Soft Law in International Trade Finance
Soft Law in International Trade Finance
A Comparative Analysis of the Harmonizing Effect of the UCP
de Oliveira, Agatha Brandao; Saumier, Genevieve; Gama Jr., Lauro
Brill
09/2024
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PART 1: General Report
1 The Effectiveness of International Legal Harmonization through Soft Law (with a Focus on the UCP 600)
?Agatha Brandao de Oliveira, Lauro Gama and Genevieve Saumier
?1 Part I
??1.1 Introduction
??1.2 The Role of Soft Law in International Trade
??1.3 An Overview of Letters of Credit and the UCP
??1.4 The UCP as Soft Law
?2 Part II
??2.1 The UCP and How It May Apply to Govern Letters of Credit
?3 Part III
??3.1 The Future of the UCP as a Harmonizing Tool
?Annex 1
?Annex 2
?Annex 3
PART 2: Special Report
2 Letters of Credit as Products of Transnational Customary Law: What Does That Mean?
?J.H. Dalhuisen
?1 Introduction
?2 The Issue of Transnationalisation: the Modern Lex Mercatoria, Its Sources, and Their Hierarchy
?3 The Modern Lex Mercatoria, Its Sources, and Their Hierarchy in Respect of the Letter of Credit
?4 Practical Significance of the Transnational Approach
?5 Law, Soft Law, and the Role and Function of an International Commercial Court
?6 Conclusion
3 A Primer on Trade Finance and the UCP
?Alexander R. Malaket
?1 Context: International Trade and Financing
?2 Trade Financing
??2.1 Traditional Trade Finance and SCF
??2.2 The Four Elements of Trade Finance
??2.3 Transaction Flow, Rules and Market Practice
??2.4 Documentary Letters of Credit
??2.5 Balancing Rules, Guidance and Market Practice
?3 Complementary Rulesets and Guides
?4 icc and the ucp
??4.1 Revisions of ucp
??4.2 Harmonised Practice in Trade Finance
?5 The Ucp: Harmonisation through Soft Law?
PART 3: National Reports
4 Argentina
?Ariel G. Dasso
5 Australia
?Sheelagh McCracken and Andrew Boxall
6 Austria
?Andreas Schwartze
7 Belgium
?Antoine De Spiegeleir
8 Brazil
?Ligia Maura Costa
9 Canada
?Michel Deschamps
10 China
?Yanan Zhang
11 Czechia
?Nadezda Rozehnalova and Jiri Valdhans
12 Egypt
?Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab
13 Finland
?Onerva-Aulikki Suhonen
14 France
?Dominique Doise and Valerie Mayer
15 Germany
?Olaf Meyer
16 India
?Saloni Khanderia
17 Japan
?Hiroo Sono
18 Mexico
?Miguel Angel Bustamante
19 The Netherlands
?Marta Pertegas Sender and Marielene Wertenbroek
20 Nigeria
?Abubakri Yekini and Kolawole Mayomi
21 Norway
?Berte-Elen Konow
22 Paraguay
?Pablo A. Debuchy Boselli
23 Russia
?Andrey Shirvindt
24 South Africa
?Michelle Kelly-Louw and Wilhelm G Schulze
25 Sweden
?Lars Gorton, Johan Adestam and Helen Stroem Nilsonne
26 Switzerland
?Renato Costantini
27 Turkey
?Ceyda Sueral Efecinar, Ekin OEmeroglu and N. Tugce Bilgetekin
28 United Kingdom
?Anna-Mari Antoniou
29 Venezuela
?Fernando Sanquirico Pittevil
30 Vietnam
?Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc
Index
PART 1: General Report
1 The Effectiveness of International Legal Harmonization through Soft Law (with a Focus on the UCP 600)
?Agatha Brandao de Oliveira, Lauro Gama and Genevieve Saumier
?1 Part I
??1.1 Introduction
??1.2 The Role of Soft Law in International Trade
??1.3 An Overview of Letters of Credit and the UCP
??1.4 The UCP as Soft Law
?2 Part II
??2.1 The UCP and How It May Apply to Govern Letters of Credit
?3 Part III
??3.1 The Future of the UCP as a Harmonizing Tool
?Annex 1
?Annex 2
?Annex 3
PART 2: Special Report
2 Letters of Credit as Products of Transnational Customary Law: What Does That Mean?
?J.H. Dalhuisen
?1 Introduction
?2 The Issue of Transnationalisation: the Modern Lex Mercatoria, Its Sources, and Their Hierarchy
?3 The Modern Lex Mercatoria, Its Sources, and Their Hierarchy in Respect of the Letter of Credit
?4 Practical Significance of the Transnational Approach
?5 Law, Soft Law, and the Role and Function of an International Commercial Court
?6 Conclusion
3 A Primer on Trade Finance and the UCP
?Alexander R. Malaket
?1 Context: International Trade and Financing
?2 Trade Financing
??2.1 Traditional Trade Finance and SCF
??2.2 The Four Elements of Trade Finance
??2.3 Transaction Flow, Rules and Market Practice
??2.4 Documentary Letters of Credit
??2.5 Balancing Rules, Guidance and Market Practice
?3 Complementary Rulesets and Guides
?4 icc and the ucp
??4.1 Revisions of ucp
??4.2 Harmonised Practice in Trade Finance
?5 The Ucp: Harmonisation through Soft Law?
PART 3: National Reports
4 Argentina
?Ariel G. Dasso
5 Australia
?Sheelagh McCracken and Andrew Boxall
6 Austria
?Andreas Schwartze
7 Belgium
?Antoine De Spiegeleir
8 Brazil
?Ligia Maura Costa
9 Canada
?Michel Deschamps
10 China
?Yanan Zhang
11 Czechia
?Nadezda Rozehnalova and Jiri Valdhans
12 Egypt
?Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab
13 Finland
?Onerva-Aulikki Suhonen
14 France
?Dominique Doise and Valerie Mayer
15 Germany
?Olaf Meyer
16 India
?Saloni Khanderia
17 Japan
?Hiroo Sono
18 Mexico
?Miguel Angel Bustamante
19 The Netherlands
?Marta Pertegas Sender and Marielene Wertenbroek
20 Nigeria
?Abubakri Yekini and Kolawole Mayomi
21 Norway
?Berte-Elen Konow
22 Paraguay
?Pablo A. Debuchy Boselli
23 Russia
?Andrey Shirvindt
24 South Africa
?Michelle Kelly-Louw and Wilhelm G Schulze
25 Sweden
?Lars Gorton, Johan Adestam and Helen Stroem Nilsonne
26 Switzerland
?Renato Costantini
27 Turkey
?Ceyda Sueral Efecinar, Ekin OEmeroglu and N. Tugce Bilgetekin
28 United Kingdom
?Anna-Mari Antoniou
29 Venezuela
?Fernando Sanquirico Pittevil
30 Vietnam
?Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc
Index