On 17 November 2020, the General Law on Private International Law (Law 19.920) was approved. This Law resulted from a process of hard work that took over two decades of discussions and debates.1 With this Law, Uruguay becomes one of a group of countries that have already carried out this kind of reform, particularly in regard to international commercial law and international contracts. The new Law 19.920 allows parties to choose the applicable law (State or non-State law) to regulate their international contractual obligations. This reform has a real disruptive imprint since Uruguay leaves behind its old and anachronistic regulation of the matter. This article provides a general analysis of the regulation of international commercial law under Law 19.920 (Articles 13 and 51) and the new regime applicable to international contracts, including the parties’ right to choose the applicable law (Article 45) (State or non-State law), which increases their autonomy in comparison with the previous regime.

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新乌拉圭国际私法：为国际合同中的当事人意思自治敞开大门

2020 年 11 月 17 日，《国际私法一般法》（第 19.920 号法）获得批准。这部法律是经过二十多年的讨论和辩论的艰苦努力的结果。 1 有了这部法律，乌拉圭成为已经进行这种改革的国家之一，特别是在国际商法和国际合同。新的法律 19.920 允许当事人选择适用的法律（国家或非国家法律）来规范其国际合同义务。由于乌拉圭放弃了对此事的陈旧和不合时宜的规定，因此这项改革具有真正的破坏性印记。本文对第 19.920 条（第 13 条和第 51 条）对国际商法的规定以及适用于国际合同的新制度进行了一般性分析，