Private Law Theory

“What law should govern the formation of international contracts? Common law courts have long been fixated on two choices – the putative proper law or the law of the forum – despite those choices being consistently criticised for perpetuating logical circularity and forum shopping respectively. This lecture dissects and critiques Mance LJ’s judgment in Solomon Lew, against the backdrop of the case-law and academic literature on the formation of international contracts …” (more, registration)

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