Review of the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 2000-2001

by Pace University International Law Review

• ISBN13: 9789041188786
• ISBN10: 9041188789
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Law Intl

Summary

Nations in all regions of the world today share a common international sales law, The United Nations Convention on Contracts For The International Sale of Goods (CISG). The Convention was prepared by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and adopted by a diplomatic conference on 11 April 1980. Since then, The number of countries that have adopted the CISG account for over two-thirds of all world trade. The area of international sales law continues to grow as technology and development take us to a global economy. As such, The study of the CISG has become an integral component of this ever-growing area of international commercial law. The Pace International Law Review edits the Review of the Convention on Contracts For The International Sale of Goods (CISG), a book published by Kluwer Law International. The Review of the CISG is published once yearly and features articles written by prominent legal scholars in the field of international sale of goods from around the world. In addition to scholarly writings analyzing the various articles of the CISG, The book seeks to compile translations of recent decisions as well as commentaries of notable cases relating To The CISG. The Review of the CISG provides both a forum for legal discussion within the international legal community in the area of international sales law and as an authoritative source of reference for international scholars.

Table of Contents

Table of Abbreviations	ix
PART I ARTICLES
Burden of Proof Under the CISG	1	(10)
Franco Ferrari
Forecasting the Potential Impact of the Vienna Sales Convention on International Sales Law in the United Kingdom	11	(50)
Alison E. Williams
Britain and the CISG: The Case for Ratification --- A Comparative Analysis with Special Reference to German Law	61	(22)
Anette Gartner
A Comparatives Study of the Unidroit Principles, The Principles of the European Law of Contracts, and Some Dispositions of the CISG Applicable to the Formation of International Contracts	83	(32)
Sylvette Guillemard
The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: Article 7 and Uniform Interpretation	115	(182)
John Felemegas
PART II CASE TRANSLATIONS AND COMMENTARIES
Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof), Civil Panel VII March 24, 1999, Index No. VIII ZR 121/98	383	(14)
Todd Fox
Sonja Corterier
Case Commentary
Peter Schlechtriem
Rheinland Versicherungen v. Atlarex S.R.I., Tribunale di Vigevano, (July 12, 2000)	397
Case Abstract and Editorial Comments
Charles Sant'Elia