1 Introduction 1
PART Ⅰ 7
2 Pre-existing National English Private International Rules of Contract 9
PART Ⅱ 27
3 General Impact of EEC's Contractual Obligations Convention 31
PART Ⅲ Commentary on Individual Provisions of the 1990 Act and Convention 89
4 Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990 91
5 Preamble to the Rome Convention 95
6 Article 1: Scope of the Convention 97
7 Article 2: Universal Application of the Convention 143
8 Article 3: Agreement on Choice of Law 147
9 Article 4: Applicable Law in the Absence of Choice 171
10 Article 5: Consumer Contracts 203
11 Article 6: Individual Employment Contracts 221
12 Article 7: Mandatory Rules of Contract Law 239
13 Article 8: Material Validity of Contracts 269
14 Article 9: Formal Validity of Contracts 281
15 Article 10: Scope of Applicable Law 297
16 Article 11: Contractual Incapacity 311
17 Article 12: Voluntary Assignment of Rights 321
18 Article 13: Subrogation to Contractual Rights 327
19 Article 14: Presumptions, Burden and Modes of Proof 331
20 Article 15: Inapplicability of Renvoi 343
21 Article 16: Ordre Public Exception to Applicable Law 345
22 Article 17: No Retrospective Effect of the Convention 351
23 Article 18: Uniform Interpretation of the Convention 355
24 Article 19: Application of Convention to and in Composite States 359
25 Article 20: Precedence of Community Law over the Convention 365
26 Article 21: Precedence of Other International Conventions over the Convention 367
27 Article 22: Reservations to Full Application of the Convention 371
28 Article 23: Precedence and Procedure for New National Choice of Law Rules 373
29 Article 24: Procedure for New Multilateral Conflicts Conventions 379
30 Article 25: Procedure in Respect of Certain International Agreements 385
31 Article 26: Revision of the Convention 389
32 Article 27: Extensions of the Convention to European Territories of Contracting States 391
33 Article 28: Ratification of the Convention 395
34 Article 29: Entry into Force of the Convention 397
35 Article 30: Duration of the Convention 399
36 Article 31: Notifications in Respect of the Convention 403
37 Article 32: Integration of Annexed Protocol 405
38 Article 33: Authentic Texts of the Convention 407
39 Annexed Protocol 409
40 Schedule 2 1990 Act: The Luxembourg Convention on Greek Accession 411
41 Schedule 3 1990 Act: The First Brussels Interpretation Protocol 415
42 Schedule 4 1990 Act: Revisions to Other Enactments 431
PART Ⅳ 437
43 Comparison of Convention and Pre-existing English Private International Rules of Contract 439
PART Ⅴ 447
44 Conclusions 449
Appendix A The Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990 459
Appendix B Some Authentic Foreign Texts of the Rome Contracts Convention 477
Select Bibliography 507
Index 511