Rule, practice, and pragmatism in transnational commercial law

International and Comparative Law Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 539-562

  Goode, Roy ^a  

^a ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 27244442561     PISSN: 00205893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/iclq/lei017     Document Type: Article

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4. on appeal [1996] 1 WLR 397.
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14. For a similar criticism of the tendency to lump together legalized and non-legalized rules in international law, see Anne-Marie Slaughter 'International law and international relations theory: A prospectus' in Eyal Benvenisti and Moshe Hirsch (eds) The Impact of International Law on International Cooperation (CUP 2004) 16 at 41. I am indebted to Lady Fox for drawing my attention to this paper.
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16. To illustrate some of the difficulties, Mustill observes (n 13, above, at 158-9) that 'a single institution within a single trade may publish a repertoire of different and mutually inconsistent documents from which the contracting parties may choose the most suitable to reflect the balance of their bargain; there coexist in many trades a number of institutions, each offering its own standard form, and is, of course, a commonplace that parties alter the standard forms to suit their own purposes. Thus there is no guarantee of homogeneity even within a single trade.'
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29. Then based at Münster University but now relocated in the University of Cologne.
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35. Convention on the law applicable to certain rights in respect of securities held with an intermediary 2002, Art 18.
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37. In the UK this loophole was subsequently closed by legislation.
38. Directive on Settlement Finality in Payment and Security Systems, 98/26/ EC dated 19 May 1998.
39. Directive on Financial Collateral Arrangements, 2002/47/EC dated 6 June 2002.
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41. Unpublished autobiography, 204-5. I am indebted to Mr Richard Hart of Hart Publishing for lending me his copy of the autobiography.