New Developments in International Commercial and Consumer Law

Jacob S. Ziegel is Professor of Law Emeritus in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto.

• Part 1 Basic international commercial and contract law developments: usage and its reception in transnational commercial law, Roy Goode; internationalisation of sales law - practice under the convention on international sale of goods - a primer for attorneys and internal traders, Louis F. del Duca and Patrick del Duca; the case against Lex Mercatoria, Uriel Procaccia; convergence of contract law systems and the unidroit principles of international commercial contracts - a search for the nature of contract, Donald B. King. Part 2 Banking law, payment systems and international finance: unauthorized electronic funds transfers - comparative aspects, Benjamin Geva; standby rulemaking - a glimpse at the elements of standardization and harmonization of banking practice, James E. Byrne; international demand guarantees - the interaction of the uncitral convention and the URDG rules of the ICC, Rafael Illescas Ortiz; guarantees on first demand - the Chilean position, Richardo Sandoval Lopez. Part 3 Secured transactions in movable property: modernizing the secured financing and lease financing laws of developing nations, with particular focus on the West Bank and Gaza, R.C.C. Cumming; the registration of company charges against real property under Israeli law, Shalom Lerner; the case for worldwide reform to he law governing secured transactions in movable property, Harry C. Sigman. Part 4 Conflict of laws: territoriality and choice of law in the Supreme Court of Canada - applications in products liability claims, Catherine Walsh. Part 5 International trade law: first approach to competition law and sanctioning of disloyal practices in Mercosur, Raul Anibal Etcheverry; state contracts, state interests and international commercial arbitration - a third world perspective, Patrick Osode; the new GATT agreement on government procurement - impressive achievements but a setback for multilateralism, Arie Reich. Part 6 The challenges of adapting to market economics: the development of securities regulation in emerging African capital markets, S.K. Date-Bah; process of transition and commercial law in Central and Eastern Europe, Attile Harmathy; the challenges of adapting law to market economies in postcommunist Central European countries, Jerzy Rajski; integrator companies in Mexico - lifesavers of micro, small and medium-sized industries, Elvia Arcelia Quintaina Adriano. Part 7 Consumer law developments: Canadian perspectives on the challenges of consumer bankruptcies, Jacob S. Ziegel; a European concept of consumer rights - some reflections on rethinking community consumer law, Norbert Reich; saying nothing with words, Anthony J. Duggan; comparative publicity in the Honduran commercial code and consumer protection law, Dr Laureano F. Gutierrez Falla.

I recommend this book for the thinkers and makers of policy, as well as those practitioners who wish to hone their working knowledge of trends in private international law. Martin Odams de Zylva The Journal of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators September 2002 ...a mine of useful analysisIt can be recommended without reservation. Gerard McCormack Law Quarterly Review September 2002