THE SUBJECTS OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW
• States: in particular contracts between States and Nationals other States
• International economic institutions
• Transnational companies
THE SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW
• The sources of International Trade Law in Italy:
- The freedom of contract: in particular articles 1321-1322 of Italian Civil Code
- The 1995/218 law: in particular articles 3 and 25.
• The EU sources
• The International sources
• The non-state sources:
THE CONTRACTS
• The main contracts of International Trade
• The model contracts drawn up by Intergovernmental Organizations
• Contractual models developed by NGOs
• The identification of the applicable law to contractual obligations: the EU “Rome I” Regulation.
• The contracts for cross-border movement of goods.
- The international Conventions on international sales.
- The Hague Convention of 15 June 1955 on the law applicable to international sales of goods
- The 1980 UN Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
• Type of arbitration
• The transnational commercial arbitration
• The recognition and enforcement in Italy of foreign arbitration awards
• Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of other States: the ICSID Arbitration