Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to International Contracts

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conflict of laws instrument international treaty private international law convention

The Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to International Contracts is a regional private international law treaty that harmonizes rules for determining which national law governs cross-border contracts among member states of the Organization of American States.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to International Sales of Goods	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	conflict of laws instrument ⓘ international treaty ⓘ private international law convention ⓘ
adoptedAt	Mexico City NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptedBy	Organization of American States NERFINISHED ⓘ
aimsTo	promote predictability in cross-border commercial transactions ⓘ reduce forum shopping in international contract disputes within the Americas ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mexico City Convention on the Law Applicable to International Contracts NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	contracts that are international in nature ⓘ
basedOn	modern trends in international contract conflicts of law ⓘ
bindingOn	contracting states that have ratified it according to their constitutional procedures ⓘ
contains	provisions on mandatory rules and public policy exceptions ⓘ rules for contracts without an express choice of law ⓘ
encourages	consideration of the needs of international trade in interpreting its provisions ⓘ
excludes	areas governed by other specific international instruments between the same states ⓘ
focusesOn	substantive connection of the contract to a legal system rather than formal criteria alone ⓘ
geographicalApplication	member states of the Organization of American States that ratify it ⓘ
governs	choice-of-law clauses in international contracts ⓘ determination of applicable law for international commercial contracts ⓘ
interpretationGuidedBy	its international character and the need to promote uniformity in its application ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalDomain	conflict of laws ⓘ contract law ⓘ private international law ⓘ
legalEffect	binds only states that have ratified or acceded to it ⓘ
legalStatus	multilateral treaty in force among ratifying OAS member states ⓘ
normType	choice-of-law rules ⓘ
principle	application of the law of the state with the closest ties when no choice is made ⓘ consideration of international trade usages and practices ⓘ favoring the validity of contracts in determining applicable law ⓘ protection of weaker parties through mandatory rules of the forum in some circumstances ⓘ recognition of party autonomy in selecting the applicable law ⓘ
purpose	to enhance legal certainty in cross-border contractual relations in the Americas ⓘ to harmonize rules on the law applicable to international contracts among OAS member states ⓘ to provide uniform conflict-of-law rules for international contracts ⓘ
region	Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionalScope	Inter-American system NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Rome Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations NERFINISHED ⓘ Rome I Regulation on the law applicable to contractual obligations NERFINISHED ⓘ
sponsoredBy	Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	choice of law in international contracts ⓘ law applicable to international contracts ⓘ party autonomy in choice of law ⓘ
typeOf	OAS convention NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Treaties of the Organization of American States → hasPart → Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to International Contracts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to International Sales of Goods