Force majeure and hardship under general contract principles

exemption for non-performance in international arbitration

Lawyers involved in international commercial transactions know well that that unforeseen events affecting the performance of a party often arise. Not surprisingly, exemptions for non-performance are dealt with in a significant number of arbitral awards. This very useful book thoroughly analyzes contemporary approaches, particularly as ...

Private sector investment in infrastucture

project finance, PPP projects and risk

Investment in infrastructure is critical to economic growth, quality of life, poverty reduction, access to education, good quality healthcare and achieving many of the goals of a robust and dynamic economy But infrastructure is difficult for the public sector to get right. The private sector ...

Cross-border enforcement of debts in the European Union

default judgments, summary judgments and orders for payment

ICC Model International Sale Contract

manufatured goods intended for resale

Elaborated by International Chamber of Commerce. With CD-ROM.

ICC Model International Trademark Licence

Elaborated by International Chamber of Commerce. With CD-ROM.

ICC Banking Commission Opinions 2005-2008

new opinions on UCP 600, UCP 500, ISBP, URC and URDG

Eds. Gary Collyer, Ron Katz.

Private enforcement of EC competition law

Among the topics and issues raised and discussed here are the following: the 2001 Courage judgment of the European Court of Justice, in which the court decided that everyone who suffers losses from a violation of arts. 81 or 82 EC is entitled to compensation ...

Internacional business acquisitions

major legal issues and due diligence

In business enterprises of all kinds and sizes, international acquisitions-to access foreign markets, to provide foreign production or marketing capacity, to obtain regulatory approvals, to acquire complementary product or service lines, or simply to spread product, service or market risk and to reduce costs- have ...

Japanese business Law

Since the #lost decade# of the nineties, the progress of Japanese administrative and economic reform has been intense. Although some early critics characterized the reforms as #window dressing,# it is becoming clearer that systemic reform has taken hold and the new Japanese economy is picking ...

Concise european patent Law

In our technological society patent law plays a central role as an incentive for the development and marketing of new technologies in many fields of business. The number of patent applications continues to grow considerably every year. International and European instruments have been implemented and ...

Comparative fiscal federalism

comparing the European Court of Justice and the US Supreme Court's tax jurisprudence

When one compares the recent line of cases decided by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the area of taxation to the US Supreme Court's treatment of state taxes under the US Constitution, the difference is striking. In general, the Supreme Court has ...

Constitutional Law of the Netherlands

An introduction

This book contains an outline of the constitutional law of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It deals among others with the history of the Constitution, the form of state and the form of government, the head of state, the government, parliament, parliamentary scrutiny of government ...

The harmonization of international commercial Law

The globalisation of markets has pushed static, territorially-bounded legal structures towards a more rapid and efficient adaptation to the globalised and regionalised reality. In addition, substantial modifications in the structure and activities of financial institutions have increased risks and the need for new regulatory responses ...

Conflicts of interest

Corporate governance and financial markets

This book presents in-depth analysis of such management in three areas of corporate governance where the conflict of interest problems are particularly acute: executive compensation, financial analysis, and asset management.

Taxation of capital gains under the OECD Model Convention

With special regard to immovable property

Increasing globalization and the related cross-border flows of capital resources has only increased interest in the taxation of transnational capital gains among practitioners and scholars. This is particularly true as it relates to investments in immovable property. As a consequence, Article 13 of the OECD ...

The determination of corporate taxable income in the EU member States

The survey underpinning this invaluable work was inspired by an increasing appreciation within the EU of the need to achieve some degree of direct tax harmony. The essential starting point for such an undertaking is a set of standardized rules for the computation of EU-wide ...

Designing e-government

Governments across the world have recognised the potential of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) to bring about fundamental renewal in not only government and public sector processes, but also their relationship with civil societal groups, the private sector, citizens, and various other actors. ICT ...

Regulation of subsidies and state aids in WTO and EC Law

Conflicts in international trade Law

Regulating subsidies in international trade is crucial to the efficient and equitable allocation of resources and ultimately to global welfare. Much of the serious instability that persists in today's interdependent world may be traced to government interventions that dilute or defy such regulation. In ...

Arbitration insights

Twenty years of the annual lecture of the School of International Arbitration, sponsored by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Since its establishment in 1986, the annual Freshfields Arbitration Lecture (as it has come to be known) has given both practitioners and academics a unique and extraordinary opportunity to explore new insights and frontiers in the theory and practice of international arbitration. Hosted by the ...

Uniform application of the international sales Law

Understanding uniformity, the global jurisconsultorium and examination and notification provisions of the CISG

The 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) is perhaps the most widely-used standard in the area of international sales law. Yet commercial lawyers often struggle to understand its uniformity across different legal systems, and as a result often ...