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1、THEUNSALESCONVENTION,THEUNIDROITCONTRACTPRINCIPLESANDTHEWAYBEYOND*HerbertKronkeI.INTRODUCTIONTheworkingtitleoftheassignmenttothisimportantanniversary—arguablythemostimportantoneinthehistoryofmoderntransnationalcommerciallaw,giventhattheViennaSalesConventionof1980isprobablythesingle
2、mostsuccessfulamongthefewsuccessstoriesinourfield—wouldappeartogivememaximumleewayindevelopingthispaper’scontent.Ishall,however,trytoexercisethenecessarymeasureofself-restraintandtotakeonlymoderateadvantageoftheacademicfreedomgiven.Anoteofterminologicalclarificationseemsappropriate
3、:whilemanyusetheofficialtitleUNIDROITPrinciplesofInternationalCommercialContractsandtheshortformUNIDROITPrinciplesinterchangeably,theadoptionofthe1ALI/UNIDROITPrinciplesofTransnationalCivilProcedure,aswellasthelikelihoodthat“principles”onotherareasofprivateandcommerciallaw(e.g.capi
4、talmarketlaw)mayseethelightofthedaybeforelong,morepreciselanguagesuchasUNIDROITContractPrinciplesandthewidelyusedabbreviationUPICCwouldavoidunnecessaryconfusion.II.THECISGANDUNIDROITPRINCIPLES:THEIRINTENDEDANDACTUALRELATIONSHIPA.GeneralItwas,fortunately,intheverydistantpastthatpeop
5、lewonderedwhetherthetwoinstrumentswerenottoounequalapairandwhethertheycould—orshould—beseenastwoitemsofequaldignityandpotentialusefulnessinthe*Secretary-General,UNIDROIT,Rome;ProfessorofLaw,UniversityofHeidelberg(onleave).1.Textreproducedin9UNIF.L.REV.758-809,811-97(2004),withcomme
6、ntsbyRonaldT.Nhlapo,MoritzBrinkmann,CliffordR.EinsteinandAlexanderPhipps,KonstantinosD.Kerameus,CassioScarpinellaBuenoandPierreKarrer.SeealsoLAPROCÉDURECIVILEMONDIALEMODÉLISÉE:LEPROJETDEL’AMERICANLAWINSTITUTEETD’UNIDROITDEPRINCIPESETRÈGLESDEPROCÉDURECIVILETRANSNATIONALE(FrédériqueF
7、erranded.,2004).451452JOURNALOFLAWANDCOMMERCE[Vol.25:451toolboxofinternationalcontractdrafters,litigators,courtsorarbitraltribunals.MuchwaterhaspassedunderthebridgesoftheDanubeandtheTibersincethatquestionwasraised.Internationalcommercialpracticeandlegislaturesinallfourcornersofthew
8、orldhavepassedjudgment:the