Commercial and Consumer Law

This book presents contributions concerning developments in commercial law. The book covers harmonization, unification and internationalization; law, economics and society; the legal implications of change from a Socialist economic system to a market economy; and product liability and consumer protection. This collection should be of value to practitioners and scholars of commercial law and company law.Table of ContentPart 1 Harmonization, unification, and internationalization: reflections on the harmonization of commercial law, Roy Goode; developing transnationsl harmonization procedures for the 21st century, Louis del Duca; the UN Convention of the International Sale of Goods - its influence on national sales and contract law, Jan Hellner; the UN Convention for the International Sale of Goods, a note on exemption from liability for failure to perform, Pedro F. Silva-Ruiz; some developments in Japan's transnational law, Dan Ferno Henderson; recognition of security interest in mobile equipment - an international approach, Ronald C.C. Cuming; national interests and rules on jurisdiction - the partisan attitude of English courts viewed from the Continent, MichaelJoachim Bonell. Part 2 Changing law: commercial law - times of change and expansion, Donald B. King; evolution and present state of the Ocean Bill of Lading from a banking law perspective, Boris Kozolchyk; negative pledge lending - dead or alive?, David E. Allan; the desuetude of negotiable instruments, a Mexican note, Miguel Acosta Romero. Part 3 Law, economics and society: what can the economic analysis of law teach commercial and consumer law scholars?, Jacob S. Ziegel; commercial law and commercial activity, Ross Cranston; law and political change - land use by foreigners in Socialist countries of the Third World, Mary E. Hiscock. Part 4 The transformation to a market economy: the conversion of a Socialist economic system to a market economy - legal implications, U. Drobnig; revival of commercial law in Poland, Jerzy Rajski; revival of commercial law in Hungary, George Baracs; legal and social impacts of Argentine new economic policy. Part 5 Product liability and consumer protection: Austria's legislation of product safety, Heinrich Mayrhofer; the implementation of the EEC Directive on Products Liability - the German statute as an example of some problems, Wolfgang Freiherr von Marschall; liability of suppliers of services in the European Community - the Draft Council Directive, ThierryBourgoignie; the new Honduran consumer protection legislation, Laureano F. Gutierrez Falla.