An arbitrator has to decide a case under a contract to be governed by internationally accepted principles of law' A business person is negotiating a contract with a company in another EU state, but neither party wishes to apply the law of the other party's country A lawyer is advising parties to contracts involving parties in other States An EU official is drafting a new Directive affecting contracts A professor of law wants her students to gain a solid understanding of the way in which contracts are treated by the laws of the different Member States, and to understand the common principles...