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For case citations, texts and other lex mercatoria material on damages:

1. Go to the CENTRAL Transnational Law Database (TLDB).

   http://tldb.uni-koeln.de/TLDB.html

   Click TLDB's "List of Lex Mercatoria Principles".

2. Scroll to Chapter VII: Damages, and from there to

   No. VII.1 - Damages in case of non-performance

   "The aggrieved party is entitled to damages for loss caused by the other party's non-performance of its contractual obligations."

   No. VII.2 - Principle of foreseeability of loss

   "Claims for damages are limited to the loss which the non-performing party foresaw or could reasonably have foreseen at the time of the conclusion of the contract as being the likely result of it non-performance."

   No. VII.3 - Limits to claims for damages

   "Damages may not exceed the actual loss and are available only for loss which is proved by the claimant."

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