Giuliano, Mario Keywords: Contracts | Private international law | Law of contracts | Mots clefs: Contrats | Droit international privé | Droit des obligations | ABSTRACT Mario Giuliano addresses the subject of his course in the context of a Comparative Law approach to the main problems raised by conflicts of law on matters relating to contracts. After a study of the principle and theoretical justification of the autonomy law, the author focuses on the question of the implementation of the autonomy law. He then examines th…

E. Nygh, Peter Keywords: Australia | Law of contracts | Choice of law | Private international law | Contracts | Tort | Mots clefs: Australie | Droit des obligations | Choix de la loi applicable | Droit international privé | Contrats | Quasi-contrats et quasi-délits | ABSTRACT This course by Peter E. Nygh, Professor at Bond University on Australia's Gold Coast, addresses the role played by the "reasonable expectations of the parties" in conflicts regarding laws of contract and tort. The reasonable expectations of the parties include first of …

Vischer, F. Keywords: Contracts | Private international law | Law of contracts | Mots clefs: Contrats | Droit international privé | Droit des obligations | ABSTRACT In his course on the Antagonism Between Legal Security and Search for Justice in the Field of Contracts, F. Vischer, Professor at the University of Basel, first suggests an approach to conflicts of law that puts the individual’s interests. This objective could be called as an international principle of confidence, and could be applied specifically in the fiel…

J. Lester, M. Keywords: Commercial agents | Air transport | Contracts | Mots clefs: Agents commerciaux | Transports aériens | Contrats | ABSTRACT In this course, M. J. Lester focuses on commercial aspects of air transport, i.e. how the airlines sell their air tickets, select their sellers, and control the sellers. Dans ce cours, M.J. Lester s'intéresse aux aspects commerciaux du transport aérien, c'est-à-dire à la manière dont les compagnies aériennes vendent leurs billets d'avion, sélectionnent leurs vendeurs, comment elles les contrôlent. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE [p432] M. J. Lester, S…

Bagge, Algot Keywords: Movables | Sale | Contracts | Private international law | Mots clefs: Meuble | Vente | Contrats | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Algot Bagge explains in the introduction to his course that the issue of conflicts of law in sales contracts is one of the most difficult issues in private international law, not only because international trade is likely to cause many complications, but also - and perhaps most importantly - because this subject is one of the least studied parts of a difficult scien…

Mezghani, Ali Keywords: Contracts | Illegal activities | Private international law | Law of contracts | Mots clefs: Contrats | Pratiques illicites | Droit international privé | Droit des obligations | ABSTRACT Ali Mezghani reports in this course on the exponential increase of unlawful activities and on the fact that it is impossible for the law to remain without answer vis-à-vis this increase. Professor Mezghani endeavours to give an account of the law's answer in three different terrains. First of all, in the field of rules o…

Dolinger, Jacob Keywords: Legal principles | Private international law | Public order | Convention on the Law applicable to Contractual obligations (Rome, 19 June 1980) | Law of contracts | Contracts | Torts | Mots clefs: Principes généraux du droit | Droit international privé | Ordre public | Convention sur la loi applicable aux obligations contractuelles [Rome, 19 juin 1980] | Droit des obligations | Contrats | Quasi-contrats et quasi-délits | ABSTRACT Professor Jacob Dolinger, Professor at the Rio de Janeiro State University, divides his course on the evolution o…

Black, Vaughan Keywords: Contracts | Damages | Currency depreciation | Law of contracts | Private international law | Mots clefs: Contrats | Dommages-intérêts | Dépréciation des monnaies | Droit des obligations | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT In his course dedicated to foreign currency obligations in private international law, Vaughan Black, Professor at Dalhousie Law School in Halifax, examines the problem of currency in judicial remedies. The first chapters are descriptive in their approach. Professor Black explains the va…

M. Carbone, Sergio Keywords: International maritime law | Unification of law | Carriage of goods by sea | Contracts | Choice of law | Private international law | Bills of lading | Non-contractual liability | Maritime law | Legal history | Mots clefs: Responsabilité non contractuelle | ABSTRACT The most recent doctrine and case law increasingly note the limits of the use of the nationality criterion of the ship in resolving the conflicts of law. With regard to conflicts of laws relating to the maritime transport of goods, in consideration of t…

Pelichet, Michel Keywords: United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Vienna, 11 April 1980) | United Nations | Sale | Contracts | Mots clefs: Convention des Nations Unies sur les contrats de vente internationale de marchandises [Vienne, 11 avril 1980] | Nations Unies | Vente | Contrats | ABSTRACT The main subject of the course by Michel Pelichet, Deputy Secretary-General of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, is the study of the 1986 Hague Convention, which is presented as a revision of the 1955 Con…