This global study provides a definitive reference guide to the key choice of law principles on international contracts, including 60 national and regional reports written by experts from all parts of the world, and a dedicated commentary on the Hague Principles as applied to international commercial arbitration.

PART 1: GENERAL AND SPECIAL REPORTS 1: Daniel Girsberger, Thomas Kadner Graziano, and Jan L Neels: General Comparative Report 2: Symeon C Symeonides: The Story of Party Autonomy 3: Marta Pertegás: The Provenance of the Hague Principles 4: João Ribeiro-Bidaoui: HCCH 5: Luca Castellani and Cyril Emery: UNCITRAL 6: Anna Veneziano: UNIDROIT 7: Lauro Gama, Daniel Girsberger, and José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez: International Commercial Arbitration PART 2: NATIONAL AND REGIONAL REPORTS PART 2.1: AFRICAJan L Neels and Eesa A Fredericks: 8: Jan L Neels and Eesa A Fredericks: African Principles of Commercial Private International Law 9: Justin Monsenepwo: OHADA 10: Rui Dias and Carl Friedrich Nordmeier: Angola and Mozambique 11: Richard Frimpong Oppong: Common law Africa 12: Justin Monsenepwo: Democratic Republic of the Congo 13: Yehya Ikram Ibrahim Badr: Egypt 14: Fekadu Petros Gebremeskel: Ethiopia 15: Robin Cupido: Mauritius 16: Khalid Zaher: Morocco 17: Jan L Neels: South Africa 18: Béligh Elbalti: Tunisia PART 2.2: ASIAYuko Nishitani and Béligh Elbalti: 19: Naoshi Takasugi and Béligh Elbalti: Asian Principles of Private International Law 20: Béligh Elbalti and Hosam Osama Shaaban: Bahrain 21: Qisheng He: China (Mainland) 22: Silke Noa Elrifai: Dubai International Financial Centre 23: Anselmo Reyes: Hong Kong 24: Jan L Neels: India 25: John Lumbantobing and Bayu Seto Hardjowahono: Indonesia 26: Nadjma Yassari: Iran 27: Talia Einhorn: Israel 28: Yuko Nishitani: Japan 29: Amin Dawwas: Kuwait 30: Marie-Claude Najm Kobeh: Lebanon 31: Guangjian Tu: Macau 32: Effendy Othman, Victor Wong Teck Fung, and Ahmad Zhaffir Rahmat: Malaysia 33: Amin Dawwas: Palenstine 34: Silke Noa Elrifai: Qatar 35: Tiong Min Yeo: Singapore 36: Hayk Kupelyants: South Caucasus 37: Kwang Hyun Suk: South Korea 38: Hua-Kai Tsai: Taiwan 39: Kilian Bälz: United Arab Emirates 40: Duc Luong Doan and Thi Hong Trinh Nguyen: Vietnam PART 2.3: AUSTRALASIABrooke Marshall: 41: Brooke Marshall: Australia 42: Maria Hook: New Zealand PART 2.4: EUROPEThomas Kadner Graziano: 43: Thomas Kadner Graziano, Francisco Garcimartín Alferez, and Geert van Calster: European Union 44: Eiríkur Elís Þorláksson: Iceland 45: Helmut Heiss: Liechtenstein 46: Giuditta Cordero-Moss: Norway 47: Milana Karayanidi: Russia 48: Thomas Kadner Graziano and Hannes Meyle: Switzerland 49: Nuray Ek,si: Turkey 50: Dmytro Vorobey: Ukraine 51: Andrew Dickinson: United Kingdom 52: Donikë Qerimi: Western Balkans PART 2.5: LATIN AMERICALauro Gama and José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez: 53: José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez: Organization of American States 54: Paula María All: Argentina 55: José Manuel Canelas Schütt: Bolivia 56: Lauro Gama, Carmen Tiburcio, and Felipe Albuquerque: Brazil 57: Jaime Gallegos-Zúñiga: Chile 58: Antonio Aljure Salame: Colombia 59: Anayansy Rojas Chan and Mauricio París: Costa Rica 60: Pedro Mendoza Montano and Enrique Martinez Guzman: Guatemala 61: Mexico`María Mercedes Albornoz and Nuria González-Martín 62: Carlos Alberto Arrue Montenegro: Panama 63: José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez: Paraguay 64: Rorick Tovar Galván and Sara Sotelo: Peru 65: Cecilia Fresnedo de Aguirre: Uruguay 66: Claudia Madrid Martínez: Venezuela PART 2.6: NORTH AMERICAGeneviève Saumier: 67: Geneviève Saumier: Canada 68: Symeon C Symeonides and Neil B Cohen: United States of America Bibliography Index Neil B Cohen

A definitive reference guide to the key choice of law principles on international contracts Includes analysis of the interaction of the Hague Principles with key arbitral systems, including UNCITRAL and UNIDROIT Addresses the law and practice in respect of choice of law around the globe in sixty national and regional reports, framed by article-by-article commentary on the Hague Principles Provides information on which law applies in the absence of a choice by the parties in the various jurisdictions and which issues are in any event not governed by the chosen law

Daniel Girsberger is Tenured Professor for Swiss and International Private, Business and Procedural Law as well as Comparative Private Law at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland. Thomas Kadner Graziano is Professor, Director of the Department of Private International Law and Director of the Programme on Transnational Law, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Jan L Neels is Professor of Private International Law and Director of the Research Centre for Private International Law in Emerging Countries at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

A definitive reference guide to the key choice of law principles on international contracts Includes analysis of the interaction of the Hague Principles with rules of law, including the instruments developed by UNCITRAL and UNIDROIT. Addresses the law and practice in respect of choice of law around the globe in sixty national and regional reports, framed by article-by-article commentary on the Hague Principles Provides information on which law applies in the absence of a choice by the parties in the various jurisdictions and which issues are in any event not governed by the chosen law