LEON TRAKMAN

Currently living in Sydney, Australia, Leon Trakman has published 8 books and over 100 articles on contracts, investment, commercial law and international commercial arbitration.

FAIRNESS AND EFFICIENCY WORKING TOGETHER

THE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING

CONTRACTS AND COMMERCIAL LAW

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

THE LAW MERCHANT: THE EVOLUTION OF COMMERCIAL LAW (FRED B. ROTHMAN, 1983; HEIN, 2013)

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW (with Brian Mercurio, Meredith Kolski Lewisno Zellers), (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2010)

DOING BUSINESS IN MEXICO (with Nick W. Ranieri & Marlon Lopez) (TRANSNATIONAL LEGAL PUBLISHERS, 2006)

Performance under the UNIDROIT, in THE UNIDROIT (PANAMERICANA, MEXICO 1997)

Punitive Damages, in REMEDIES, ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES (CARSWELL, 1991)


JOURNAL ARTICLES
Domicile of Choice in English Law: An Achilles Heel?, 11(3) Journal of Private International Law 317-343 (2015)

The Binding Force of Agreements to Negotiation in Good Faith (with Kunal Sharma), 43(3) Cambridge Law Journal 598-628 (2014)

From the Medieval to the Twenty First Century Law Merchant, 28(4) American Business Law Journal 775-834 (2011)

A Plural Account of the Law Merchant, 2(3) Transnational Legal Theory 309-345 (2011)

Pluralism in Contract Law, 58 Buffalo Law Review 1031-1093 (2010)

The Boundaries of Contract Law in Cyberspace, 38(1) Public Contract Law Journal 187-236 (2008)

From the Medieval Law Merchant to E-Merchant Law, 53 University of Toronto Law Journal 265-304 (2003)

Contract and Commercial Law Scholarship in Canada, 23 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 663-680 (1988)

Grain Contracts and Arbitration, 34 American Journal of Comparative Law 152 (1986)


The Law Merchant, 2 Humane Studies Review 1 (1985)

Adhesion Contracts and the Law of Insurance, 13 Manitoba Law Journal 23-34 (1983)
Legal Fictions and Frustrated Contracts, 46 Modern Law Review 39-55 (1983)

Interpreting Contracts: A Common Law Dilemma, 59 Canadian Bar Review 241-300 (1981)

Evolution of the Law Merchant, Part 2: The Modern Law Merchant, 12 Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce 153-182 (1981)

The Evolution of the Law Merchant, Part 1: The Medieval Law Merchant, 12 Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce 1-24 (1980)

Nonperformance in International Sales Contracts, 29 Oil & Gas Tax Quarterly 716-750 (1980)

Exclusion Clauses in Contracts, 67 Canadian Bar Review 387 (1979)

War in Life Insurance Contracts: Judicial Interpretation of its Meaning, 24 McGill Law Journal 351 (1978)


Illegal Contracts: A Comparative Study, 94 South Africa Law Journal, 468 (1977)

Illegal Contracts: A Doctrinal Study, 94 South African Law Journal, 327-353 (1977)

 
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