Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lookofsky, Joseph M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Alphen aan den Rijn Wolters Kluwer Law International, 2022.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • The Author
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. INTERNATIONAL SALES AND THE CISG
  • I. The Law of Sales under Domestic Law
  • A. Sales Law as Contract Law
  • B. Domestic Sales Law Applied to Domestic and International Sales
  • II. International Sales Law: The CISG
  • III. Convention Preamble: Objectives of Signatory States
  • IV. Entry into Force: Initial Ratifications
  • V. Subsequent Ratifications: Three-Fourths of World Trade
  • VI. Major Significance
  • 2. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: THE HAGUE SALES CONVENTIONS AND THE CONFLICT OF LAWS
  • I. Purely Domestic Sale Subject to Local Law
  • II. International Sale: Problem of Selecting Applicable Law
  • III. Pre-CISG: Choosing the Applicable Law
  • A. Limited Acceptance of ULIS/ULF
  • B. Choice-of-Law Rules Determine Applicable Domestic Law
  • C. Concrete Illustration
  • D. The 1955 Hague Convention
  • IV. After 1 January 1988: New CISG Regime Applies in Courts and Arbitral Tribunals
  • Chapter 2. Convention Overview
  • 1. CONVENTION CONSISTS OF 101 ARTICLES: PARTS I-IV
  • 2. SPHERE OF APPLICATION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
  • I. Sphere of Application
  • A. Main Rules of Application
  • 1. Parties in Different Contracting States
  • 2. Convention Applies by Virtue of PIL
  • B. Contracts for the Sale of Goods
  • C. Validity Issues and Third-Party Rights Excluded
  • D. Product Liability
  • E. The CISG and Contractual Freedom
  • II. General Provisions
  • A. Interpretation
  • B. Usages of International Trade
  • 3. PARTS II AND III STATES MAY RATIFY ONE OR BOTH
  • 4. FORMATION OF CONTRACT
  • I. Offer and Acceptance
  • II. CISG Offer: Requirement of Definiteness
  • III. When Offer Effective: Revocable Versus Irrevocable Offers
  • IV. Acceptance as Indication of Offeree's Assent
  • V. Mirror-Image Rule and Battle of Forms
  • 5. SALE OF GOODS: CISG PART III
  • I. Obligations, Rights and Remedies
  • II. Part III Provisions Brief Overview of Chapters I-V
  • III. Obligations of the Parties
  • A. Obligations of the Seller
  • B. Obligations of the Buyer
  • IV. Remedies
  • A. Supplementary Remedial Regime
  • B. Enforceable Contracts and Remedies for Breach
  • C. Three Basic Forms of Remedial Relief
  • D. Relationship among Remedies
  • E. Specific Performance as Primary Convention Remedy
  • F. Monetary Compensation as Primary Remedy in Practice
  • G. Avoidance and the Right to Terminate
  • V. Passing of Risk
  • VI. Anticipatory Breach
  • 6. FINAL PROVISIONS: DECLARATIONS, ETC.
  • 7. OVERVIEW OF CHAPTERS 3-6
  • Chapter 3. Convention Scope and General Provisions
  • 1. SPHERE OF APPLICATION
  • I. Internationality under Article 1
  • A. Parties' Places of Business in Different Contracting States
  • B. Convention Application by PIL
  • C. Article 95 Declaration
  • D. Parties in Different States Disregarded in Exceptional Cases