Bibliographie sélective OHADA

International trade can support economic development and social upliftment. However, people are often discouraged from contracting internationally due to differences in legal systems which act as a non-tariff barrier to trade. This article focuses on the private law framework regulating international contracts of sale. During the twentieth century, the problem of diverse laws was primarily addressed by global uniform law such as the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). However, uniform law is rarely complete and has to be supplemented by national law, trade usage or party agreement. Because of gaps that exist in the CISG the Swiss government made a proposal for a new global contract law. But is this a feasible solution to the fragmentary state of international trade law? In Europe, signs of reluctance are setting in towards further harmonisation efforts. The Proposal for a Common European Sales Law (CESL) was recently withdrawn, and now Britain has voted to leave the European Union; rumour having it that more countries might follow. The current private law framework for international sales contracts consists of a hybrid system where international, national, state and non-state law function side by side. This article submits that universalism is not per se the most efficient approach to the regulation of international sales law and that economic forces require a more varied approach for business-to-business transactions. The biggest challenge, however, would be to manage global legal pluralism. It is concluded that contractual parties, the courts and arbitral tribunals can effectively manage pluralism on a case-by-case basis.            

O objetivo central desta tese é avaliar se a regra da previsibilidade do dano contratual ressarcível é um método eficaz de limitação dos danos e se atende às exigências modernas do Comércio Internacional. Para o perfeito enquadramento e contextualização do tema central deste estudo, apresenta-se inicialmente a origem histórica do critério da previsibilidade do dano no campo da responsabilidade contratual, e faz-se uma análise do alcance do princípio da reparação integral do dano e do princípio geral de ressarcimento de dano no Direito romano. Em seguida, realiza-se um breve exame do Direito Contratual na França até o século XVI, bem como uma análise do ressarcimento do dano nas obras de Dumoulin, Domat e Pothier e, para encerrar a parte histórica, analisa-se o Código Civil francês e a obrigação de ressarcimento. Ato contínuo, adentra-se a fundo nas noções gerais e nuances da regra da previsibilidade do dano, verificando-se, inicialmente, o sentido geral da limitação. Em seguida, analisa-se a teoria do fim tutelado pelo contrato e os fundamentos (contratual e econômico) do critério da previsibilidade. Feito isso, são avaliados o objeto e o momento da previsibilidade e, após, a (não) limitação de responsabilidade ao devedor doloso. Na sequência, estuda-se a adoção da previsibilidade do dano contratual como critério limitador do ressarcimento nos sistemas domésticos e em alguns dos principais instrumentos internacionais de uniformização do direito europeu, quais sejam, nos Princípios de Direito Europeu dos Contratos (PECL), no Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR), no Common European Sales Law (CESL) e no Projeto do Código Europeu dos Contratos. Em seguida analisa-se dois dos principais instrumentos de harmonização normativa do Comércio Internacional: os princípios do International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (Unidroit) e, mais profundamente, a Convenção das Nações Unidas sobre Contratos de Compra e Venda Internacional de Mercadorias (CISG), que hoje é referência normativa para os contratos internacionais entre signatários, os quais representam dois terços do comércio mundial. E, por fim, faz-se a análise econômica da regra da previsibilidade com o objetivo, primeiramente, de se verificar se, de fato, ela promove eficiência econômica e se a sua previsão influencia o comportamento das partes, incentivando a revelação de informações relevantes. E, na medida em que a previsibilidade do dano é um conceito jurídico indeterminado, cujo desafio da doutrina e especialmente da jurisprudência é dar a ele contornos mais concretos e objetivos, analisase decisões judiciais e arbitrais que aplicaram e interpretaram a regra da previsibilidade do dano no âmbito da CISG para, depois, avaliar, também mediante a análise econômica do Direito, a forma como o posicionamento de juízes e árbitros sobre a referida regra afeta os custos de transação dos negócios comerciais internacionais.

تظهر طرق تحديد القانون واجب التطبيق على عقود التجارة الدولية في كل من المنهج التنازعي الذي يقوم على قاعدة إسناد و المنهج المباشر الذي يقدم الحل للنزاع بطريقة مباشرة وذلك بتطبيق قواعد قانونية تهتم بتنظيم العلاقات التجارية ذات البعد الدولي والتي تعرف بقواعد التجارة الدولية . يعتبر المنهج التنازعي من أقدم مناهج التي عرفتها نظرية التنازع والتي عرفت تطورات تعكس الفكر الفلسفي والاقتصادي والقانوني الذي يتخلل كل مرحلة من هذا التطور إلى أن إستقر في الأخير مبدأ سلطان الإرادة على ضوؤه يتم تحديد قانون العقد الدولي . مع تطورات الحاصلة في التجارة الدولية خاصة بعد التطور العلمي والتكنلوجي وتطور وسائل النقل وظهور مجتمع خاص يمارس هذه التجارة، ظهرت الحاجة إلى تطبيق قواعد قانونية ذات مضمون عالمي تستوعب تعقيدات هذه العقود التي تجاوزت المفاهيم الكلاسيكية التي جاءت بها القوانين الداخلية التي صدرت لتنظيم العقود الداخلية . Les modes de détermination de la loi applicable aux contrats de commerce international Les modes de choix de la loi applicable sur les contrats de commerce international se dégagent à la fois de l’application de la méthode dite conflictuelle qui se base sur la règle du rattachement, et de la méthode dite directe qui propose une solution directe au litige et ce, en application des règles régissant les relations à caractère international. La méthode dite conflictuelle est la plus ancienne ; elle a connu plusieurs étapes dans son évolution qui ont caractérisées la pensée philosophique, économique et juridique, jusqu’à l’émergence du principe de l’autonomie de la volonté sur lequel se base le choix de la loi applicable sur le contrat international. L’évolution connue dans le commerce international notamment au plan scientifique et technologique, l’évolution des moyens de transport et l’apparition d’une société qui pratique ce commerce, a fait apparaitre le besoin de règles à vocation mondiale prenant en compte la complexité de ce type de contrats qui dépassent largement les concepts classiques liés aux contrats internes.

<p>Art. 11 of the Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts, adopted by the Council of the Hague Conference in March 2015 contains provisions governing the relationship between the system of law1 chosen by the parties under Art. 2(1) (the “chosen law”) and the laws and policies of other systems. It provides as follows:</p> <p>1. These Principles shall not prevent a court from applying overriding mandatory provisions of the law of the forum which apply irrespective of the law chosen by the parties.</p> <p>2. The law of the forum determines when a court may or must apply or take into account overriding mandatory provisions of another law.</p> <p>3. A court may exclude application of a provision of the law chosen by the parties only if and to the extent that the result of such application would be manifestly incompatible with fundamental notions of public policy (ordre public) of the forum.</p> <p>4. The law of the forum determines when a court may or must apply or take into account the public policy (ordre public) of a State the law of which would be applicable in the absence of a choice of law.</p> <p>5. These Principles shall not prevent an arbitral tribunal from applying or taking into account public policy (ordre public), or from applying or taking into account overriding mandatory provisions of a law other than the law chosen by the parties, if the arbitral tribunal is required or entitled to do so.</p> <p>In brief summary, therefore, the first and third paragraphs address the relationship between the chosen law and certain laws and policies of the forum, the second paragraph addresses the relationship between the chosen law and certain laws of legal systems other than the forum, the fourth paragraph addresses the relationship between the chosen law and the certain policies of the legal system whose laws would have applied but for the parties’ choice under Art. 2(1) and the fifth paragraph addresses the limits of the application of the chosen law in arbitration proceedings.</p>