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law of the European states, the drafters also referred to the US Restatements on Contract and Restitution and the Vienna Convention for formulating principles. They were also influenced by the work at UNIDROIT, since some of the members of the Working Group were also members of the group drafting the UNIDROIT Principles. The PECL addresses a wide variety of issues, such as agency along with contractual issues, such as validity, formation of contract, breach and remedies. The drafters expect PECL to be of relevance where parties agree their contract is to be governed by general principles of law or lex mercatoria. It is difficult to predict whether this instrument will be popularly received internationally, since it may be perceived as embodying an European bias.

Further reading

Audit, ‘The Vienna Sales Convention and the lex mercatoria’, available at http://www.jus.uio.no/ pace/cisg_and_the_lex_mercatoria.bernard_audit/.

Babiak, ‘Defining “fundamental breach” under the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods’ (1993) 6 Temple International and Comparative LJ 113.

Berman and Ladd, ‘Risk of loss or damage in documentary transactions under the Convention on the International Sale of Goods’ (1988) 21(3) Cornell International LJ 423.

Bianca and Bonnell (eds), Commentary on International Sales Law: The 1980 Vienna Convention, 1987, Giuffrè.

Boele-Woeki et al, Comparability and Evaluation: Essays on Comparative Law, Private International Law and International Commercial Arbitration, 1994, TMC Asser Institute.

Bonnell, ‘The UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts and the Principles of European Contract Law: similar rules for the same purpose?’ (1996) Uniform LR 229.

Bonnell, ‘UNIDROIT Principles 2004 – the new edition of the Principles of International Commercial Contracts adopted by the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law’ (2004) Uniform LR 5.

Bridge, The International Sale of Goods, 2007, OUP.

Cook, ‘The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: a mandate to abandon legal ethnocentricity’ (1997) 16 Journal of Law and Commerce 257.

Eörsi, ‘A propos the 1980 Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods’ (1983) 31 The American Journal of Comparative Law 333.

Felemagas, Interpretation of the United Nations Convention for the International Sale of Goods (1980) as Uniform Sales Law, 2006, Cambridge University Press.

Ferrari, ‘Uniform application and interest rates under the Vienna Sales Convention’ (1995) Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law 467.

Garro, ‘Contribution of the UNIDROIT Principles to the advancement of international commercial arbitration’ (1994) 3 Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law 94.

Gordley, ‘An American perspective on the UNIDROIT Principles’, available at http://www.cisg.law. pace.edu/cisg/biblio/gordley2.html.

Grewal, ‘Risk of loss in goods sold during transit: a comparative study of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, the Uniform Commercial Code, and the British Sale of Goods Act’ (1991) 14 Loyola Los Angeles International and Comparative LR 93.

Honnold, On the Road to Unifi cation for the Law Sales, 1983, Kluwer. Honnold, Uniform Law of International Sales, 1999, Kluwer.

Komarov, ‘The UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts: a Russian view’ (1996] Uniform LR 247.

Lee, ‘The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: OK for the UK?’ [1993] JBL 131.

Lookofsky, ‘The limits of commercial contract freedom: under the UNIDROIT “Restatement” and Danish law’ (1998) 46 American Journal of Comparative Law 485.

Lookofsky, ‘In dubio pro conventione? Some thoughts about opt-outs, computer programs and pre-emption under the 1980 Vienna Sales Convention CISG’ (2003) 13 Duke Journal of International and Comparative Law 263.

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Maskow, ‘Hardship and force majeure’ (1992) 40 American Journal of Comparative Law 657. Maurer, ‘The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods’ (1989)

15 Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce 306.

Murray Jr, ‘An essay on the formation of contracts and related matters under the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods’ (1988) 8 Journal of Law and Commerce 11.

Nicholas, ‘The Vienna Convention on International Sales’ (1989) 105 LQR 201.

Rossett, ‘Critical reflections on the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods’ (1984) 45 Ohio State LJ 265.

Tuggey, ‘The 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: will a homeward trend emerge?’ (1986) 21 Texas International LJ 541.

Van Houtte, ‘The principles of international commercial contracts’ (1995) 11 Arbitration Journal 373. Veythia, ‘The requirement of justice and equity in contracts’ (1995) 69 Tulane LR 1191.

Walsh, ‘Harmonisation and standardisation of legal aspects of international trade’ (1977) 52 The Australian LJ 608.

Ziontz, ‘A new Uniform Law for the International Sale of Goods: is it compatible with American interests?’ (1980) 94 Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business 129.

Part II

Regulating the Electronic Commerce

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