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The past two decades have witnessed an explosion in the growth of transnational commercial law, which represents the This volume contains a collection of all the majorng transnational commercial law instruments relating to commercial conrocess: international and regional conventions, model laws, EC directives and regulations, uniform rules produced by bodies such as the International Chamber of Commerce, and international and European restatements of contract law by scholars. This volume brings together all the diverse major instruments in the field, dividing them into twelve 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 Settlement and Securities Collateral, Conflict of Laws, Civil Procedure, and Commercial Arbitration. 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, and is preceded by a table of contents for that instrument, for ease of navigation. This fully-indexed work provides an indispensable guide for the practitioner or academic to the primary transnational commercial law instruments.

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<br> This new compilation of major international commercial law texts, with incisive commentary, is long overdue and is produced by authors of long experience in the field. It will be an invaluable resource for academic researchers and practitioners alike. <br>--Hal Burman, Executive Director, US State Department Advisory Committee on Private International Law<p><br> A first-class and comprehensive compilation of transnational commercial law instruments with excellent commentaries written by leading international experts--this is an outstandingly useful work. <br> --Philip Wood, Special Global Counsel, Allen & Overy, Visiting Professor/Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London<p><br>

This new compilation of major international commercial law texts, with incisive commentary, is long overdue and is produced by authors of long experience in the field. It will be an invaluable resource for academic researchers and practitioners alike. <br> --Hal Burman, Executive Director, US State Department Advisory Committee on Private International Law<br> A first-class and comprehensive compilation of transnational commercial law instruments with excellent commentaries written by leading international experts--this is an outstandingly useful work. <br> --Philip Wood, Special Global Counsel, Allen & Overy, Visiting Professor/Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London<br>

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Sir Roy Goode is Emeritus Professor of Law in the University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford. Herbert Kronke is Secretary-General of UNIDROIT, Rome, and Professor of Law at the University of Heidelberg. Professor Ewan McKendrick is at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Jeffrey Wool is a Partner of Perkins Coie, Washington and Secretary to the Aviation Working Group.

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