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1 EJCCL 1 (2009)

handle is hein.journals/ejccl1 and id is 1 raw text is: Introduction 1. Why EJCCL? The national and international market for law journals is abundant, apparently. However, a commercial law journal covering Europe as a whole is lacking. This is an impediment to the development of commercial law as a truly international (and, increasingly, European) area of law. Commercial law covers many fields of law, including transport law, international trade law, insurance law, sale of goods law (commercial transactions), securities and payment-systems (bills of exchange, electronic payments), e-commerce, arbitration law, agency, litigation, conflict of laws and commercial dispute resolution. Commercial law journals exist in most Member States (IHR, TBH, NTHR, RIW, LCMQ), but their focus is mostly on national trade law and the impact of international developments on national legal issues. Commercial law is increasingly an international area of law; many external sources of law exist. Often, these have their own rules of (autonomous) construction and specific systems for dispute resolution. Knowledge of national and external sources of commercial law is essential in contemporary legal practice; comparative legal research is necessary. However, language barri- ers may hinder practitioners, and case-law and other sources are not easily accessible. The European Journal of Commercial Contract Law seeks to solve these difficulties by offering a reliable and up-to-date international platform for practical, principle-based and comparative legal research. From this perspective, the developments regarding European harmonisation or unification via non-binding prin- ciples (Lando, Unidroit) and/or common frames of references (DCFR) in various areas of the law deserve careful attention. 2. The Basic Concepts of EJCCL EJCCL aims to play a major role in (international and European) commercial law and offer the latest factual, accessible and scientifically reliable information to legal scholars, practitioners, courts and legislators. Its basic concepts are therefore: 2.1. Up-to-Date In order to ensure accurate and up-to-date informa- tion, the EJCCL will be published regularly. Four issues will appear annually. EJCCL will include reliable European Journal of Commercial Contract Law 2009-1 overviews of current affairs regarding litigation, legisla- tion and legal doctrine in the Member States. 2.2. Comprehensive and Scientific EJCCL will offer comprehensive information in key areas of commercial law. Furthermore, it will meet scientific requirements of the highest standards, includ- ing having an excellent board of editors, reliable and competent correspondents, a 'peer review' team and first-rate contributors. The board of editors controls the journal, and identifies topics and developments which should be addressed. Correspondents and con- tributors will offer information/overviews and high- quality articles. Further attention from universities and practitioners will be called for, and will enhance the status of the journal (which aims at the highest academic level, and equal esteem in legal practice). 2.3. Accessible Apart from quality as a standard, accessibility should be ensured. The journal will offer clear and intelligible information for academic audiences, as well as for legal practitioners. Its main contributions and overviews of current affairs will be 'user-friendly' and uniform. 3. Structure of EJCCL EJCCL consists of three parts: - Leading articles - Concise observations - Overview of current case law and legislation (European Union/Member States). Leading articles aim to disseminate and enhance legal knowledge and scholarship in commercial law, in accordance with the objectives of EJCCL. Concise observations and overviews deal primarily with legal practice and opinions. The Board of Editors 1. As Professor Harry Street remarks in his foreword to Roy Goode's renowned Commercial Law: 'any competent legal scholar can mug up the statutes and reported decisions in a field like commercial law and present an acceptable account of their import. The essence of commercial law is in com- mercial transactions. It by no means follows that the accident of litigation indicates fully how these transactions are carried out. What is called for is a synthesis of the theory underlying commercial relationships and the practice which governs their operation.'

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