The New Private International Law of Contract of the European Community: Implementation of t... Book

	Preface
	Table of Cases
	Table of Statutes
	International Conventions and Treaties
	Table of Orders and Regulations
	Glossary
	Abbreviations
1	Introduction	1
2	Pre-existing National English Private International Rules of Contract	9
3	General Impact of EEC's Contractual Obligations Convention	31
4	Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990	91
5	Preamble to the Rome Convention	95
6	Article 1: Scope of the Convention	97
7	Article 2: Universal Application of the Convention	143
8	Article 3: Agreement on Choice of Law	147
9	Article 4: Applicable Law in the Absence of Choice	171
10	Article 5: Consumer Contracts	203
11	Article 6: Individual Employment Contracts	221
12	Article 7: Mandatory Rules of Contract Law	239
13	Article 8: Material Validity of Contracts	269
14	Article 9: Formal Validity of Contracts	281
15	Article 10: Scope of Applicable Law	297
16	Article 11: Contractual Incapacity	311
17	Article 12: Voluntary Assignment of Rights	321
18	Article 13: Subrogation to Contractual Rights	327
19	Article 14: Presumptions, Burden and Modes of Proof	331
20	Article 15: Inapplicability of Renvoi	343
21	Article 16: Ordre Public Exception to Applicable Law	345
22	Article 17: No Retrospective Effect of the Convention	351
23	Article 18: Uniform Interpretation of the Convention	355
24	Article 19: Application of Convention to and in Composite States	359
25	Article 20: Precedence of Community Law over the Convention	365
26	Article 21: Precedence of Other International Conventions over the Convention	367
27	Article 22: Reservations to Full Application of the Convention	371
28	Article 23: Precedence and Procedure for New National Choice of Law Rules	373
29	Article 24: Procedure for New Multilateral Conflicts Conventions	379
30	Article 25: Procedure in Respect of Certain International Agreements	385
31	Article 26: Revision of the Convention	389
32	Article 27: Extensions of the Convention to European Territories of Contracting States	391
33	Article 28: Ratification of the Convention	395
34	Article 29: Entry into Force of the Convention	397
35	Article 30: Duration of the Convention	399
36	Article 31: Notifications in Respect of the Convention	403
37	Article 32: Integration of Annexed Protocol	405
38	Article 33: Authentic Texts of the Convention	407
39	Annexed Protocol	409
40	Schedule 2 1990 Act: The Luxembourg Convention on Greek Accession	411
41	Schedule 3 1990 Act: The First Brussels Interpretation Protocol	415
42	Schedule 4 1990 Act: Revisions to Other Enactments	431
43	Comparison of Convention and Pre-existing English Private International Rules of Contract	439
44	Conclusions	449
	Appendix A The Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990	459
	Appendix B Some Authentic Foreign Texts of the Rome Contracts Convention	477
	Select Bibliography	507
	Index	511