# kaal:claim:5886342-007

**Claim.** The Codex is deliberately drafted as a rule of law in the sense of Article 3 of the Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts (2015), which is the technical device that lets parties choose a non state body of rules as the law governing their contract.

**Type.** definitional  **Support.** asserted

**Holds when.**

- international commercial contracts where the forum accepts non state rules of law

**Source quote.**

> (1) This Codex is drafted as a Rule of Law in the sense of Art. 3 Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts (2015).

**From.** Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, Stephan D. Meyer, *Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC)* (2025), Part A, Book IV, Article 10 Codex as Rule of Law, page 7

**Cite as.** Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, Stephan D. Meyer, Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC) (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5886342

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**Topics.** law-and-legal-systems

**Keywords.** choice-of-law, hague-principles, non-state-law, rules-of-law, enforceability

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