Elgar Companion to UNIDROIT

Edited by Ben Köhler, University of Bayreuth, Germany, Rishi Gulati, Associate Professor in International Law, University of East Anglia, UK and Barrister, Victorian Bar, Australia, Thomas John, MCIArb, Independent Mediator, Arbitrator and Legal Consultant, the Netherlands

‘An exceedingly informative overview of the work of the morning star of private law harmonisation. From contract law to litigation and arbitration, from secured transactions to financial services and technology driven law reform. Importantly, a Companion taking us to the world’s regions that stand to benefit most from UNIDROIT’s work.’

• Contents:Foreword: The modernity of the founding idea of Unidroit in the contemporary world xviiiList of abbreviations xxiiList of Conventions and Regulations cited by short titles xxviii1 Introduction: The Elgar Companion to Unidroit 1Ben KöhlerPART I INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVESSECTION 1 UNIDROIT AS A GLOBAL INSTITUTION2 The beginnings, history and structure 14Lena Peters3 Unidroit and Africa – Unidroit principles and African principles 34Jan L Neels, Eesa A Fredericks and Solomon Okorley4 Unidroit and Asia 46Hiroo Sono5 Unidroit and Latin America 61Isabel Zuloaga Ríos and María Ignacia Vial Undurraga6 Tracing the path of the role of technology in Unidroit instruments 79Teresa Rodríguez De Las Heras Ballell7 Contributions of Unidroit to sustainable development 95Jeannette M.E. Tramhel8 Behavioural economics of internationally unifying private law 113Johannes UngererPART II CURRENT INSTRUMENTSSECTION 1 CONTRACTS9 Unidroit Principles of International Commercial Contracts (PICC):applicability and application 131Felix Dasser10 Long-term contracts in the 2016 Unidroit Principles of InternationalCommercial Contracts 150Ben Köhler11 Unidroit Principles and CISG: A first and a second look 164Pilar Perales Viscasillas12 Common law responses to the Unidroit Principles of InternationalCommercial Contracts 177Paul MacMahon13 The Unidroit Principles and the harmonization of contract law in Westand Central Africa 192Justin Monsenepwo14 The Unidroit Principles in investment arbitration 205José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez15 The role of Unidroit and the development of legal structures to supportcontract farming 218A Bryan Endres and Jessica Guarino16 Agricultural land investment contracts: Analysis from an African perspective 230Titilayo AdebolaSECTION 2 SECURED TRANSACTIONS17 Unidroit access to credit instruments 248Giuliano G. Castellano and Marek Dubovec18 The Cape Town Convention 20 years on 261Louise Gullifer19 The Aircraft Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on InternationalInterests in Mobile Equipment 276Roy Goode20 The public service exemption under the Luxembourg Rail Protocol: Theright balance between the public and private interests? 284Sanam Saidova21 Extending private uniform law to outer space: The Space Protocol tothe Cape Town Convention 299Souichirou Kozuka22 The MAC Protocol – a new era for the Cape Town Convention 315William Brydie-Watson23 The Cape Town Convention in the light of financial market transactions– international interest and cover pools 335Florian Heindler24 Factoring Model Law: Advancing access to finance and promotingfinancial inclusion 344Marek Dubovec and Megumi HaraSECTION 3 OTHER SELECTED INSTRUMENTS25 The Unidroit Capital Markets Projects 359Thomas Keijser26 The 1995 Unidroit Convention on Stolen or Illegally ExportedCultural Objects 370Giuditta Giardini27 Unidroit’s work in the area of civil procedure 390Christoph KernPART III CURRENT AND FUTURE AREAS OF WORKSECTION 1 CURRENT PROJECTS28 Possible future protocols to the Cape Town Convention on ships and onrenewable energy equipment 403Ole Böger29 Best practices for effective enforcement: Principle of formalisation anddebtor protection 426Philipp Schlüter30 Drafting a Model Law on Warehouse Receipts 441Dora NeoSECTION 2 OVER THE HORIZON31 Access to justice and multinational corporations: promoting privatelydriven transnational hybrid adjudication 456Rishi Gulati32 Unidroit and the struggles in harmonising succession law 475Francesco Paolo Patti