The choice of foreign law in (predominantly) domestic contracts and the controversial quest for a genuine international element: potential for future judicial conflicts between the UK and the EU?

IF 0.3 Q3 LAW
P. Ostendorf
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Abstract

The valid choice of a (foreign) governing law in commercial contracts presupposes, pursuant to EU private international law, a genuine international element to the transaction in question. Given that the underlying rationale of this requirement stipulated in Article 3(3) of the Rome I Regulation has yet to be fully explored, the normative foundations as to the properties that a genuine international element must possess remain unsettled. The particularly low threshold applied by more recent English case law in favour of almost unfettered party autonomy in choice of law at first glance avoids legal uncertainty. However, such a liberal interpretation not only robs Article 3(3) Rome I Regulation almost entirely of its meaning but also appears to be rooted in a basic misunderstanding of both the function and rationale of Article 3(3) Rome I Regulation in the overall system of EU private international law. Consequently, legal tensions with courts based in EU member states maintaining a more restrictive approach may become inevitable in the future due to Brexit.
在(主要是)国内合同中选择外国法,以及有争议地寻求真正的国际要素:英国与欧盟之间未来可能出现的司法冲突?
根据欧盟国际私法,在商业合同中有效选择(外国)管辖法的前提是有关交易具有真正的国际要素。鉴于《罗马一号条例》第3条第(3)款规定的这一要求的基本原理尚未得到充分探讨,关于真正的国际要素必须具有的性质的规范基础仍然悬而未决。最近的英国判例法适用的门槛特别低,乍一看有利于在法律选择上几乎不受约束的当事人自主权,这避免了法律的不确定性。然而,这种自由主义的解释不仅剥夺了《罗马一号条例》第3(3)条的几乎全部含义,而且似乎源于对《罗马一条条例》第三(3)款在欧盟国际私法整体体系中的功能和理由的基本误解。因此,由于英国脱欧,未来与欧盟成员国法院保持更严格限制的法律紧张关系可能不可避免。
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