Tariffs no longer matter in international trade law. Between 1947, when the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) entered into force, and 1994, the eve of the entry into force of the Uruguay Round agreements, average tariffs in industrial countries plunged from 40% to 6.3%. As a result...

Bevorzugt zu empfehlendes Handbuch (günstiger Preis!), wenn Hochschule im näheren Umfeld, Erstauflage (ID 5/94) ersetzen; Autor lehrt in Reutlingen. Zum Thema vgl. auch Hans Wilfried Grafer: "Einführung in die betriebliche Außenwirtschaft" (338 Seiten, ID 27/99). (3) (LK/E: Kardung)

This paper looks at the current status and role of specific commercial contract law within a setting of international and European contract law reform projects. It recapitulates the value and necessity of a special contract law for merchants and discusses critically the terminology and doctrine...