Soft Law in International Trade Finance : A Comparative Analysis of the Harmonizing Effect of the UCP /

Soft Law in International Trade Finance : A Comparative Analysis of the Harmonizing Effect of the UCP /

Expert contributors to this volume offer a comprehensive exploration of the UCP 600's impact on international trade finance law, examining the dynamic interplay between soft law and legal harmonization in 28 jurisdictions across all continents. With a rich array of case studies and insightful a...

Full description

Saved in:

Other Authors: Gama Jr., Lauro (Editor), Oliveira, Agatha Brandão de (Editor), Saumier, Geneviève (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill | Nijhoff, 2024.

Series: International Law E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
Ius Comparatum ; 1.

Subjects:

Documentary credit > Law and legislation.
Letters of credit.

Online Access: Login to view Source

Tags: Add Tag

No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Call Number: K1060.8

Save to List Photographic Request Become a member
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figure and Tables
  • PART 1: General Report
  • 1 The Effectiveness of International Legal Harmonization through Soft Law (with a Focus on the UCP 600)
  • Agatha Brandão de Oliveira, Lauro Gama and Geneviève Saumier
  • 1 Part I
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 The Role of Soft Law in International Trade
  • 1.3 An Overview of Letters of Credit and the UCP
  • 1.4 The UCP as Soft Law
  • 2 Part II
  • 2.1 The UCP and How It May Apply to Govern Letters of Credit
  • 3 Part III
  • 3.1 The Future of the UCP as a Harmonizing Tool
  • Annex 1
  • Annex 2
  • Annex 3
  • PART 2: Special Report
  • 2 Letters of Credit as Products of Transnational Customary Law: What Does That Mean?
  • J.H. Dalhuisen
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Issue of Transnationalisation: the Modern Lex Mercatoria, Its Sources, and Their Hierarchy
  • 3 The Modern Lex Mercatoria , Its Sources, and Their Hierarchy in Respect of the Letter of Credit
  • 4 Practical Significance of the Transnational Approach
  • 5 Law, Soft Law, and the Role and Function of an International Commercial Court
  • 6 Conclusion
  • 3 A Primer on Trade Finance and the UCP
  • Alexander R. Malaket
  • 1 Context: International Trade and Financing
  • 2 Trade Financing
  • 2.1 Traditional Trade Finance and SCF
  • 2.2 The Four Elements of Trade Finance
  • 2.3 Transaction Flow, Rules and Market Practice
  • 2.4 Documentary Letters of Credit
  • 2.5 Balancing Rules, Guidance and Market Practice
  • 3 Complementary Rulesets and Guides
  • 4 icc and the ucp
  • 4.1 Revisions of ucp
  • 4.2 Harmonised Practice in Trade Finance
  • 5 The Ucp: Harmonisation through Soft Law?
  • PART 3: National Reports
  • 4 Argentina
  • Ariel G. Dasso
  • 5 Australia
  • Sheelagh McCracken and Andrew Boxall
  • 6 Austria
  • Andreas Schwartze
  • 7 Belgium
  • Antoine De Spiegeleir
  • 8 Brazil
  • Ligia Maura Costa
  • 9 Canada
  • Michel Deschamps
  • 10 China
  • Yanan Zhang
  • 11 Czechia
  • Naděžda Rozehnalová and Jiří Valdhans
  • 12 Egypt
  • Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab
  • 13 Finland
  • Onerva-Aulikki Suhonen
  • 14 France
  • Dominique Doise and Valérie Mayer
  • 15 Germany
  • Olaf Meyer
  • 16 India
  • Saloni Khanderia
  • 17 Japan
  • Hiroo Sono
  • 18 Mexico
  • Miguel Angel Bustamante
  • 19 The Netherlands
  • Marta Pertegás Sender and Marielène Wertenbroek
  • 20 Nigeria
  • Abubakri Yekini and Kolawole Mayomi
  • 21 Norway
  • Berte-Elen Konow
  • 22 Paraguay
  • Pablo A. Debuchy Boselli
  • 23 Russia
  • Andrey Shirvindt
  • 24 South Africa
  • Michelle Kelly-Louw and Wilhelm G Schulze
  • 25 Sweden
  • Lars Gorton, Johan Adestam and Helen Ström Nilsonne
  • 26 Switzerland
  • Renato Costantini
  • 27 Turkey
  • Ceyda Süral Efeçınar, Ekin Ömeroğlu and N. Tuğçe Bilgetekin
  • 28 United Kingdom
  • Anna-Mari Antoniou
  • 29 Venezuela
  • Fernando Sanquírico Pittevil
  • 30 Vietnam
  • Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc
  • Index.