Strenger, Irineu Keywords: Lex mercatoria | Mots clefs: Lex mercatoria | ABSTRACT Irineu Strenger, Professor at the University of São Paulo, points out that it is a truth that no one can deny that the lex mercatoria is an extremely dynamic and conceptually rich reality, which does not admit the omission of specialists. He presents the lex mercatoria as an inevitable pole of attraction, because there has been, so far, no valid dispute as to its intrinsic and essential quality to designate the activity of international trade. In his course, Professor Strenger examines one of the facets of the l…

Loquin, Éric Keywords: International commercial law | Material law | Lex mercatoria | Law of contracts | United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Vienna, 11 April 1980) | Mots clefs: Droit commercial international | Droit matériel | Lex mercatoria | Droit des obligations | Convention des Nations Unies sur les contrats de vente internationale de marchandises (Vienne, 11 avril 1980) | ABSTRACT The rules of private international law seek to attain unity and universality, according to Professor Éric Loquin, Professor of private in…