A New Approach to International Commercial Contracts

Name: A New Approach to International Commercial Contracts | The UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts
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The UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts

Micahel Joachim Bonnel(Herausgeber*in)

Kluwer Law International (Verlag)

Erschienen am 1. Dezember 1999

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Cover
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Foreword
List of Reporters
General Report
1. Introduction
2. The UNIDROIT Principles: A New Approach to International Commercial Contracts
2.1 An International "Restatement" of Contract Law?
2.2 A New Lex Mercatoria?
2.3 A Similar Instrument: The "Principles of European Contract Law
3. The UNIDROIT Principles and Domestic Contract Law
3.1 Conflicting Provisions
3.2 Clarifying and Supplementing Provisions
4. The Main Purposes of the UNIDROIT Principles
4.1 The UNIDROIT Principles as the Lex Contractus Chosen by the Parties
4.2 The UNIDROIT Principles as a Means of Interpreting and Supplementing the Applicable Domestic Law
4.3 The UNIDROIT Principles as a Means of Interpreting and Supplementing Existing International Uniform Law Instruments
5. The Actual Use in Practice of the UNIDROIT Principles
6. Prospects for the Future
Australia
1. Introduction
2. Importance of International Trade Law for Australian Lawyers
3. International Regimes Applicable to Commercial Contracts
4. The UNIDROIT Principles: Advantageous to the Australian Practitioner
5. The UNIDROIT Principles and Australian Contract Law
6. Areas of the Principles Important for the Australian Lawyer
6.1 Fair Dealing and Good Faith as General Duties
6.2 Pre-Contractual Negotiations
6.3 Method of Formation of Contract
6.4 Contractual Validity
6.5 Interpretation of the Contract
6.6 Hardship and Force Majeure
6.7 The Effect of Non-Performance
6.8 Right to Performance
6.9 The UNIDROIT Principles and Arbitration
7. Conclusion
Bibliography
Belgium
1. Introduction
2. Les Principes UNIDROIT et le droit belge des contrats
2.1 Comparaison des règles de fond
2.2 Compatibilité avec le droit belge des objectifs annoncés des Principes
3. Réception des Principes UNIDROIT dans le monde juridique belge
4. Conclusions
China
1. General Provisions
2. Formation
3. Validity of the Contract
4. Performance of the Contract
5. Non-Performance
Denmark
1. Introduction
2. The Principles as a "Restatement"and a "Source" of Contract Law
3. The Content of the Principles: the Limits of Contractual Freedom
3.1 Beauty Box
3.2 Warehouse Fire
4. Concluding Remarks
France
1. Introduction
2. Le contenu des Principes
2.1 La formation du contrat
2.2 L'exécution du contrat
3. La mise en oeuvre des Principes
3.1 Le choix des parties
3.2 Autres titres d'application des Principes
4. Conclusion
Abbréviations
Germany
1. General Characterisation of the UNIDROIT Principles
1.1 The Crisis of the Unification of Private Law
1.2 Method and Scope of the UNIDROIT Principles
1.3 The Normative Quality of the UNIDROIT Principles
2. The UNIDROIT Principles and German Contract Law Compared
2.1 Self-Related Rules
2.2 International Rules
2.3 Identical and Corresponding Rules
2.4 Obvious Rules and Principles
2.5 Clarifying Rules
2.6 Conflicting Rules
2.7 Summary
3. The Use of the UNIDROIT Principles and German Law
3.1 Survey
3.2 The UNIDROIT Principles as "General Principles of Law" or Lex Mercatoria
3.3 Filling the Gaps of the Applicable National Law
3.4 Interpretation and Supplementation of International Conventions on Uniform Private Law
Iran
1. Preamble
1.1 Commercial Agreements v. Other Agreements
1.2 The Regulation of Agreements under the Iranian Civil Code
1.3 Consent and Agreement under Iranian Law
1.4 The UNIDROIT Principles and Mandatory Rules of Law
1.5 Correspondence between the Principles and the Iranian Civil Code
2. Differences between the UNIDROIT Principles and the Iranian Civil Code
2.1 Procedural Rules and Substantive Legal Rules
2.2 The Subject of "Notice
2.3 Surprising Terms
2.4 Gross Disparity
2.5 Hardship
3. Concepts Common to the UNIDROIT Principles and the Iranian Civil Code
3.1 Chapter 1 of the Principles (General Provisions)
3.2 Chapter 2 of the Principles (Formation)
3.3 Chapter 3 of the Principles (Validity)
3.4 Chapter 4 of the Principles (Interpretation)
3.5 Chapter 5 of the Principles (Content)
3.6 Chapter 6 of the Principles (Performance)
3.7 Chapter 7 of the Principles (Non-Performance)
4. Possible Use of the Principles in Iran
Israel
Italy
1. Underlying Principles
2. The Procedure
3. Systematic Construction
4. Sample Textual Comparisons
4.1 Contractual Freedom
4.2 Good Faith, Fairness, Reasonableness
4.3 Usages
4.4 Protection of the Weaker Party
4.5 Negotiations
4.6 Formation of Contracts
4.7 Content
4.8 Form
4.9 Preservation of the Contract
5. Closing Remarks
Japan
Mexico
1. Introduction
2. The Legal Framework for Contracts in Mexico
2.1 Background
2.2 Different Regulation for Domestic and International Contracts
2.3 The Development of Arbitration and Other Alternative Mechanisms for the Resolution of Controversies
3. The Mexico Convention Indirectly Incorporated the UNIDROIT Principles
4. The Future of the UNIDROIT Principles in Mexico
Netherlands
1. Introduction
2. The UNIDROIT Principles m The Netherlands: General Perspective
3. Teaching Purposes
4. The UNIDROIT Principles in Scholarly Writings
5. The UNIDROIT Principles in Contract Negotiation and Drafting
6. The UNIDROIT Principles in Dutch Judicial Proceedings
7. The UNIDROIT Principles in International Commercial Arbitration in The Netherlands
8. Conclusions
Quebec
1. Introduction
2. L'historique des travaux
3. Le préambule
3.1 Champ d'application
3.2 Utilisations
4. Chapitre 1: Dispositions générales
5. Chapitre 2: Formation
5.1 L'offre et l'acceptation
5.2 La bonne foi dans les négociations et le devoir de confidentialité
5.3 La réglementation des clauses externes, illisibles ou incompréhensibles, des clauses types et des clauses abusives
6. Chapitre 3: Validité
6.1 Matitères non traitées
6.2 Consensualisme
6.3 Vices de consentement
7. Chapitre 4: Interprétation
7.1 Personne raisonnable
7.2 Divergences linguistiques
7.3 Omissions
8. Chapitre 5: Contenu
8.1 Résiliation unilatérale
8.2 Fixation du prix
9. Chapitre 6: Exécution
9.1 Lieu d'exécution
9.2 Monnaie de paiement
9.3 Autorisation
9.4 Hardship
10. Chapitre 7: Inexécution
10.1 Section 1: Inexécution en général
10.2 Section 2: Droit à l'exécution
10.3 Section 3: Résolution
10.4 Section 4: Dommages-intérêts
11. Conclusion
Bibliographie
Appendix: Tables de Concordance CcQ et Principes UNIDROIT
Romania
1. Prolégomènes
2. Certaines considérations sur les principes généraux du droit
3. La Codification est-elle préférable?
4. La lex mercatoria. La coutume et les usages commerciaux
4.1 La lex mercatoria
4.2 La coutume
4.3 Les usages
5. Le rôle des Principes UNIDROIT
6. L'arbitrage commercial international en Roumanie et les Principes UNIDROIT
7. L'exigence de la bonne foi dans le commerce international
8. Conclusion
Sweden
1. The Role of UNIDROIT Principles in Relation to Legislative Means of International Unification
2. UNIDROIT Principles as a Source of Swedish law
3. The Role of UNIDROIT Principles in Relation to Lex Mercatoria
4. UNIDROIT Principles when Referred to by the Parties
4.1 The Effects of a Reference
4.2 Is a Reference Advisable?
5. The Use of UNIDROIT Principles in Swedish Education
6. A Comparison of the Articles of the UNIDROIT Principles and Swedish Law
Chapter 1: General Provisions
Chapter 2: Formation
Chapter 3: Validity
Chapter 4: Interpretation
Chapter 5: Content
Chapter 6: Performance
Chapter 7: Non-Performance
7. Future Issues to be Dealt with in the UNIDROIT Principles
8. Summary
Switzerland
1. Introduction
2. An Overview
2.1 The Commercial Contract
2.2 The Formation of the Contract
2.3 The Content of the Contract
2.4 The Right to Performance
3. Non-Performance of Contractual Obligations
3.1 The System
3.2 The Types of Non-Performance
3.3 The Role of Fault
4. Concluding Remarks
United Kingdom
1. Introduction
2. The Form and Style of the Principles
3. The Substance of the Principles
United States
PART 1
1. Introduction
2. The Multiple Paths to Unification of Law
3. Positive Codes or Principled Case Law?
4. The UNIDROIT Principles and Legal Acculturation: Implications for Education and Ongoing Law Reform
PART 2
1. Introduction
2. The Inquiry
3. The Letter and the Survey
4. Responses: Faculty
5. Responses: Practitioners
6. Responses: Judges
7. Responses: All Participants
8. Some Final Observations
Appendix 1: The Inquiry Letter and the Survey
Vietnam
1. Introduction
2. Background Information on Vietnamese Law
3. Comparison between Vietnamese Contract Law and the UNIDROIT Principles
3.1 Common Rules between Vietnamese Contract Law and the UNIDROIT Principles
3.2 Differences between Vietnamese Contract Law and the UNIDROIT Principles
4. The Use of the UNIDROIT Principles in the Context of Vietnam
4.1 The UNIDROIT Principles as a Model for Vietnamese Legislators
4.2 The UNIDROIT Principles as Rules Governing Contracts
4.3 The UNIDROIT Principles and Arbitrators
4.4 The UNIDROIT Principles as a Guide for Drafting Contracts
5. Conclusion
Appendix 1: Select Bibliography on the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts
Appendix 2: Questionnaire sent to the National Reporters
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