Sir Roy Goode is Emeritus Professor of Law in the University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of St. John's College, OxfordEwan 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 Professor for Private Law, Commercial Law and Private International Law, University of Heidelberg, GermanyJeffrey Wool is Head of Aerospace Law & Policy, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London, and Affiliate Professor of Law, University of Washington, Seattle

• 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

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