From Acorn to Oak Tree: the Development of
Now experience over the years has shown the vital importance of
establishing three key factors before embarking on a project of uniform law.
First, is there a problem? That may seem an obvious question but I can recall
the time when UNIDROIT was very much influenced by academics – which, of
course, is an excellent thing, there can never be too many academics – and
the Governing Council had on its work programme a large range of projects
most of which had appeared in the programme because a member of the
Governing Council had had a bright idea! The existence of a problem was
assumed to arise simply from differences in national lawntion and Protocols