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The UNIDROIT Principles of lnternational Commercial Contracts and South African Contract Law
The present state of international trade law governing commercial contracts seems to be far from satisfactory. A commercial transaction between parties from different countries gives rise to a variety of legal issues that normally find no counterpart in a purely domestic transaction. 1 Since the tra...
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| description | The present state of international trade law governing commercial contracts seems to be far from satisfactory. A commercial transaction between parties from different countries gives rise to a variety of legal issues that normally find no counterpart in a purely domestic transaction. 1 Since the traditional way of dealing with an international commercial contract is to make reference to the rules of private international law of the lex fori, in most cases rules of municipal law will govern the legal relationship between the parties. Yet, domestic law is not tailored to meet the specific requirements of modem international sales, and thus may often provide legal solutions that are not appropriate to cross-border transactions at all. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/35349 The UNIDROIT Principles of lnternational Commercial Contracts and South African Contract Law Dietzinger, Mona Commercial Law The present state of international trade law governing commercial contracts seems to be far from satisfactory. A commercial transaction between parties from different countries gives rise to a variety of legal issues that normally find no counterpart in a purely domestic transaction. 1 Since the traditional way of dealing with an international commercial contract is to make reference to the rules of private international law of the lex fori, in most cases rules of municipal law will govern the legal relationship between the parties. Yet, domestic law is not tailored to meet the specific requirements of modem international sales, and thus may often provide legal solutions that are not appropriate to cross-border transactions at all. 2021-11-22T10:54:24Z 2021-11-22T10:54:24Z 1999 2021-11-15T07:30:01Z Master Thesis Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35349 eng application/pdf Department of Commercial Law Faculty of Law |
| spellingShingle | Commercial Law Dietzinger, Mona The UNIDROIT Principles of lnternational Commercial Contracts and South African Contract Law |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | The UNIDROIT Principles of lnternational Commercial Contracts and South African Contract Law |
| title_full | The UNIDROIT Principles of lnternational Commercial Contracts and South African Contract Law |
| title_fullStr | The UNIDROIT Principles of lnternational Commercial Contracts and South African Contract Law |
| title_full_unstemmed | The UNIDROIT Principles of lnternational Commercial Contracts and South African Contract Law |
| title_short | The UNIDROIT Principles of lnternational Commercial Contracts and South African Contract Law |
| title_sort | unidroit principles of lnternational commercial contracts and south african contract law |
| topic | Commercial Law |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35349 |
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