Transnational Commercial Law

International Instruments and Commentary

Second Edition

Roy Goode, Herbert Kronke, Ewan McKendrick, and Jeffrey Wool

The most comprehensive and up to date compilation of primary materials relating to transnational commercial transactions
A reliable source of reference written by a high profile author team, providing expert guidance on each instrument in the commercial context
Each instrument is preceded by a detailed table of contents allowing quick navigation
Includes the complete texts of 76 instruments, including international conventions and protocols, model laws, EC/EU directives and regulations, rules of the International Chamber of Commerce in the fields of banking, international trade terms and dispute resolution
Features tables showing dates of signature, ratification and accession of States to international conventions and protocols.
Text is linked by leading scholars summarizing the different instruments; and includes a comprehensive table of contents and detailed index, saving the reader time and money.

New to this Edition:

New Materials Including:
ICC Uniform Rules for demand guarantees, 2010 revision
Luxembourg Protocol to the Cape Town Convention
2008 UN Convention on Contracts for the Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea
Hague Convention on Choice of Court agreements
First and Second Protocols on Interpretation of the Rome Contracts Convention
New ICC Rules of Arbitration
A brand new section on Carriage of Goods, which includes the following new material: Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road, the Warsaw/Montreal Convention and the Hague-Visby Rules

Transnational Commercial Law

International Instruments and Commentary

Second Edition

Roy Goode, Herbert Kronke, Ewan McKendrick, and Jeffrey Wool

Description

Transnational commercial law represents the outcome of work undertaken to harmonize national laws affecting domestic and cross-border transactions and is upheld by a diverse spectrum of instruments.

Now in its second edition, this authoritative work brings together the major instruments in this field, dividing them into thirteen groups: Treaty Law, Contracts, Electronic Commerce, International Sales, Agency and Distribution, International Credit Transfers and Bank Payment Undertakings, International Secured Transactions, Cross-Border Insolvency, Securities Custody, Clearing and Settlement and Securities Collateral, Conflict of Laws, Civil Procedure, Commercial Arbitration, and a new section on Carriage of Goods.

Each group of instruments is preceded by linking text which provides important context by identifying the key instruments in each group, discussing their purposes and relationships, and explaining the major provisions of each instrument, thus setting them in their commercial context. This volume is unique in providing the full text of international conventions, including the preamble - which is important for interpretation - and the final clauses and any annexes.

In addition, each instrument is accompanied by a complete list of dates of signature and ratification by all contracting states, all easily navigated through the detailed tables of contents which precedes it. This fully-indexed work provides an indispensable guide for the practitioner or academic to the primary transnational commercial law instruments.

Transnational Commercial Law

International Instruments and Commentary

Second Edition

Roy Goode, Herbert Kronke, Ewan McKendrick, and Jeffrey Wool

Preface
I Treaty Law
A. Introductory Text
B. Instruments
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
II International and European Restatements of Contract Law
A. Introductory Text
B. Instruments
UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts
Principles of European Contract Law
III Electronic Commerce
A. Introductory Text
B. Instruments
UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce
UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Signatures 2001
EC Directive on Electronic Commerce 2000
EC Directive on Electronic Signatures 1999
CMI Rules for Electronic Bills of Lading 1990
IV International Sales
A. Introductory Text
B. Instruments
Vienna Convention on Contracts for the Internaional Sale of Goods
ICC Incoterms (2010 version)
V Agency and Distribution
A. Introductory Text
B. Instruments
The First Company Directive (EC)
The EC Directive on Commercial Agents
UNIDROIT Model Franchise Disclosure Law
VI International Credit Transfers and Bank Payment Undertakings
A. Introductory Text
B. Instruments
UNCITRAL Model Law on International Credit Transfers 1992
ICC Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP 600)
Supplement to UCP 500 for Electronic Presentation (eUCP) Version 1.0
ICC Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees (2010 revision)
International Standby Practices 98 (ISP 98)
1995 UN Convention on Independent Guarantees and Standby Letters of Credit
ICC Uniform Rules for Contract Bonds 1993
VII International Secured Transactions
A. Introductory Text
B. Instruments
ERBD Model Law on Secured Transactions
OAS Model Law on Secured Transactions
Brussels Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages 1926
Brussels Convention on Arrest of SeaGoing Ships 1952
Geneva Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages 1993
Geneva Convention on Arrest of Ships 1999
Rome Convention on Precautionary Arrest of Aircraft 1993
Geneva Convention on Recognition of Rights in Aircraft 1948
UNIDROIT Convention on International Financial Leasing 1998
Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the Aircraft Protocol thereto 2001
Luxembourg Protocol to the Cape Town Convention
UNIDROIT Model Law on leasing
UNIDROIT Convention on International Factoring 1988
UN Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade
VIII Cross Border Insolvency
A. Introductory Text
B. Instruments
European Convention on Certain International Aspects of Bankruptcy 1990x
UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross Border Insolvency
Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on Insolvency Proceedings
IX Securities Custody, Clearing and Settlement and Securities Collateral
IX Securities Custody, Clearing and Settlement and Securities Collateral
A. Introductory Text
B. Instruments
EC Settlement Finality Directive 1998, 98/26/EC
EC Directive on Financial Collateral Arrangements 2002, 2002/47/EC
Directive 2009/44/EC amending the Settlement Finality Directive and the Financial Collateral Arrangements Directive
UNIDROIT (Geneva) Convention on Substantive Rules for Intermediated Securities, 2009
X Conflict of Laws
A. Introductory Text
B. Materials
Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Agency 1978
Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 1986
EC Regulation on Contractual Obligations (Rome I)
InterAmerican Convention on the Law Applicable to International Contracts 1990
Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in Respect of Securities Held with an Intermediary 2002
Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 1980
XI International Civil Procedure
A. Introductory Text
B. Instruments
European Convention on State Immunity
UN Convention on jurisdictional immunity 2005
Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters
MERCOSUR/CMC/DEC Nro. 05/92
MERCOSUR/CMC/DEC Nro. 07/02 Enmienda Al Protocolo De Cooperacion Y Asistencia Jurisdiccional En Materia Civil, Comercial, Laboral Y Administrativa Entre Los Estados Partes Del Mercosur
Buenos Aires Protocol on International Jurisdiction in Contractual Matters
Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Matters, 1994
Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters
Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters, 1970
Council Regulation (EC) No. 1206/2001 on Cooperaration between Courts of the Member States in the Taking of Evidence in Civil or Commercial Matters
ALI/UNIDROIT Principles of Transnational Civil Procedure
Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements
XII International Commercial Arbitration
A. Introductory Text
B. Instruments
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
InterAmerican Convention on International Commercial Arbitration
UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration
UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules
The International Chamber of Commerce Rules of Arbitration 2111
Acuerdo Sobre Arbitraje Comercial Internacional Del MERCOSUR
XIII Carriage of Goods
A. Introductory Text
B. Instruments
Warsaw/Montreal Convention
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road
Hague-Visby Rules
2008 UN Convention on Contracts for the Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea (Rotterdam Rules)
Hague Rules, 1924
INDEX

Transnational Commercial Law

International Instruments and Commentary

Second Edition

Roy Goode, Herbert Kronke, Ewan McKendrick, and Jeffrey Wool

Author Information

Sir Roy Goode is Emeritus Professor of Law in the University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford

Ewan McKendrick is Registrar of the University of Oxford, Professor of English Private Law at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall. He is also a member of Chambers at 3 Verulam Buildings, Gray's Inn.

Herbert Kronke is Secretary-General of UNIDROIT (International Institute for the Unification of Private Law), Rome, and Professor for Private Law, Commercial Law and Private International Law, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Jeffrey Wool is head of aerospace law and policy at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and is secretary and general counsel of the Aviation Working Group

Transnational Commercial Law

International Instruments and Commentary

Second Edition

Roy Goode, Herbert Kronke, Ewan McKendrick, and Jeffrey Wool

Reviews and Awards

"This latest edition of this authoritative work, with its wealth of new material and detailed content, is an essential requirement for practitioners within this area of law, as well as those undertaking research." - Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, Richmond Green Chambers