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Ulrich G Schroeter (University of Freiberg – Faculty of Law) has posted “Vienna Sales Convention: Applicability to ‘Mixed Contracts’ and Interaction With the 1968 Brussels Convention” on SSRN; it originally appeared in the Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration, Vol. 5, pp. 74-86, 2001. The abstract reads: The present article discussed various questions […]

Andrew McKnight (Salans) has written written his annual review in the Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation on legal developments during 2006 of interest to practitioners in the insolvency and conflict of laws fields (J.I.B.L.R. 2007, 22(4)). Here’s the abstract:

This, the second part of a two part article, examines legal developments during 2006 of interest to practitioners in the insolvency and conflict of laws fields. Reviews the UK adoption of the Model Law on Cross Border Insolvency 1997, the range of issues examined by the Court of Appeal in Manning v AIG Europe UK Ltd and other case law on topics including common law assistance in foreign insolvency proceedings, cross border insolvencies, transactions at an undervalue, administration expenses, court powers to determine a state’s entitlement in a bank account, jurisdiction agreements, sovereign immunity, conflict of laws rules concerning tortious issues and international arbitration.

Cases referred to: Cambridge Gas Transport Corp v Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Navigator Holdings Plc [2006] UKPC 26; [2006] 3 W.L.R. 689 (PC (IoM)); HIH Casualty & General Insurance Ltd v Axa Corporate Solutions (formerly Axa Reassurance SA) [2002] EWCA Civ 1253; [2002] 2 All E.R. (Comm) 1053 (CA (Civ Div)); Manning v AIG Europe UK Ltd [2006] EWCA Civ 7; [2006] Ch. 610 (CA (Civ Div)); AY Bank Ltd (In Liquidation), Re [2006] EWHC 830; [2006] 2 All E.R. (Comm) 463 (Ch D (Companies Ct)); Svenska Petroleum Exploration AB v Lithuania (No.2) [2005] EWHC 2437; [2006] 1 All E.R. (Comm) 731 (QBD (Comm)); Trafigura Beheer BV v Kookmin Bank Co (Preliminary Issue) [2006] EWHC 1450; [2006] 2 All E.R. (Comm) 1008 (QBD (Comm)); Harding v Wealands [2006] UKHL 32; [2006] 3 W.L.R. 83 (HL).

Yasmine Lahlou & Marina Matousekova have written an article in the latest issue of the International Business Law Journal on "Private International Law Applied to Business" (No.4, 2006, p.547-573). The abstract states: In the field of conflicts of laws, French courts were referred disputes relating to employment and factoring agreements. The issues of procedural agreements and […]

The 2006 American National Report, published yearly by the The American Society of Comparative Law, is now in print.  The Society has as its laudable goal to "promote the comparative study of law and the understanding of . . .  private international law," and the recent Report is no exception.  In pertinent part, the Table […]