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Personal liability forum shopping: When does US personal liability law apply? When can its application be excluded?

I am interested in the possibilities of forum shopping in regard to personal injury claims. (Tort and contract.) For the sake of argument, let's assume a manufacturer M that manufactures electronics ...
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Is "make available" often used in commercial sales of goods contract?

I recently read an International commercial sales of goods contract. In which, there is a sentence... The seller shall make available to the buyer (or shall present to the bank specified by the buyer) ...
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How corrupt does a contract need to be for a country to invalidate it?

It is in the news that there is a case in the UK High Court regarding a contract between Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID) and the Nigerian state. It involved gas extraction, but the ...
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Time of delivery no later on [closed]

I asked a friend to translate my sales contract to English. Here's the original: "Thời gian giao hàng không trễ hơn: 30 ngày" which means the time of delivery should not be later than 30 ...
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Why did the contract writer use both provision and term?

This is a provision in CONTRACT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL SALE OF GOODS Effects of avoidance in general 12.1 Avoidance of this contract releases both parties from their obligation to effect ...
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resolution vs settlement

This is a provision in CONTRACT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL SALE OF GOODS Effects of avoidance in general 12.1 Avoidance of this contract releases both parties from their obligation to effect ...
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"Be to verb" in contract

This is a provision in CONTRACT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL SALE OF GOODS Effects of avoidance in general 12.1 Avoidance of this contract releases both parties from their obligation to effect ...
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Cancellation vs Avoidance of a contract

Hey I was reading a International Commercial Sale of Goods Contract and I saw this provision: Effects of avoidance in general 12.1 Avoidance of this contract releases both parties from their ...
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cross border contract

If two entities from different countries A, B sign a contract, does the contract follow: law of the country, where the contract is signed law of a country of choice from A and B international ...
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Can parties agree on arbitrary jurisdiction for a contract?

I am not a lawyer, but I'm intrigued by how, in international contracts, parties can agree to the jurisdiction under which the contract falls. My question is rather simple: can two parties agree to ...
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Vietnamese were chosen as applicable law, should the CISG govern contract ? May the parties choose laws of Indonesia to be applicable of the contract?

The contract is signed between the company, which is located in Vietnam, and company in France / Germany / Australia / Korea. From the Contracting States of CISG between Vietnam and U.S. activated, ...
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Governing law clauses with parties in different countries

If I am in the United States, and I agree to a contract stating that both parties agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of a court in a foreign country, can I be compelled to appear in that ...
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Diplomatic law and car plates

What should the Ministery of Foreign Affairs of a country A do in the case in which the diplomatic car plate number is stolen in a country B? And what should the State Department do?
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Can Russia be sued over breaking gas contracts?

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia has unilaterally demanded that "unfriendly countries" pay for Russian natural gas in Russian rubles, despite the existing contracts ...
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Does the term "social enterprise" have a legal meaning?

There is a sector of public opinion that often refers to "social enterprise" as if the meaning of this term were well-known. Does the public understand what this term means? Or only ...

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