New Developments in International Commercial and Consumer Law

Part I Basic International Commercial and Contract Law Developments 1. Usage and its Reception in Transnational Commercial Law Roy Goode 2. Internationalization of Sales Law—Practice under the Convention on International Sale of Goods—A Primer for Attorneys and International Traders Louis F. del Duca and Patrick del Duca 3. The Case Against Lex Mercatoria Uriel Procaccia 4. Convergence of Contract Law Systems and the Unidroit Principles of International Commercial Contracts: A Search for the Nature of Contract Donald B. King Part II Banking Law, Payment Systems and International Finance 5. Unauthorized Electronic Funds Transfers—Comparative Aspects Benjamin Geva 6. Standby Rulemaking: A Glimpse at the Elements of Standardization and Harmonization of Banking Practice James E. Byrne 7. International Demand Guarantees: The Interaction of the Uncitral Convention and the URDG Rules of the ICC Rafael Illescas Ortiz 8. Guarantees on First Demand: The Chilean Position Richardo Sandoval Lopez Part III Secured Transactions in Movable Property 9. Modernizing the Secured Financing and Lease Financing Laws of Developing Nations, with Particular Focus on the West Bank and Gaza R. C. C. Cuming 10. The Registration of Company Charges Against Real Property Under Israeli Law Shalom Lerner 11. The Case for Worldwide Reform of the Law Governing Secured Transactions in Movable Property Harry C. Sigman Part IV Conflict of Laws 12.Territoriality and Choice of Law in the Supreme Court of Canada: Applications in Products Liability Claims Catherine Walsh Part V International Trade Law 13. First Approach to Competition Law and Sanctioning of Disloyal Practices in Mercosur Raúl Aníbal Etcheverry 14. State Contracts, State Interests and International Commercial Arbitration: A Third World Perspective Patrick Osode 15. The New GATT Agreement on Government Procurement: Impressive Achievements but a Setback for Multilateralism Arie Reich Part VI The Challenges of Adapting to Market Economies 16. The Development of Securities Regulation in Emerging African Capital Markets S. K. Date-Bah 17. Process of Transition and Commercial Law in Central and Eastern Europe Attila Harmathy 18. The Challenges of Adapting Law to Market Economies in Post-communist Central European Countries Jerzy Rajski 19. Integrator Companies in Mexico: Lifesavers of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Industries Elvia Arcelia Quintana Adriano Part VII Consumer Law Developments 20. Canadian Perspectives on the Challenges of Consumer Bankruptcies Jacob S. Ziegel 21. A European Concept of Consumer Rights: Some Reflections on Rethinking Community Consumer Law Norbert Reich 22. Saying Nothing with Words Anthony J. Duggan 23. Comparative Publicity in the Honduran Commercial Code and Consumer Protection Law Dr Laureano F. Gutiérrez Falla