Journal article
Electronic Commerce and the Symbiotic Relationship Between International and Domestic Law Reform
Tulane Law Review, Vol.72, pp.1931-2239
01 Jun 1998
Abstract
I. Introduction Since the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods entered into force in the United States, a great deal of attention has been given to comparisons between the provisions of that convention (which forms a part of United States law governing international sales transactions) and the provisions of Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (which governs domestic sales transactions). Moreover, with the final publication of the UNIDROIT Principles on International Commercial Contracts, commercial scholars are again comparing our domestic law with this international body of principles, in an attempt to divine trends and significant advances. Given the desire of many in the United States to "export" domestic law into the international arena, because of the perceived economic benefit to countries that adopt modern commercial law, some have attempted to trace the impact of our domestic Article 2 on the development of these international instruments, an admittedly "risky business." 1 On the other hand, some writers have tried to trace the impact of these international instruments on our domestic law, and more specifically trace the impact of international pronouncements on the current Article 2 revision process. 2 One area that has heretofore escaped examination is electronic commerce, where mutual influence between domestic and international developments has been great and readily traceable. Examination of developments in this new field reveals that new patterns of cooperation and coordination between domestic and international law reform are emerging. In 1996, the United Nations General Assembly gave its final ...
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- Title
- Electronic Commerce and the Symbiotic Relationship Between International and Domestic Law Reform
- Creators
- Amelia H. Boss
- Publication Details
- Tulane Law Review, Vol.72, pp.1931-2239
- Publisher
- Copyright (c) Tulane University 1998. Tulane Law Review
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Thomas R. Kline School of Law
- Identifiers
- 991020535054304721