Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts

Edited by Daniel Girsberger, Thomas Kadner Graziano, and Jan L Neels

Oxford Private International Law Series

A definitive reference guide to the key choice of law principles on international contracts
Includes analysis of the interaction of the Hague Principles with rules of law, including the instruments developed by UNCITRAL and UNIDROIT.
Addresses the law and practice in respect of choice of law around the globe in sixty national and regional reports, framed by article-by-article commentary on the Hague Principles
Provides information on which law applies in the absence of a choice by the parties in the various jurisdictions and which issues are in any event not governed by the chosen law

Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts

Edited by Daniel Girsberger, Thomas Kadner Graziano, and Jan L Neels

Oxford Private International Law Series

Description

Although the possibility of making a choice of law in respect of international commercial contracts has become widely accepted, national law still diverges in many respects with regard to the scope and relevance of, and the limitations on, party autonomy, leading to uncertainty in international commercial relations. This book compares the Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts (2015) with national, regional, supranational, and international rules on choice of law around the world in order to chronicle the divergent approaches which exist today.

The work is introduced by a comprehensive comparative report which sets out the similarities and differences between the featured national, regional, supranational, and international rules, comparing such rules with those of the Hague Principles, thereby initiating a discussion on further harmonization in the field. Another report focuses on the application of the Hague Principles in the context of international commercial arbitration. Dedicated chapters analyse the Hague Principles from a historical, theoretical, and international organizational point of view. Finally, examining each jurisdiction in detail, the book presents sixty national and regional article-by-article commentaries on the Hague Principles written by experts from all parts of the world. This dedicated and in-depth global comparative study of national, regional, supranational, and international rules provides a definitive reference guide to the key principles in respect of choice of law for international commercial contracts.

Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts

Edited by Daniel Girsberger, Thomas Kadner Graziano, and Jan L Neels

Oxford Private International Law Series

PART 1: GENERAL AND SPECIAL REPORTS
1:General Comparative Report, Daniel Girsberger, Thomas Kadner Graziano, and Jan L Neels
2:The Story of Party Autonomy, Symeon C Symeonides
3:The Provenance of the Hague Principles, Marta Pertegás
4:HCCH, João Ribeiro-Bidaoui
5:UNCITRAL, Luca Castellani and Cyril Emery
6:UNIDROIT, Anna Veneziano
7:International Commercial Arbitration, Lauro Gama, Daniel Girsberger, and José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez
PART 2: NATIONAL AND REGIONAL REPORTS
PART 2.1: AFRICA, Jan L Neels and Eesa A Fredericks
8:African Principles of Commercial Private International Law, Jan L Neels and Eesa A Fredericks
9:OHADA, Justin Monsenepwo
10:Angola and Mozambique, Rui Dias and Carl Friedrich Nordmeier
11:Common law Africa, Richard Frimpong Oppong
12:Democratic Republic of the Congo, Justin Monsenepwo
13:Egypt, Yehya Ikram Ibrahim Badr
14:Ethiopia, Fekadu Petros Gebremeskel
15:Mauritius, Robin Cupido
16:Morocco, Khalid Zaher
17:South Africa, Jan L Neels
18:Tunisia, Béligh Elbalti
PART 2.2: ASIA, Yuko Nishitani and Béligh Elbalti
19:Asian Principles of Private International Law, Naoshi Takasugi and Béligh Elbalti
20:Bahrain, Béligh Elbalti and Hosam Osama Shaaban
21:China (Mainland), Qisheng He
22:Dubai International Financial Centre, Silke Noa Elrifai
23:Hong Kong, Anselmo Reyes
24:India, Jan L Neels
25:Indonesia, John Lumbantobing and Bayu Seto Hardjowahono
26:Iran, Nadjma Yassari
27:Israel, Talia Einhorn
28:Japan, Yuko Nishitani
29:Kuwait, Amin Dawwas
30:Lebanon, Marie-Claude Najm Kobeh
31:Macau, Guangjian Tu
32:Malaysia, Effendy Othman, Victor Wong Teck Fung, and Ahmad Zhaffir Rahmat
33:Palenstine, Amin Dawwas
34:Qatar, Silke Noa Elrifai
35:Singapore, Tiong Min Yeo
36:South Caucasus, Hayk Kupelyants
37:South Korea, Kwang Hyun Suk
38:Taiwan, Hua-Kai Tsai
39:United Arab Emirates, Kilian Bälz
40:Vietnam, Duc Luong Doan and Thi Hong Trinh Nguyen
PART 2.3: AUSTRALASIA, Brooke Marshall
41:Australia, Brooke Marshall
42:New Zealand, Maria Hook
PART 2.4: EUROPE, Thomas Kadner Graziano
43:European Union, Thomas Kadner Graziano, Francisco Garcimartín Alferez, and Geert van Calster
44:Iceland, Eiríkur Elís Þorláksson
45:Liechtenstein, Helmut Heiss
46:Norway, Giuditta Cordero-Moss
47:Russia, Milana Karayanidi
48:Switzerland, Thomas Kadner Graziano and Hannes Meyle
49:Turkey, Nuray Ekşi
50:Ukraine, Dmytro Vorobey
51:United Kingdom, Andrew Dickinson
52:Western Balkans, Donikë Qerimi
PART 2.5: LATIN AMERICA, Lauro Gama and José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez
53:Organization of American States, José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez
54:Argentina, Paula María All
55:Bolivia, José Manuel Canelas Schütt
56:Brazil, Lauro Gama, Carmen Tiburcio, and Felipe Albuquerque
57:Chile, Jaime Gallegos-Zúñiga
58:Colombia, Antonio Aljure Salame
59:Costa Rica, Anayansy Rojas Chan and Mauricio París
60:Guatemala, Pedro Mendoza Montano and Enrique Martinez Guzman
61:Mexico`María Mercedes Albornoz and Nuria González-Martín
62:Panama, Carlos Alberto Arrue Montenegro
63:Paraguay, José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez
64:Peru, Rorick Tovar Galván and Sara Sotelo
65:Uruguay, Cecilia Fresnedo de Aguirre
66:Venezuela, Claudia Madrid Martínez
PART 2.6: NORTH AMERICA, Geneviève Saumier
67:Canada, Geneviève Saumier
68:United States of America, Symeon C Symeonides and Neil B Cohen
Bibliography
Index
Neil B Cohen

Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts

Edited by Daniel Girsberger, Thomas Kadner Graziano, and Jan L Neels

Oxford Private International Law Series

Author Information

Edited by Daniel Girsberger, Tenured Professor of Swiss and International Private, Business and Procedural Law, and Comparative Private Law, University of Lucerne, Thomas Kadner Graziano, Professor and Director of the Department of Private International Law and Director of the Programme on Transnational Law, University of Geneva, and Jan L Neels, Professor of Private International Law and Director of the Research Centre for Private International Law in Emerging Countries, University of Johannesburg

Daniel Girsberger is Tenured Professor for Swiss and International Private, Business and Procedural Law as well as Comparative Private Law at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland.

Thomas Kadner Graziano is Professor, Director of the Department of Private International Law and Director of the Programme on Transnational Law, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Jan L Neels is Professor of Private International Law and Director of the Research Centre for Private International Law in Emerging Countries at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Contributors:

GENERAL EDITORS
Daniel Girsberger
Thomas Kadner Graziano
Jan L Neels

REGIONAL AND SPECIAL EDITORS
Béligh Elbalti
Eesa A Fredericks
Lauro Gama
Brooke Marshall
José A Moreno Rodríguez
Yuko Nishitani
Marta Pertegás
Geneviève Saumier

ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Agatha Brandão de Oliveira

AUTHORS
Symeon C Symeonides
João Ribeiro-Bidaoui
Luca Castellani
Cyril Emery
Anna Veneziano
Justin Monsenepwo
Rui Dias
Carl Friedrich Nordmeier
Richard Frimpong Oppong
Yehya Ikram Ibrahim Badr
Fekadu Petros Gebremeskel
Robin Cupido
Khalid Zaher
Naoshi Takasugi
Hosam Osama Shaaban
HE Qisheng
Silke Noa Elrifai
Anselmo Reyes
John Lumbangobing
Bayu Seto Hardjowahono
Nadjma Yassari
Talia Einhorn
Amin Dawwas
Marie-Claude Najm Kobeh
Guangjian Tu
Effendy Othman
Victor Wong Teck Fung
Ahmad Zhaffir Rahmat
Silke Noa Elrifai
Tiong Min Yeo
Hayk Kupelyants
Kwang Hyun Suk
Hua-Kai Tsai
Kilian Bälz
Duc Luong Doan
Thi Hong Trinh Nguyen
Maria Hook
Francisco Garcimartín Alferez
Geert van Calster
Eiríkur Elís Þorláksson
Helmut Heiss
Giudita Cordero-Moss
Milana Karayanidi
Hannes Meyle
Nuray Eksi
Dmytro Vorobey
Andrew Dickinson
Donikë Qerimi
Paula María All
José Manuel Canelas Schütt
Carmen Tiburcio
Felipe Albuquerque
Jaime Gallegos-Zúñiga
Antonio Aljure
Anayansy Rojas Chan
Mauricio París
Pedro Mendoza Montano
Enrique Martinez Guzman
María Mercedes Albornoz
Nuria González-Martín
Carlos Alberto Arrue Montenegro
Rorick Tovar Galván
Sara Sotelo
Cecilia Fresnedo de Aguirre
Claudia Madrid Martínez
Neil B Cohen