Vorwort
A systematic and detailed presentation of the most important contracts under Swiss law in the context of international commercial arbitration.

Autorentext
Christoph Müller is Professor in private law (teaching Specific Contract law, Contract Drafting, Comparative Private Law and Tort law) at the Faculty of Law of the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland; Vice-president of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA); Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb); and presiding, sole and co-arbitrator, as well as legal expert in more than 200 international and domestic arbitrations (ICC, Swiss Rules, LCIA, SCC, UNCITRAL, TAS, WIPO, ad hoc).

Klappentext

This is an indispensable book for all English-speaking lawyers (arbitrators, attorneys-at-law, judges, in-house counsel) interested in international commercial arbitration, as Swiss contract law is often chosen as the law applicable to international commercial contracts. It includes a table of legal terms in English, German, French and Italian.

Inhalt
Part I. Introduction: 1. The importance of Swiss law in international arbitration; 2. Introduction to Swiss law in general; 3: Introduction to Swiss Contract Law; Part II. Contracts of Disposition: 4. Contract of sale; Part III. Service Contracts: 5. Contract for work and services; 6: Simple mandate contract; 7: Commercial agency; 8: Innominate contracts in general; 9 Licence agreement; 10 Exclusive distribution agreement; 11 Settlement agreement.