ContractsBook Review:Mario Giovanoli (ed): International Monetary Law, Issues for the New Millenium (Petar Sarcevic)Books ReceivedIndex