Part III Contract Choice of Law Issues, 10 The Law Applicable to Beneficiary’s Presentation for Payment

10.01 Consideration of the American courts’ approaches to the ascertainment of the governing law of the beneficiary’s claim for payment against documents tendered under a credit may conveniently begin with the choice of law provisions set forth in section 5-116 of Revised Article 5 that deals with letters of credit under the Uniform Commercial Code and is now statutorily operative throughout the country. Section 5-116 (a) and (b) contain the applicable choice of law precepts. They read as follows: Section 5-116 (a), ‘The liability of an issuer, nominated bank...