International Commercial Contracts: Law & Practice

Drawing together all of the legal issues associated with drafting, negotiating and litigating or arbitrating commercial agreements, International Commercial Contracts: Law and Practice provides a comprehensive reference work of all these disparate areas.

The first part of the book sets out and analyses the substantive law that parties can choose to apply to contracts, as well as that which must be applied due to non-negotiable international law. This part includes coverage of contract, trade, insurance and financing law relevant to commercial contracts. There is also analysis and explanation of key specialist areas, including intellectual property, tax and competition law.

The book includes a key section on dispute resolution setting out the various mechanisms available to contracting parties, addressing litigation, mediation, arbitration, and class actions. The final parts cover negotiation, drafting and ethical issues associated with contracts.

Petra Butler, Associate Professor and Associate Director, New Zealand Centre of Public Law at Victoria University of Wellington

Dr Petra Butler is Associate Professor and Associate Director of the New Zealand Centre of Public Law at Victoria University of Wellington. She has published widely on international contracts, including Schlechtriem and Butler, UN Law on International Sales (2nd edition, Springer, 2008). She is New Zealand’s CLOUT correspondent for the CISG and the United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts.