Commercial and Consumer Law National and International Dimensions

by Cranston, Ross; Goode, Roy

• ISBN13: 9780198257141
• ISBN10: 0198257147
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-07-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This collection of essays forms the nucleus of proceedings at the Fifth Biennial Meeting of the International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law. Wide-ranging in its coverage, this work discusses harmonization; unification; changing law; law, economics, and society; transformation to a market economy; and product liability and consumer protection.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
Tables of Cases
Tables of Statutory Material
Harmonization, Unification, and Internationalization
Reflections on the Harmonization of Commercial Law	p. 3
Developing Transnational Harmonization Procedures for the Twenty-first Century	p. 28
The U N Convention on the International Sale of Goods: its Influence on National Sales and Contract Law	p. 41
The U N Convention on the International Sale of Goods: A Note on Exemption from Liability for Failure to Perform	p. 54
Some Developments in Japan's Transnational Law	p. 60
Recognition of Security Interest in Mobile Equipment: An International Approach	p. 82
National Interests and Rules on Jurisdiction: The Partisan Attitude of English Courts viewed from the Continent	p. 105
Changing Law
Commercial Law: Times of Change and Expansion	p. 121
Evolution and Present State of the Ocean Bill of Lading from a Banking Law Perspective	p. 147
Negative Pledge Lending - Dead or Alive?	p. 223
The Desuetude of Negotiable Instruments: A Mexican Note	p. 241
Law, Economics, and Society
What can the Economic Analysis of Law teach Commercial and Consumer Law Scholars?	p. 249
Commercial Law and Commercial Activity	p. 274
Law and Political Change: Land Use by Foreigners in Socialist Countries of the Third World	p. 292
The Transformation to a Market Economy
The Conversion of a Socialist Economic System to a Market Economy: Legal Implications	p. 309
Revival of Commercial Law in Poland	p. 318
Revival of Commercial Law in Hungary	p. 326
Legal and Social Impact of Argentine New Economic Policy	p. 340
Product Liability and Consumer Protection
Austria's Legislation on Product Safety	p. 347
The Implementation of the EEC Directive on Products Liability - The German Statute as an Example of some Problems	p. 364
Liability of Suppliers of Services in the European Community: The Draft Council Directive	p. 376
The New Honduran Consumer Protection Legislation	p. 391
Index	p. 403
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