Transnational Commercial Law: International Instruments and Commentary

Transnational commercial law represents the outcome of work undertaken to harmonize national laws affecting domestic and cross-border transactions and is upheld by a diverse spectrum of instruments.

Now in its second edition, this authoritative work brings together the major instruments in this field, dividing them into thirteen 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 Custody, Clearing and Settlement and Securities Collateral, Conflict of Laws, Civil Procedure, Commercial Arbitration, and a new section on Carriage of Goods.

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, all easily navigated through the detailed tables of contents which precedes it. This fully-indexed work provides an indispensable guide for the practitioner or academic to the primary transnational commercial law instruments.

Sir Roy Goode is Emeritus Professor of Law in the University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford

Ewan 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 Secretary-General of UNIDROIT (International Institute for the Unification of Private Law), Rome, and Professor for Private Law, Commercial Law and Private International Law, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Jeffrey Wool is head of aerospace law and policy at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and is secretary and general counsel of the Aviation Working Group