The Negotiation and Drafting of International Contracts
Course of Mr. Robert Simpson
(Trento, Italy, May 2004)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Contract Law, Cases Materials and Texts, Hugh BEALE, Arthur HARTKAMP, Hein KOTZ and Denis TALLON, Hart Publishing, Oxford, England and Portland, Oregon, 2002 (English, French, German and international law)
- Négocier et Rédiger un Contrat International, de Dominique BLANCO, Dunod, 3ème édition, janvier 2002
- Le Contrat International, de Stéphane CHATILLON, Vuibert, mars 2001
- The Anglo-American Law of Contracts, de Edward ERRANTE, Second Edition, LGDI 2001
- Contracts Cases and Materials, Sixth Edition, de E. Allan Farnsworth, William F. Young and Carol Sanger, Foundation Press, New York, 2001 (American law)
- Contract Law Text, Cases and Materials, de Ewan Mckendrick, Oxford University Press, 2003 (English law)
- Law of the United States, de Peter HAY, Dalloz, 2002
- International Business Transactions, de Ralph H. FOLSOM et Michael W. GORDON, West Publishing Co., 1995
- International Chamber of Commerce Arbitration, de W. Lawrence CRAIG, William W. PARK and Ian PAULSSON, Third Edition, Oceania Publications, Inc., 2000
- A Guide to the New ICC Rules of Arbitration, de Yves DERAINS and Eric A. SCHWARTZ, Kluwer Law International, 1998
- Le Droit Français de l’arbitrage Interne et International, de Matthieu de BOISSESSON, Editions GLN, 1990
- Droit Comparé de l’arbitrage international, de Jean-François Poudret et Sebastien Besson, L.G.D.J., 2002
- www.lexmarcatoria.org
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Principles of International Contract Law
° Principles of International Commercial Contracts, UNIDROIT - 1994
° The Principles of European Contract Law, Lando Commission - completed and revised version 1998
International Conventions
° EC Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations (Rome 1980)
° United Nations Convention On Contracts For The International Sale Of Goods (Vienna 1980)
° EC Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Brussels 1968)
° United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
(New York 1958)
OUTLINE
Part One: Contract and International Contract - a Comparative Law Analysis
General Introduction to American Law
Sources of American law
2. Elements of American Society
3. Comments on the Legal Environment in the United States and France
° Brown v. Board of Education, United States Supreme Court, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) (50th anniversary in 2004)
Introduction to American Contract Law (to be studied simultaneously with C and D below)
Definition of contract
The Agreement process - Offer and Acceptance
° Lucy v. Zehmer, Supreme Court of Appeal of Virginia,196 Va. 493, 84 S.E.2d 516 (1954)
° Dickenson v. Dodds, In the Court of Appeal, Chancery Div. (1876) 2 Ch. Div. 463
° Lefkowitz v. Great Minneapolis Surplus Store, Supreme Court of Minnesota, 251 Minn. 188,86 N.W.2d 689 (1957)
Consideration
Illegal Contracts
The Statute of Frauds
Interpretation of Contracts
Discharge of Contracts
Conditions
Impossibility
Breach of Contract
11. Remedies for Breach of Contract
° Hadley v. Baxendale, In the Court of Exchequer,
9 Exch. 341 (1854)
° Ericson v. Playgirl, Inc., Court of Appeals of California, 73 Cal. App. 2d, 850 Cal. Reptr. 921 (1977)
° Parker v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., California Supreme Court, Court of Appeals of New York, 3 Cal. 3d 176, 89 Cal. Rptr. 737, 474 P. 2d 689 (1970)
° Truck-Rent-A-Center, Inc. v. Puritan Farms, Inc., Court of Appeals of New York, 41 N.Y. 420, 393 N.Y.S. 2d 365, 361 N.E. 2d, 105 (1997)
° Osteen v. Johnson, Colorado Court of Appeals, 473 P. 2d 184 (1970)
Introduction to International Contract Law
Definition of a Contract
Definition of an International Contract
Principle Sources of International Contract Law (Transnational Private Contract Law or Lex Mercatoria)
Law Applicable to International Contracts
The Autonomous Contract
General Principles of International Contract Law
Freedom of Contract and Mandatory Law
Good Faith and Fair dealing
Confidentiality
Pre-Contractual Stage
Formation of a Contract – Offer, Withdrawal, Revocation
Formation of a Contract - Acceptance, Rejection of Offer, Counter-offer
Consideration
Price
Interpretation
Performance (General)
Non-performance, Termination and Remedies (Including Damages)
Force Majeure
Hardship
Anticipatory Breach
Passing of Risk
Part Two: The Negotiation and Drafting of International Contracts
A. Introduction to Negotiation and Drafting of International Contracts
Techniques of Negotiating an International Contract
a. Introduction - Personal Negotiating Tips
b. “You Can Negotiate Anything”
c. Some Personal Examples of Negotiations
d. Further Considerations Concerning the Negotiation of International Contracts
e. Mastering the Pre-Contractual Phase
Drafting an International Contract
a. The Contractual Framework
b. Standard International Contract Provisions
B. Analysis of Selected International Contracts
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