Book contents
- Swiss Contract Law in International Commercial Arbitration
- Swiss Contract Law in International Commercial Arbitration
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction
- 1 The Importance of Swiss Law in International Arbitration
- 2 Introduction to Swiss Law in General
- 3 Introduction to Swiss Contract Law
- Part II Contracts of Disposition
- Part III Service Contracts
- Part IV Innominate Contracts
- Table of Terms
- General Bibliography
- Index
- References
1 - The Importance of Swiss Law in International Arbitration
from Part I - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 July 2023
Book contents
- Swiss Contract Law in International Commercial Arbitration
- Swiss Contract Law in International Commercial Arbitration
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction
- 1 The Importance of Swiss Law in International Arbitration
- 2 Introduction to Swiss Law in General
- 3 Introduction to Swiss Contract Law
- Part II Contracts of Disposition
- Part III Service Contracts
- Part IV Innominate Contracts
- Table of Terms
- General Bibliography
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter explores why Swiss law is very frequently chosen as the law applicable to international commercial contracts. This chapter reviews the statistics of the ICC and the Swiss Arbitration Centre as well as surveys carried out of international commercial actors confirming that Swiss law is one of the most popular laws chosen to govern the parties’ contract. This chapter then goes on to analyse the reasons cited for the popularity of Swiss law as the law governing the parties’ contract, namely the parties’ freedom to agree on the rights and obligations in their contractual relationship, the perceived neutrality of Swiss contract law, the suitability of Swiss law to cross-cultural relationships, its commonalities with laws of several Civil law jurisdictions, namely French and German law, the fact that the Swiss Code of Obligations is concise and easily accessible and the attractiveness of Switzerland as a seat of arbitration.
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- Swiss Contract Law in International Commercial ArbitrationA Commentary, pp. 3 - 7Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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