The New Private International Law of Contract of the EEC

Part 1 Pre-existing national English private international rules of contract. Part 2 General impact of EECs contractual obligations convention. Part 3 Commentary on individual provisions of the 1990 Act and convention; contracts (applicable law) Act 1990; preamble; article 1 - scope of the convention; article 2 - university application of the convention; article 3 - agreement on choice of law; article 4 - applicable law in absence of choice; article 5 - consumer contracts; article 6 - individual employment contracts; article 7 - mandatory rules of contract law; article 8 - material validity of contracts; article 9 - formal validity of contract; article 10 - scope of applicable law; article 11 - contractual incapacity; article 12 - voluntary assignment of rights; article 13 subrogation to contractual rights; article 14 - presumptions, burden and modes of proofs; article 15 - inapplicability of "Renvoi"; article 16 "Ordre Public" exception to applicable law; article 17 - no retrospective effect of convention; article 18 - uniform interpretation of convention; article 19 - application of conventnion to and in composite states; article 20 - precedence of community law over convention; article 21 - precedence of other international conventions over convention; article 22 - reservations to full application of convention; article 23 - precedence and procedure for new national choice of law rules; article 24 - procedure for new multilateral conflicts conventions; article 25 - procedure in respect of certain international agreements; article 26 - revision of convention; article 27 - extensions of convention to European territories of contracting states; article 28 - ratification of convention; article 29 - entry into force of convention; article 30 - duration of convention; article 31 - notifications in respect of the convention; article 32 - integration of annexed protocol; article 33 - authentic texts of the convention; annexed protocol; schedule 2 1990 Act; the Luxembourg convention on Greek accession; schedule 3 1990 Act - the Brussels interpretation protocol; schedule 4 1990 Act - revisions to other enactments. Part 4 Comparison of convention and pre-existing English private international rules of contract. Part 5 Conclusions. Appendices: the contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990; some authentic foreign texts of the Rome contracts convention.