This article seeks to examine the fundamental juridical nature, classification and enforcement of choice of law agreements in international commercial contracts. At the outset, it will be observed that the predominance of jurisdictional disputes in international civil and commercial litigation has pushed choice of law issues to the periphery. The inherent dialectic between the substantive law paradigm and the internationalist paradigm of party autonomy will be harnessed to provide us with the necessary analytical framework to examine the various conceptions of such agreements and aid us in determining the most appropriate classification of a choice of law agreement. A more integrated and sophisticated understanding of the emerging transnationalist paradigm of party autonomy will guide us towards a conception of choice of law agreements as contracts, albeit contracts that do not give rise to promises inter partes. This coherent understanding of both the law of contract and choice of law has significant ramifications for the enforcement of choice of law agreements.

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法律选择协议的性质和执行

本文旨在研究国际商业合同中选择法律协议的基本法律性质，分类和执行。首先，将观察到，在国际民事和商业诉讼中，管辖权纠纷的盛行已将法律选择问题推向了外围。实体法律范式与政党自治的国际主义范式之间的内在辩证法将被利用，为我们提供必要的分析框架，以研究此类协议的各种概念，并帮助我们确定最适当的法律选择协议分类。对新兴的政党自治的跨国主义范式的更全面，更深入的理解将指导我们朝着选择法律协议作为合同的概念迈进，尽管合同不会产生当事人之间的承诺。对合同法和法律选择的一致理解对法律选择协议的执行产生了重大影响。