Concise Commentary on the Rome I Regulation

This book offers an updated article-by-article commentary of the Rome I Regulation, applicable in the courts of nearly all European countries to identify the law applicable to international contracts. The commentary is authored by an international group of academics and practitioners, who all have practical experience with international contracts and, thus, were able to focus on the needs of practice. This volume will be not only a reference guide for judges and practitioners alike, but also a crucial resource for academics and researchers.

Chapter I. Scope: Article 1 Material Scope; Article 2 Universal Application; Chapter II. Uniform Rules: Article 3 Freedom of Choice; Article 4 Applicable Law in the Absence of Choice; Article 5 Contracts of Carriage; Article 6 Consumer Contracts; Article 7 Insurance Contracts; Article 8 Individual Employment Contracts; Article 9 Overriding Mandatory Provisions; Article 10 Consent and Material Validity; Article 11 Formal Validity; Article 12 Scope of the Law Applicable; Article 13 Incapacity; Article 14 Voluntary Assignment and Contractual Subrogation; Article 15 Legal Subrogation; Article 16 Multiple Liability; Article 17 Set-off; Article 18 Burden of Proof; Chapter III. Other Provisions: Article 19 Habitual Residence; Article 20 Exclusion of Renvoi; Article 21 Public Policy of the Forum; Article 22 States with More Than One Legal System; Article 23 Relationship with Other Provisions of Community Law; Article 24 Relationship with the Rome Convention; Article 25 Relationship with Existing International Conventions; Article 26 List of Conventions; Article 27 Review Clause; Article 28 Application in Time; Chapter IV: Final Provisions: Article 29 Entry into Force and Application.

Franco Ferrari is Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial Law at New York University. He is the recipient of the 2018 Merits award from the American society of International Law for editing the Encyclopedia of Private International Law Elgar (2017). He received an honorary degree from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and was formerly a Legal Officer for the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, International Trade Law Division.