ABSTRACT
Of course, these shortfalls of International Uniform Law are partially in the nature of things. Efforts toward unifying law cannot start right away with the – even worldwide – codification of, eg, the entire Private Law or even only the entire Law of Contracts. Such projects would squander tremendous energies and yet remain a utopia. For if law – and this truism is all the more true for International Uniform Law than on a national level – shall find acceptance, it has to be based on legal doctrines shared by the majority of those who will be subject to it. In light of the social, economical, political and philosophical differences which separate today’s nations and definitely affect the sensitive areas of Private Law (eg consumer protection, etc), already-existing common basic doctrines can be identified only to a very limited extent. Therefore, an attempt to unify the law of several independent nations – in my opinion as a matter of necessity – has to be made selectively for specific areas first; and experience shows that it has always been done this way.
