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Showing papers on "International trade law published in 1979"


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TL;DR: UNITRAL's Arbitration Rules are now in use; a Convention on Carriage of goods by Sea, after overwhelming approval in March 1978 by a diplomatic conference, is in the course of ratification; uniform law for the international sale of goods, unanimously approved by the Commission in June 1978, has been referred by the U.N. General Assembly to a 1980 diplomatic conference as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: time for international law-making is customarily reckoned, a decade is but a moment; nevertheless, UNCITRAL has completed and unanimously approved uniform rules for some of the most important aspects of international trade. UNCITRAL's Arbitration Rules are now in use; a Convention on Carriage of Goods by Sea, after overwhelming approval in March 1978 by a diplomatic conference, is in the course of ratification; uniform law for the international sale of goods, unanimously approved by the Commission in June 1978, has been referred by the U.N. General Assembly to a 1980 diplomatic conference; uniform law on international negotiable instruments is in a late stage of preparation.

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