Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts
This book is the main output of the previous research project, “Hague Principles and Beyond”. It contains over sixty reports dealing with the regulation of choice of law in a significant number of jurisdictions around the world and a general report. The book has been applauded by the academic community, and it is regarded as a definitive reference guide to the key choice of law principles on international contracts. Read the General Comparative Report.
Uniform Law Review
Volume 22, Issue 2, June 2017 - special issue on the HCCH Principles (available through paywall)
Hague Conference on Private International Law
Official materials from the Hague Conference on Private International Law Consult the HCCH page, regularly updated.
Selected List of Freely Available Texts
- Andreas Schwartze, ‘New Trends in Parties’ Options to Select the Applicable Law? The Hague Principles on Choice of Law In International Contracts in a Comparative Perspective’ (2015) 12 University of St. Thomas Law Journal: Fides et lustitia 87
- Ziad Al Enizi and Ramzi Madi, ‘The Compatibility of Arab Laws and Modern International Trends with the Freedom of Parties to Choose the Law Applicable to International Trade Contracts’ (2019) 14 Global Trade and Customs Journal 429
- Andrew Dickinson, ‘The Role of Public Policy and Mandatory Rules within the Proposed Hague Principles on the Law Applicable to International Commercial Contracts’ (2010) HCCH Working Group; Permanent Bureau, ‘2015 Principles on Choice of Law: Updates and Possible Future Work’
- Priskila Penasthika, ‘Pilihan Hukum dalam (The Hague Principles 2015)’ (SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021)
- Dimitrios K Stamatiadis, ‘The Hague Conference on Private International Law’ (2016) 98 Studia Universitatis Moldaviae 262
- José Antonio Moreno Rodriguez and María Mercedes Albornoz, ‘Reflections on the Mexico Convention in the Context of the Preparation of the Future Hague Instrument on International Contracts’ (2011) 7 Journal of Private International Law 491
- Michael Douglas, ‘A Consideration of Current Issues in Private International Law’ 2017 Australian Bar Review
- Dieter Martiny, ‘Die Haager Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts – Eine weitere Verankerung der Parteiautonomie’ (2015) 79 Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht 624
- Peter Winship, ‘The Hague Principles, the CISG, and the “Battle of Forms”’ (2015) 4 The Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs 151
- Marta Pertegás and Brooke Adele Marshall, ‘Harmonization Through the Draft Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Contracts’ (2014) 39 Brooklyn Journal of International Law 975
- Andreas Schwartze, ‘New Trends in Parties’ Options to Select the Applicable Law - The Hague Principles of Choice of Law in International Contracts in a Comparative Perspective’ (2015) 12 University of St. Thomas Law Journal 87
- Lucas G Radicati di Brozolo, ‘Non-National Rules and Conflict of Laws: Reflections in Light of the UNIDROIT and Hague Principles’ (2012) 48 Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale 841
- Ted Folkman and Jonathan Levin, ‘A Comparative Look At The New Hague Principles on Choice of Law & the Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws: First Post’ (Folkman LLC, 2015)
- Geneviève Saumier, ‘The Hague Principles and the Choice of Non-State “rules of Law” to Govern an International Commercial Contract’ (2014) 40 Brooklyn Journal of International Law 1
- Yuko Nishitani, ‘Party Autonomy in Contemporary Private International Law’ (2016) 59 Japanese Yearbook of International Law 300
- Symeon C Symeonides, ‘The Hague Principles on Choice of Law for International Contracts: Some Preliminary Comments’ (2013) 61 American Journal of Comparative Law
- Marta Pertegás and Brooke Adele Marshall, ‘Intra-Regional Reform in East Asia and the New Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts’ (2014) 20 Korea Private International Law Journal 391
- Jan L Neels and Eesa A Fredericks, ‘Tacit Choice of Law in the Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Contracts’ (2011) De Jure 101
- Brooke Marshall, ‘The Hague Choice of Law Principles, CISG, and PICC: A Hard Look at a Choice of Soft Law’ (2018) 66 The American Journal of Comparative Law 175
- Michael Douglas and Nicholas Loadsmant, ‘The Impact of the Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts’ (2018) 19 Melbourne Journal of International Law 1.
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