International Sales Law
A Global Challenge

This book brings together scholars from twenty-three countries to review the Convention on Contracts for International Sale of Goods.

Larry A. DiMatteo (Edited by)

9781107020382, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 17 February 2014

799 pages, 6 b/w illus. 5 maps 3 tables
26 x 18.5 x 3.3 cm, 1.4 kg

This book brings together the top international sales law scholars from twenty-three countries to review the Convention on Contracts for International Sale of Goods (CISG) and its role in the unification of global sales law. It reviews the substance of CISG rules and analyzes alternative interpretations. A comparative analysis is given of how countries have accepted, interpreted, and applied the CISG. Theoretical insights are offered into the problems of uniform laws, the CISG's role in bridging the gap between the common and civil legal traditions, and the debate over good faith in CISG jurisprudence. The book reviews case law relating to the interpretation and application of the provisions of the CISG; analyzes how it has been recognized and implemented by national courts and arbitral tribunals; offers insights into problems of uniformity of application of an international sales convention; compares the CISG with the English Sale of Goods Act and places it in the context of other texts of UNCITRAL; and analyzes the CISG from the practitioner's perspective.

Part I. History and Researching the CISG: 1. Global challenge of international sales law Larry A. DiMatteo
2. History of the CISG and its present status Vikki Rogers and Kaon Lai
3. CISG: divergences between success-scarcity and theory-practice Olaf Meyer
4. CISG sources and researching the CISG Marie Stefanini Newman
5. CISG translation issues: reducing legal babelism Claire M. Germain
6. CISG in national courts Camilla Andersen
Part II. Interpretation and Use of CISG: 7. Interpretive methodologies in the interpretation of the CISG Larry A. DiMatteo and André Janssen
8. Divergent interpretations - reasons and solutions Ingeborg Schwenzer
9. Good faith principle - vexata quaestio Francesco G. Mazzotta
10. CISG and international arbitration André Janssen and Matthias Spilker
11. The CISG as soft law and choice of law Lisa Spagnolo
Part III. Interpreting CISG's Substantive Provisions: 12. Contract formation Morton Midtgaard Fogt
13. CISG and the battle of the forms Bruno Zeller
14. Conformity of goods - inspection and notice Harry M. Flechtner
15. Interpreting fundamental breach Aneta Spaic
Part IV. Remedies and Damages: 16. Remedies - damages, price reduction, avoidance, mitigation, and preservation Ulrich Magnus
17. Legal costs as reimbursable damages Burghard Piltz
18. Excuse of impediment and its usefulness Martin Davies
Part V. Country Analyses: Europe: 19. Austria Wolfgang Faber
20. Baltic states, Belarus, and Ukraine Tadas Klimas
21. France Sylvaine Poillot-Peruzzetto
22. Germany country analysis - good faith, formation, and conformity of goods Stefan Kröll
23. Germany country analysis - remedies Sörren Kiene
24. Italy Edoardo Ferrante
25. The Nordic countries Jan Ramberg
26. CISG in Southeastern Europe Milena Djordjevi? and Vladimir Pavi?
27. Spain Pilar Perales Viscasillas and Javier Solana Álvarez
28. Switzerland Corinne Widmer Lüchinger
29. The Netherlands Sonja A. Kruisinga
Part VI. A World View of the CISG: 30. Islamic legal systems and the CISG: the case of Egypt Hossam A. El-Saghir
31. Israel Yehuda Adar
32. New Zealand Petra Butler
33. Peoples' Republic of China Li Wei
34. United States and Canada Robert W. Emerson and Ann M. Olazábal
35. Central and South America Virginia G. Maurer
36. CISG across national legal systems Larry A. DiMatteo
Part VII. Theoretical Insights: 37. Problems of uniform laws Jan M. Smits
38. CISG as bridge between common and civil law Sieg Eiselen
39. Pre-contractual liability and preliminary agreements Marco Torsello
Part VIII. Practitioner's Perspective: 40. Empirical evidence of courts and counsels' approach to the CISG (with some remarks on professional liability) Ulrich Schroeter
41. CISG and English sales law: an unfair competition Qi Zhou
42. CISG in context of complementary texts Luca Castellani
43. Soft laws as models for the improvement of the CISG Ole Lando
44. Using the CISG proactively Helena Haapio
45. Future challenge of international sales law Larry A. DiMatteo.

Subject Areas: Company, commercial & competition law [LNC], Law [L], Sales & marketing [KJS]