Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 February 2017
* [The Introductory Note was prepared for International Legal Materials by Bruno A. Ristau, Ristau & Abbell,and member of the I.L.M. Editorial Advisory Committee.[The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for Rules 4, 26, and 28 are reproduced from U.S. Congress, House,Committee on the Judiciary. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 103rd Cong., IstSess., 1993, Committee Print, pp. 1-6, 29-36 and 38. The Notes of the Advisory Committee following each rule are reproduced from Title 28 U.S.C.A. 1993 Supplement, pp. 7-14 and pp. 28-36.[Reports on the Operation of the Hague Service Convention by the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference and by the U.S. Delegation appear at 17 I.L.M. 312 (1978). Reports on the Operation of the Hague Evidence Convention by the U.S. Delegation and by the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference appear at 17 I.L.M. 1417 (1978). The Special Commission Report on the Operation of the Hague Service and Evidence Conventions appears at 28 I.L.M. 1556, 1563-69 (1989).]
1 Title amended December 29.1M8. effective October 20.1949.