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Choice Of Law In Contracts: A Chinese Approach, Mo Zhang Jan 2006

Choice Of Law In Contracts: A Chinese Approach, Mo Zhang

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

This article attempts to emphasize that the choice of law analysis in China is distinct from that of other countries, despite the fact that many of the theories and approaches originate in Western countries. The underlying argument is that the ongoing economic reform in China has become a dramatic and driving force for change in the country. This change necessarily shapes the development of choice of law in China in a unique way, and also de. monstrates how China is getting closer to the rest of world while searching for the "China brand" theory and approach in this regard. What …


International Patent Licensing Agreements And Conflict Of Laws, Giovanna Modiano Jan 1980

International Patent Licensing Agreements And Conflict Of Laws, Giovanna Modiano

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

The choice of law rules applicable to disputes involving patent li- censing agreements was a subject that attracted considerable interest among prominent legal scholars in the 1950's.' During the following decade the attention of European scholars concerned with patent li- censing shifted to more substantive issues.2 In recent years, however, an interest in choice of law problems relating to patent licensing agree- ments has been revived.