Center for Transnational Litigation and Commercial Law
The place where academics meet the demands of transnational legal practice
The Center for Transnational Litigation and Commercial Law has been established to advance the study and practice of international business transactions and the way to solve related disputes either through litigation or arbitration.
As commercial transactions become increasingly international, it is vital to the legal and business communities to understand and analyze the practices and legal principles that govern relationships between firms and between firms and consumers in the international arena. Subjects such as the appropriate degree of harmonization of domestic laws, sovereign and private lending to developing nations, choice of law in commercial transactions, the proper scope of international arbitration and litigation, and the role of private groups in promulgating principles that have international application will inevitably increase in importance in the immediate future, and both attorneys and their clients who are involved in projects that transcend national boundaries must have an increased understanding and appreciation of the implications of these areas.
What's New
Professor Linda Silberman, Co-Director of the Center, will speak on 29 May 2012, at an event at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, chaired by former S.Ct. Justice Lawrence Collins, who will be Fellow at Center in October. Mr. Alex Layton, former Fellow of the Center, will also speak. More information can be found here.
Posted: Tue, 15 May 2012 10:28:35
This is to announce the March 2012 session of the Arbitration Forum of the Center for Transnational Litigation and Commercial Law, entitled “The non-enforcement of arbitral awards: A BIT (of a) problem with human rights and damage calculation” which will take place on Monday, March 26th, 2012, from 6.15 p.m. to 8.00 p.m., in the Lester
Read the Rest...Posted: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:14:51
This is to announce the February 2012 session of the Arbitration Forum of the Center for Transnational Litigation and Commercial Law, entitled “Multi-party Arbitration: From Paris to New York,” which will take place on Monday, February 27th, 2012, from 6.15 p.m. to 8.00 p.m., in the Lester Pollack Colloquium Room, Furman Hall 900 (245 Sullivan
Read the Rest...Posted: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:29:55
In an Opinion rendered on 8 September 2011 (for the text of the opinion click here: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:62010CC0384:EN:HTML), CJEU Advocate General Trstenjak cited a paper by Franco Ferrari, Professor of law and Director of the Center for Transnational Litigation and Commercial Law at NYU School of Law, when dealing with the relationship between the Regulation (EC) No
Read the Rest...Posted: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:02:26
Professor Franco Ferrari, Director of the Center for Transnational Litigation and Commercial Law, has just published the second edition of his book entitled “Contracts for the International Sales of Goods”. This book provides an examination of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). Extensively referenced, the volume focuses on
Read the Rest...Posted: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:41:16
Professor Linda Silberman has been elected as a Member of the Advisory Council of the Revista Espanol Derecho International (Spain). She has also been selected to be an Associate Member of the Centre for Private International Law at the University of Aberdeen (Scotland).
Posted: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:16:20
The Supreme Court of Germany cited a paper by Franco Ferrari, professor of law, in a decision concerning the law applicable to liability for medical malpractice in a case involving a lawsuit brought by a German patient against a Swiss doctor. Professor Ferrari, who is also the Director of the Law School’s Center for Transnational
Read the Rest...Posted: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:56:21
Linda Silberman, Martin Lipton Professor of Law, testified before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law on November 15 as that body wa sconsidering federal legislation on a national standard for recognizing and enforcing foreign judgments in the U.S. She brought the specialized knowledge gleaned from serving as co-reporter, along with Herbert
Read the Rest...Posted: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:08:07
This is to announce the November session of the Forum of the Center for Transnational Litigation and Commercial Law, which will take place on November 28th, 2011, from 6.15-8.00 pm., in Lester Pollack Colloquium Room, Furman Hall 900, 245 Sullivan Street, New York, NY 10012. It is a great pleasure to be able to announce
Read the Rest...Posted: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:22:01
On 26 September 2011, the Center will host a talk by Professor Jürgen Basedow, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law and Professor of Law at the University of Hamburg, on “A Theory of Party Autonomy in the Conflict of Laws”. A century ago, authors on both sides of the
Read the Rest...Posted: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:15:14
Professor Franco Ferrari, Executive Director of the Center for Transnational Litigation and Commercial Law, will give a talk at the New York State Bar Association Global Week, International Section. He will speak on “Drafting International Contracts”. The event will take place on 10-13 May, 2011, at the Yale Club.
Posted: Tue, 10 May 2011 08:37:31
Professor Franco Ferrari co-edited (with Professor Fracnesco Galgano et al.) and co-authored the fifth edition of a book in Italian entitled “Atlas of Comparative Private Law”. The book collects articles on twenty topics in the area of private law, ranging from transfer of property to tort law, from contract formation to bankruptcy.
Posted: Tue, 03 May 2011 14:56:15
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The Center for Transnational Litigation and Commercial Law hosts a conference on “International Sales Law” at the Chamber of Arbitration of Milan on October 7 and 8, 2011. The conference, organized by Professor Franco Ferrari under the auspices of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, brings together the major Italian academics in the area of international sales law, including academics from Bologna University, Genova University, Milan University, Turin University, Verona University as well as arbitration practitioners.