Research On Problem Of Forum-shopping In International Uniform Contract Law Conventions

Preventing forum-shopping of parties to international Uniform Contract Law Conventions is one of the purpose of international Uniform Contract Law Conventions. However, with many international Uniform Contract Law Conventions' establishing and going into effect, such a goal doesn't be achieved. The article bases on the United Nations Convention on the Contract for the International Sale for the International Carriage of Goods by Roads 1956, the Unidroit Convention on the International Factoring 1988, The Unidroit Convention on the International Financing Lease 1988 and the Unidroit Convention on the International Agent Sale of Goods 1983, from the characters of limited sphere of application, dispositive nature, the possibility of declaring reservation, existing non-contracting states, the dependence on the law of the forum, competitive jurisdiction provision and diverging interpretation of provisions, the author argues that International Uniform Contract Law Conventions can only decrease or restrict the possibility of the problem of forum-shopping to some extent, but can't eradicate this phenomenon. Moreover, in some instances they even promote forum-shopping of parties. Therefore, the problem of Forum- shopping can't be solved only by the international uniform contract law conventions, we should look for other move effective approaches.