PARTY AUTONOMY IN LATIN AMERICA: A PENDING TASK

ABSTRACT: Party autonomy in international contracts is not statutorily accepted in some Latin American countries where national courts vacillate as to upholding choice of law clauses. The acceptance of autonomy therein is needed to eradicate juridical uncertainty and to harmonize conflict rules with...

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Autor principal: Vial Undurraga,María Ignacia
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Derecho 2018
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-343720180002004532018-11-05PARTY AUTONOMY IN LATIN AMERICA: A PENDING TASKVial Undurraga,María Ignacia International contracts party autonomy governing law of contracts Latin American conflict rules “Inter American Convention on the Law Applicable to International Contracts, Mexico 1994 ABSTRACT: Party autonomy in international contracts is not statutorily accepted in some Latin American countries where national courts vacillate as to upholding choice of law clauses. The acceptance of autonomy therein is needed to eradicate juridical uncertainty and to harmonize conflict rules within Latin America. OAS’ countries drafted The Inter American Convention on the Law Applicable to International Contracts, Mexico 1994 with this objective but it failed to achieve it. Thus, harmonising amendment of the domestic conflict rules on contracts of these countries is pending and might be fostered by a flexible non-binding international instrument that includes rules on autonomy widely accepted in comparative law and respectful of their legal traditioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de DerechoRevista chilena de derecho v.45 n.2 20182018-05-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-34372018000200453en10.4067/S0718-34372018000200453
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topic International contracts
party autonomy
governing law of contracts
Latin American conflict rules
“Inter American Convention on the Law Applicable to International Contracts, Mexico 1994
spellingShingle International contracts
party autonomy
governing law of contracts
Latin American conflict rules
“Inter American Convention on the Law Applicable to International Contracts, Mexico 1994
Vial Undurraga,María Ignacia
PARTY AUTONOMY IN LATIN AMERICA: A PENDING TASK
description ABSTRACT: Party autonomy in international contracts is not statutorily accepted in some Latin American countries where national courts vacillate as to upholding choice of law clauses. The acceptance of autonomy therein is needed to eradicate juridical uncertainty and to harmonize conflict rules within Latin America. OAS’ countries drafted The Inter American Convention on the Law Applicable to International Contracts, Mexico 1994 with this objective but it failed to achieve it. Thus, harmonising amendment of the domestic conflict rules on contracts of these countries is pending and might be fostered by a flexible non-binding international instrument that includes rules on autonomy widely accepted in comparative law and respectful of their legal tradition
author Vial Undurraga,María Ignacia
author_facet Vial Undurraga,María Ignacia
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title PARTY AUTONOMY IN LATIN AMERICA: A PENDING TASK
title_short PARTY AUTONOMY IN LATIN AMERICA: A PENDING TASK
title_full PARTY AUTONOMY IN LATIN AMERICA: A PENDING TASK
title_fullStr PARTY AUTONOMY IN LATIN AMERICA: A PENDING TASK
title_full_unstemmed PARTY AUTONOMY IN LATIN AMERICA: A PENDING TASK
title_sort party autonomy in latin america: a pending task
publisher Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Derecho
publishDate 2018
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