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Author:   Fabien Gélinas (Sir William C. Macdonald Professor of Law, Sir William C. Macdonald Professor of Law, McGill University, Faculty of Law)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.40cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 16.00cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9780199916016

ISBN 10:   0199916012
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   16 June 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contributors Foreword Introduction Fabien Gélinas Part I - National Perspectives on Usages and Implied Terms 1. Customs and Usages in England: Achieving Interpretive Accuracy by Giving Effect to Unexpressed Intent Geoff R. Hall 2. Usages and Implied Terms under French and Belgian Positive Law: A Subjective Approach Tending toward Objectivity Lydie Van Muylem 3. White Space, Implied Terms, and the Concept of Usage in Quebec Marie-Claude Rigaud 4. Usages and Implied Terms in Italy Luca G. Radicati di Brozolo & Giacomo Marchisio 5. Not Merely Facts: Trade Usages in German Contract Law Helge Dedek 6. Usages and Implied Terms in the United States Christopher R. Drahozal Part II - Trade Usages and Implied Terms in Transnational Law 7. Trade Usages in the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods Geneviève Saumier 8. Usages and Implied Obligations under the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts Lauro Gama, Jr. 9. Trade Usages in ICC Arbitration Emmanuel Jolivet, Giacomo Marchisio & Fabien Gélinas Part III - Toward a Transnational Law of Trade Usages 10. The Law Merchant and Choice of Law H. Patrick Glenn 11. Trade Usages as Transnational Law Fabien Gélinas Appendix - Provisions on Trade Usages in International Arbitration and Transnational Contract Instruments Index

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This fine work on trade usage and implied terms presents an intellectual smorgasbord of robust analysis on some of the most vexing questions in international trade and investment. Taking a comparative perspective to the law of cross-border economic relations, the book will assist all who seek a better understanding of questions encountered in the day-to-day tumult of arbitration practice, as well as deeper insights into the doctrinal dilemmas facing private dispute resolution. A first-rate piece of scholarship. Professor William W. Park, Boston University. General Editor, Arbitration International

This fine work on trade usage and implied terms presents an intellectual smorgasbord of robust analysis on some of the most vexing questions in international trade and investment. Taking a comparative perspective to the law of cross-border economic relations, the book will assist all who seek a better understanding of questions encountered in the day-to-day tumult of arbitration practice, as well as deeper insights into the doctrinal dilemmas facing private dispute resolution. A first-rate piece of scholarship. - Professor William W. Park, Boston University. General Editor, Arbitration International

Author Information

Fabien Gélinas is the Sir William C. Macdonald Professor of Law at McGill University, where he previously served as Associate Dean of Law and Director of the Institute of Comparative Law. He was formerly General Counsel at the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce and is now chair of the Canadian Arbitration Committee. He teaches international arbitration and contract law in both the civil law and the common law tradition and publishes widely on these subjects. A former law clerk to Justice Charles Doherty Gonthier of Canada's Supreme Court, he holds degrees from the University of Montreal and the Paris School of diplomatic and strategic studies, and a D.Phil. from Oxford University. He acts regularly as arbitrator in international commercial matters.

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