| An International Approach to the Interpretation of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (1980) as Uniform Sa Contributor(s): Felemegas, John (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521868726 ISBN-13: 9780521868723 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $93.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2007 Annotation: In 1980, the United Nations Convention for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) came into being as an attempt to create a uniform commercial sales law. This book compares two major restatements - the UNIDROIT Principles and the Principles of European Contract Law (PECL) - with CISG articles. This work has gathered scholars and legal practitioners from twenty countries who contribute analysis on the various issues covered in the articles of the CISG comparing them with how the issue is treated in the UNIDROIT and PECL restatements.The introductory section of the book addresses theoretical and practical issues of the appropriate interpretive methodology as mandated in CISG Article 7 and it is followed by individual analyses of the Convention's provisions. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Law | Comparative - Law | Corporate |
| Dewey: 343.087 |
| LCCN: 2006008749 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 7.24" W x 10.23" (2.46 lbs) 528 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In 1980, the United Nations Convention for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) came into being as an attempt to create a uniform commercial sales law. This book, first published in 2007, compares two major restatements - the UNIDROIT Principles and the Principles of European Contract Law (PECL) - with CISG articles. This work has gathered scholars and legal practitioners from twenty countries who contribute analysis on the various issues covered in the articles of the CISG comparing them with how the issue is treated in the UNIDROIT and PECL restatements.The introductory section of the book addresses theoretical and practical issues of the appropriate interpretive methodology as mandated in CISG Article 7 and it is followed by individual analyses of the Convention's provisions. |
Contributor Bio(s): Felemegas, John: - John Felemegas is a Lecturer in Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Technology, Sydney, where he teaches International Sale of Goods, Private International Law, and Equity & Trusts. He also conducts legal research and writing as Fellow of the Institute of International Commercial Law, Pace University School of Law in New York. His main research interest is the interpretation of the CISG and he has published his work in the Review of the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, the Pace International Law Review, and the Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration. |