Chapter I. Setting the stage: uniform law
A. Introduction
B. Uniform law: A definition and its implications
C. Aims and goals of uniform law
B. The origins of the CISG
D. The CISG: A paradigm for all things good and bad
Chapter II. Forum shopping: what, why, why not?
A. The existing bias against forum shopping: The US example
B. The bias against forum shopping: The regional and international contexts
C. Anti-forum shopping stance no more?
D. Defining "forum shopping"
Chapter III. Why international uniform substantive law conventions cannot prevent forum shopping: the convention-extrinsic reasons
A. Introduction
B. Convention-extrinsic reasons for forum shopping: Divergences in procedural rules and rules of evidence
C. Additional convention-extrinsic forum shopping reasons: Language, efficiency of the proceedings, bias, et al.
D. Arbitration v. litigation
E. Applicability of uniform substantive law conventions by arbitral tribunals v. courts
Chapter IV. Why international uniform substantive law conventions cannot prevent forum shopping: the need to resort to private international law as a convention-intrinsic reason
A. Introduction
B. Private international law rules contained in international uniform substantive law conventions
C. Express and implicit references to private international law analyses contained in uniform substantive law conventions
D. The limited international sphere of application of uniform substantive law conventions as a convention-intrinsic forum shopping reason
E. The limited substantive sphere of application of uniform substantive law conventions as a convention-intrinsic forum shopping reason
F. The requirement of a nexus to contracting states or the law of a contracting state as a convention-intrinsic forum shopping reason
Chapter V. Further convention-intrinsic forum shopping reasons: limitations as to scope, reservations, opt-outs and diverging interpretations
A. The limited scope of application of uniform substantive law conventions as a convention-intrinsic forum shopping reason
B. The possibility of declaring reservations as a convention-intrinsic forum shopping reason
C. The dispositive nature of uniform substantive law conventions as a convention-intrinsic forum shopping reason
D. Uniform interpretation and application of uniform substantive law conventions: The theory
E. Uniform interpretation and application of uniform substantive law conventions: The reality and its effects on forum shopping
Chapter VI. Conclusion
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