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1 Professor Michael Joachim Bonell 2018 INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS IN EUROPE AND WORLDWIDE (Domestic Laws vs. Uniform Law) SYLLABUS I.- THE LAW GOVERNING INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS (a) LEGAL SOURCES EU Regulation of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I) ( Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to International Contracts ( Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts of 19 March 2015 ( The 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for International Sale of Goods (CISG) ( UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts 2016 ( ) Model Clauses for Use by Parties of the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts ( UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration ( (b) DOMESTIC LAWS VS. UNIFORM LAW M.J. Bonell, CISG, European Contract Law and the Development of Contract Law Worldwide, in 56 The American Journal of Comparative Law, 2008, M.J. Bonell, The Law Governing International Commercial Contracts and the Actual Role of the UNIDROIT Principles, in Unifrom Law Review 2018, pp Articles 2, 3 and 4 EU Regulation on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations Articles 1(1), 2 and Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to International Contracts Articles 1, 6 and 7 CISG 1

2 1. Arbitral Award SCH-4318 (1994) Text 2. Arbitral Award SCH-4366 (1994) Text 3. U.S. District Court, North. District, Illinois, East. Div., Chicago Prime Packers, Inc, v. Northam Food Trading Co. (2004) 4. Iranian-U.S. Arbitral Tribunal 2 July 2014 (The Islamic Republic of Iran vs The United States of America) 5. Court of Cassation of Belgium 19 June 2009 ( Scafom International ) 6. Court of Appeal of Rio Grande do Sul, 30 March Cour d Appel of Reims, 4 September case.cfm?pid=1&do=case&id=2121&step=abstract 8. Cour de Cassation, 17 February case.cfm? pid= 2&do=case&id=1923&step=Abstract (c) HARD LAW VS. SOFT LAW Preamble, UNIDROIT Principles 2016 Model Clauses for Use by Parties of the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts No.1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2, 3 and 4 Article 28 UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration Articles 9 and Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to International Contracts Article 3 Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts (2013) 8. Handelsgericht St.Gallen (Parties unknown) 9. Bundesgericht High Court of Justice Musawi v. R.E. International (UK) Ltd and others Arbitral Award of the Centro de Arbitraje de México (2006) ICC Award 2001 No

3 13. ICC Award 2004 No Court of Appeal of Rio Grande do Sul, 14 February cfm?pid=2&do=case&id=2035&step=abstract 15. International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) 16. June 2010 (Gemplus&Talsud vs Mexico) International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) 31 October 2011 (El Paso Energy International Company vs The Argentine Republic) ICC Award No Andersen Consulting Business Unit Member Firms vs. Arthur Andersen Business Unit Member Firms and Andersen Worldwide Societe Cooperative II.- CONTRACT FORMATION & PRECONTRACTUAL LIABILITY The domestic approach M.J. Bonell, An International Restatement of Contract Law, 3 rd ed. (2005), pp ; Article 29(2) CISG; Articles , ; UNIDROIT Principles 18. Court of Justice of the European Communities ( Tacconi ) (2002) ICC Award No (1996) Supreme Court of New South Wales 3 July 2009 ( United Group Rail Services v Rail Corporation of New South Wales ) ICC Award No (1998) ICC Award 2001 No The U.K. Supreme Court 16 May 2018 (Rock Advertising Limited v MWB Business Exchange Centres Limited) III. CONTRACT INTERPRETATION The domestic appoach 3

4 Artiche 8 CISG; Articles , ; UNIDROIT Principles M.J. Bonell, The UNIDROIT Principles and CISG - Sources of Inspiration for English Courts? in Uniform Law Review 2006, pp Supreme Court of Switzerland, Landgericht Frankfurt, =case&id=1650&step=fulltext 26. Sheriffdom of Tayside Central and Fife 30 November 2012 (Scotia Homes (South) Ltd. v Mr James Maurice McLean and Mrs Linda Isabella McLean) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) (Proforce Recruit Limited v The Rugby Group Limited) 2006) U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit (MCC-Marble Ceramic Center Inc v. Ceramica D Agostino S.p.a. ) (1998) 1&do=case&id=337&step= Abstract IV. ILLEGALITY The domestic appoach Articles and UNIDROIT Principles M. J. BONELL, The New Provisions on Illegality in the UNIDROIT Principles 2010, in Uniform Law Review 2011, pp Court of Appeal of Rio Grande do Sul, 30 March V. FORCE MAJEURE & HARDSHIP The domestic appoach Article 79 CISG; Articles 7.1.7; ; UNIDROIT Principles M.J. Bonell, An International Restatement of Contract Law, 3 rd ed. (2005), pp U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, East Div. (Raw Materials Inc. v. Manfred Forberich GmbH) (2004) 4

5 31. AAA Arbitral Award No T (2007) Arbitral Award of the Centro de Arbitraje de México (2006) Court of Cassation of Belgium 19 June 2009 ( Scafom International ) Cour d Appel of Reims, 4 September Cour d'appel, Province de Québec, District of Montreal 1 August International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) (Investment El Paso Energy International Company vs The Argentine Republic) (2011) 8&step=Abstract VI. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES CLAUSES & PENALTY CLAUSES Article UNIDROIT Principles M.J. Bonell, An International Restatement of Contract Law, 3 rd ed. (2005), pp ) 37. Award of International Arbitration Court of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation 5 June China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, (September 2004) No (Parties unknown) U.K. Supreme Court CavendishSquare Holding BV vtalalel Makdessi / ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis (2015) BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY: ****** P. Schlechtriem & I. Schwenzer, Kommentar zum Einheitlichen UN-Kaufrecht 6. Aufl. (2013) M.J. Bonell, An International Restatement of Contract Law, 3 rd ed. (2005) S. Vogenauer (ed.), Commentary on the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commerial Contracts, 2 nd ed For a more comprehensive bibliography as well as for international case law relating to the CISG and the UNIDROIT Principles see the free of charge data-bank 5

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