Decision Review

The Relationship Between the Right to A Fair Trial Within A Reasonable Time and Ascertainment of Content of Foreign Applicable Law in Private International Law Cases

Volume: 37 Number: 2 December 15, 2017
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The Relationship Between the Right to A Fair Trial Within A Reasonable Time and Ascertainment of Content of Foreign Applicable Law in Private International Law Cases

Abstract

The Turkish courts are under the obligation to ascertain the content of foreign law ex officio, which is determined as the applicable law in a case with foreign element, as a requirement of Art. 2 of Turkish Code on Private International Law and International Cıvil Procedure numbered 5718 (CPIL). However, ascertainment of content of foreign law, which has a critical importance in such cases, is a difficult process that takes a certain amount of time. On the other hand, since Art.6/1 of the European Convention on Human Rights as well as Art.36 and 141 of Turkish Constitution impose an obligation to hear such cases within a reasonable time, it is also necessary for the courts to avoid unnecessary delays that may prolong the length of proceedings. The fact that foreign law could not be ascertained in a reasonable time can lead to failure of the trial to be heard within a reasonable period of time, which may lead to violation of the right to trial within a reasonable time. Therefore, the question of how the Turkish courts should strike a balance between these obligations in such cases in order to prevent possible violations of right to fair trial within a reasonable time deserves to be examined in the light of case law of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on right to fair trial within a reasonable time and of a decision which discuss the issue directly.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Law in Context

Journal Section

Decision Review

Authors

Publication Date

December 15, 2017

Submission Date

April 10, 2017

Acceptance Date

December 14, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 37 Number: 2

APA
Arslan, İ. (2017). The Relationship Between the Right to A Fair Trial Within A Reasonable Time and Ascertainment of Content of Foreign Applicable Law in Private International Law Cases. Milletlerarası Hukuk Ve Milletlerarası Özel Hukuk Bülteni, 37(2), 60-94. https://izlik.org/JA73FK72DD
AMA
1.Arslan İ. The Relationship Between the Right to A Fair Trial Within A Reasonable Time and Ascertainment of Content of Foreign Applicable Law in Private International Law Cases. Milletlerarası Hukuk ve Milletlerarası Özel Hukuk Bülteni. 2017;37(2):60-94. https://izlik.org/JA73FK72DD
Chicago
Arslan, İlyas. 2017. “The Relationship Between the Right to A Fair Trial Within A Reasonable Time and Ascertainment of Content of Foreign Applicable Law in Private International Law Cases”. Milletlerarası Hukuk Ve Milletlerarası Özel Hukuk Bülteni 37 (2): 60-94. https://izlik.org/JA73FK72DD.
EndNote
Arslan İ (December 1, 2017) The Relationship Between the Right to A Fair Trial Within A Reasonable Time and Ascertainment of Content of Foreign Applicable Law in Private International Law Cases. Milletlerarası Hukuk ve Milletlerarası Özel Hukuk Bülteni 37 2 60–94.
IEEE
[1]İ. Arslan, “The Relationship Between the Right to A Fair Trial Within A Reasonable Time and Ascertainment of Content of Foreign Applicable Law in Private International Law Cases”, Milletlerarası Hukuk ve Milletlerarası Özel Hukuk Bülteni, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 60–94, Dec. 2017, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA73FK72DD
ISNAD
Arslan, İlyas. “The Relationship Between the Right to A Fair Trial Within A Reasonable Time and Ascertainment of Content of Foreign Applicable Law in Private International Law Cases”. Milletlerarası Hukuk ve Milletlerarası Özel Hukuk Bülteni 37/2 (December 1, 2017): 60-94. https://izlik.org/JA73FK72DD.
JAMA
1.Arslan İ. The Relationship Between the Right to A Fair Trial Within A Reasonable Time and Ascertainment of Content of Foreign Applicable Law in Private International Law Cases. Milletlerarası Hukuk ve Milletlerarası Özel Hukuk Bülteni. 2017;37:60–94.
MLA
Arslan, İlyas. “The Relationship Between the Right to A Fair Trial Within A Reasonable Time and Ascertainment of Content of Foreign Applicable Law in Private International Law Cases”. Milletlerarası Hukuk Ve Milletlerarası Özel Hukuk Bülteni, vol. 37, no. 2, Dec. 2017, pp. 60-94, https://izlik.org/JA73FK72DD.
Vancouver
1.İlyas Arslan. The Relationship Between the Right to A Fair Trial Within A Reasonable Time and Ascertainment of Content of Foreign Applicable Law in Private International Law Cases. Milletlerarası Hukuk ve Milletlerarası Özel Hukuk Bülteni [Internet]. 2017 Dec. 1;37(2):60-94. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA73FK72DD