'It is difficult to imagine a collection of essays that in their exploration of issues of equal moment for both academic and practising lawyers could be a more appropriate tribute to the unique achievement of the man who provided their inspiration. Their study may accordingly be expected to be equally rewarding for both, as indeed for all interested in transnational commercial law.'

• PRELIMS ; FOREWORD BY LORD GOFF ; PROFESSOR ROY GOODE ; LORD BINGHAM ; ROYSTON MILES GOODE: A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH ; ROSS CRANSTON ; ROY GOODE AND QUEEN MARY COLLEGE ; GRAHAM ZELLICK ; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ; CONTENTS ; 1. THE LEGACY OF HISTORY ON GERMAN CONTRACT LAW ; GERHARD DANNEMANN AND BASIL MARKESINIS ; (BOTH AT THE CENTRE FOR THE ADVANCED STUDY OF EUROPEAN AND COMPARATIVE LAW, OXFORD) ; 2. COMPARATIVE FINANCIAL LAW: A CLASSIFICATION OF THE WORLDS' JURISDICTIONS ; PHILIP R WOOD (ALLEN & OVERY, LONDON; QUEEN MARY AND WESTFIELD COLLEGE, UCL) ; 3. THE UNIDROIT PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS AND THE PRINCIPLES OF EUROPEAN CONTRACT LAW: A COMPARISON ; MICHAEL JOACHIM BONELL (UNIVERSITY OF ROME I'LA SAPIENZA, ITALY) ; 4 EIGHT PRINCIPLES OF EUROPEAN CONTRACT LAW ; OLE LANDO (INSTITUT DE DROIT DU MARCH EUROPEN ECOLE DES HAUTES ETUDES, COMMERCIALES DE COPENHAGEN, DENMARK) ; 5. HARMONIZATION OF PRIVATE LAWS IN FEDERAL SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT: CANADA, THE USA, AND AUSTRALIA ; JACOB S ZIEGEL (UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, CANADA) ; 6. LINKED CONTRACTS ; JAN HELLNER (UNIVERISTY OF STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN) ; 7. BREACH OF CONTRACT AND RECOVERABLE LOSSES ; JAN RAMBERG (UNIVERISTY OF STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN) ; 8. LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND SWAPS: UNDERMINING THE MARKET? ; EWAN MCKENDRICK (UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON) ; 9. THE NECESSITY OF A UNITARY LAW OF TRACING ; PETER BIRKS (ALL SOULS COLLEGE, OXFORD) ; 10. WHEN IS AN AGENT'S AUTHORITY IRREVOCABLE? ; F M B REYNOLDS (WORCESTER COLLEGE, OXFORD) ; 11. THE BIFOCAL WORLD OF INTERNATIONAL SALES: VIENNA AND NON-VIENNA ; MICHAEL G BRIDGE (UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM) ; 12. 'BANKING LAW' IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: THE DYNAMICS OF INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY CONVERGENCE ; JOSEPH L NORTON (QUEEN MARY AND WESTFIELD COLLEGE, UCL) ; 13. LIABILITY FOR FOREIGN BRANCH DEPOSITS IN ENGLISH LAW ; WILLIAM BLAIR (QUEEN MARY AND WESTFIELD COLLEGE, UCL) ; 14. BANKING NETWORKS ; ROSS CRANSTON (LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON) ; 15. THE 'BEST PRACTICES' APPROACH TO THE UNIFORMITY OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL LAW: THE UCP 500 AND THE NAFTA IMPLEMENTATION EXPERIENCE ; BORIS KOZOLCHYK (UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA; NATIONAL LAW CENTER, ARIZONA) ; 16. MODELS-BASED REGULATION OF BANK CAPITAL ; HAL S SCOTT (HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, USA) ; 17. JUGGLING WITH NORMS: THE CONFLICT BETWEEN COLLECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS UNDER INSOLVENCY LAW ; IAN S FLETCHER (UNIVERSITY OF LONDON; QUEEN MARY AND WESTFIELD COLLEGE, UCL) ; 18. UNIVERSAL PARTICIPATION IN TRANSNATIONAL BANKRUPTCIES ; JAY LAWRENCE WESTBROOK (UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, USA) ; 19. SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE LAW RELATING TO PREFERENCES ; D D PRENTICE (PEMBROKE COLLEGE, OXFORD) ; 20. COMMERCIAL MORALITY AND PUBLIC POLICY AS 'PRINCIPLES' OF CORPORATE INSOLVENCY LAW ; ROMAN TOMASIC (UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA) ; 21. CHANGES TO PERSONAL PROPERTY SECURITY LAW IN ITALY: A COMPARATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL APPROACH ; GUIDO FERRARINI (UNIVERSITY OF GENOA, ITALY) ; 22. THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SECURED FINANCING LAW: THE SPREADING INFLUENCE OF THE CONCEPTS UCC, ARTICLE 9 AND ITS PROGENY ; RONALD C C CUMING (UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA) ; 23. THE PROTECTION OF COMMERCIAL INTERESTS UNDER THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ; PETER DUFFY (BARRISTER, ESSEX COURT CHAMBERS, LONDON) ; 24. INTEREST ON MONEY AWARDS IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION ; JULIAN D M LEW (HERBERT SMITH; QUEEN MARY AND WESTFIELD COLLEGE, UCL) ; ROY GOODE PUBLICATIONS 1962-1996 ; INDEX

'It is difficult to imagine a collection of essays that in their exploration of issues of equal moment for both academic and practising lawyers could be a more appropriate tribute to the unique achievement of the man who provided their inspiration. Their study may accordingly be expected to be equally rewarding for both, as indeed for all interested in transnational commercial law.'

• PRELIMS ; FOREWORD BY LORD GOFF ; PROFESSOR ROY GOODE ; LORD BINGHAM ; ROYSTON MILES GOODE: A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH ; ROSS CRANSTON ; ROY GOODE AND QUEEN MARY COLLEGE ; GRAHAM ZELLICK ; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ; CONTENTS ; 1. THE LEGACY OF HISTORY ON GERMAN CONTRACT LAW ; GERHARD DANNEMANN AND BASIL MARKESINIS ; (BOTH AT THE CENTRE FOR THE ADVANCED STUDY OF EUROPEAN AND COMPARATIVE LAW, OXFORD) ; 2. COMPARATIVE FINANCIAL LAW: A CLASSIFICATION OF THE WORLDS' JURISDICTIONS ; PHILIP R WOOD (ALLEN & OVERY, LONDON; QUEEN MARY AND WESTFIELD COLLEGE, UCL) ; 3. THE UNIDROIT PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS AND THE PRINCIPLES OF EUROPEAN CONTRACT LAW: A COMPARISON ; MICHAEL JOACHIM BONELL (UNIVERSITY OF ROME I'LA SAPIENZA, ITALY) ; 4 EIGHT PRINCIPLES OF EUROPEAN CONTRACT LAW ; OLE LANDO (INSTITUT DE DROIT DU MARCH EUROPEN ECOLE DES HAUTES ETUDES, COMMERCIALES DE COPENHAGEN, DENMARK) ; 5. HARMONIZATION OF PRIVATE LAWS IN FEDERAL SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT: CANADA, THE USA, AND AUSTRALIA ; JACOB S ZIEGEL (UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, CANADA) ; 6. LINKED CONTRACTS ; JAN HELLNER (UNIVERISTY OF STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN) ; 7. BREACH OF CONTRACT AND RECOVERABLE LOSSES ; JAN RAMBERG (UNIVERISTY OF STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN) ; 8. LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND SWAPS: UNDERMINING THE MARKET? ; EWAN MCKENDRICK (UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON) ; 9. THE NECESSITY OF A UNITARY LAW OF TRACING ; PETER BIRKS (ALL SOULS COLLEGE, OXFORD) ; 10. WHEN IS AN AGENT'S AUTHORITY IRREVOCABLE? ; F M B REYNOLDS (WORCESTER COLLEGE, OXFORD) ; 11. THE BIFOCAL WORLD OF INTERNATIONAL SALES: VIENNA AND NON-VIENNA ; MICHAEL G BRIDGE (UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM) ; 12. 'BANKING LAW' IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: THE DYNAMICS OF INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY CONVERGENCE ; JOSEPH L NORTON (QUEEN MARY AND WESTFIELD COLLEGE, UCL) ; 13. LIABILITY FOR FOREIGN BRANCH DEPOSITS IN ENGLISH LAW ; WILLIAM BLAIR (QUEEN MARY AND WESTFIELD COLLEGE, UCL) ; 14. BANKING NETWORKS ; ROSS CRANSTON (LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON) ; 15. THE 'BEST PRACTICES' APPROACH TO THE UNIFORMITY OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL LAW: THE UCP 500 AND THE NAFTA IMPLEMENTATION EXPERIENCE ; BORIS KOZOLCHYK (UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA; NATIONAL LAW CENTER, ARIZONA) ; 16. MODELS-BASED REGULATION OF BANK CAPITAL ; HAL S SCOTT (HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, USA) ; 17. JUGGLING WITH NORMS: THE CONFLICT BETWEEN COLLECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS UNDER INSOLVENCY LAW ; IAN S FLETCHER (UNIVERSITY OF LONDON; QUEEN MARY AND WESTFIELD COLLEGE, UCL) ; 18. UNIVERSAL PARTICIPATION IN TRANSNATIONAL BANKRUPTCIES ; JAY LAWRENCE WESTBROOK (UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, USA) ; 19. SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE LAW RELATING TO PREFERENCES ; D D PRENTICE (PEMBROKE COLLEGE, OXFORD) ; 20. COMMERCIAL MORALITY AND PUBLIC POLICY AS 'PRINCIPLES' OF CORPORATE INSOLVENCY LAW ; ROMAN TOMASIC (UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA) ; 21. CHANGES TO PERSONAL PROPERTY SECURITY LAW IN ITALY: A COMPARATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL APPROACH ; GUIDO FERRARINI (UNIVERSITY OF GENOA, ITALY) ; 22. THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SECURED FINANCING LAW: THE SPREADING INFLUENCE OF THE CONCEPTS UCC, ARTICLE 9 AND ITS PROGENY ; RONALD C C CUMING (UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA) ; 23. THE PROTECTION OF COMMERCIAL INTERESTS UNDER THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ; PETER DUFFY (BARRISTER, ESSEX COURT CHAMBERS, LONDON) ; 24. INTEREST ON MONEY AWARDS IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION ; JULIAN D M LEW (HERBERT SMITH; QUEEN MARY AND WESTFIELD COLLEGE, UCL) ; ROY GOODE PUBLICATIONS 1962-1996 ; INDEX