Symposium, "What Law Governs International Commercial Contracts? Divergent Doctrines and the New Hague Principles"
Brooklyn Law School, New York, United States of America (17 October 2013)
The Symposium focused on choice of law in international commercial contracts and introduced the draft Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts ("the draft Hague Principles") to a group of US and foreign experts.
Participants acknowledged that the Principles can contribute to the recognition of the principle of party autonomy in choice of law for international contracts, with a view to providing more certainty and predictability to contracting parties in international transactions.
The Permanent Bureau conveys its gratitude to the organisers of the Symposium, and in particular to Professor N.B. Cohen and his colleagues at Brooklyn Law School, for the invitation. For more information on the Symposium, click here.
Presentation:
- Ms Marta Pertegás (First Secretary, HCCH) - Party Autonomy and its Limits: Convergence through the New Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts
Certain presentations at the Symposium have been published:
Pertegás, M. and Marshall, B., "Party Autonomy and its Limits: Convergence through the New Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts", Brooklyn Journal of International Law, Vol. 39, Issue 3, 2014, pp. 975-1003
Saumier, G., "The Hague Principles and the Choice of Non-State "Rules of Law" to Govern an International Commercial Contract", Brooklyn Journal of International Law, Vol. 40, Issue 1, 2014, pp. 1-29
Symeonides, S.C., "Party Autonomy in International Contracts and the Multiple Ways of Slicing the Apple", Brooklyn Journal of International Law, Vol. 39, Issue 3, 2014, pp. 1123-1143