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About this book:

Understanding the CISG, currently in its sixth (worldwide) edition, covers the full range of primary as well as secondary sources relating to the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG), including succinct reports of the latest decisions, arbitral awards and scholarly opinions, as well as additional concrete illustrations to help explain and clarify key CISG rules.

The 1980 CISG Convention regulates the rights of buyers and sellers in international sales. The Convention is the first sales-law treaty to gain recognition and approval globally, and the impressive list of more than ninety Contracting States accounts for more than three-fourths of all world trade.

What’s in this book:

This exceptional guide to the CISG sheds light on the following key topic areas:
- determining when the CISG applies;
- freedom of contract, opting out;
- interpretation of CISG treaty and CISG contracts;
- formation, validity, defenses to enforcement;
- obligations of the parties;
- remedies for breach;
- liability exemptions, hardship; and
- disclaimers, agreed remedies.
How this will help you:

This book, being a compact guide, will aid lawyers and law students, in all parts of the world, not least in the Contracting States where the CISG is now in effect, who need to understand international sales law, sales contracts and sales contract disputes.
Preface

Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview

Chapter 2 Field of Application and General Provisions

Chapter 3 Sales Contract Formation

Chapter 4 Obligations of the Parties

Chapter 5 Passing of Risk

Chapter 6 Remedies for Breach

Chapter 7 Agreed Remedies

Chapter 8 CISG Reservations (and Other Final Provisions)

Chapter 9 The Limitation Period in International Sales

Appendix I Table of CISG Contracting States

Appendix II United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (1980)

Appendix III Table of Cases and Arbitral Awards

Appendix IV Table of Authorities and Abbreviations

Appendix V Table of CISG Provisions

Index
Joseph Lookofsky is Professor Emeritus of Law at the University of Copenhagen. He is a Member of the New York State Bar and former counsel for United Artists Corporation. He holds a B.A. in Economics (Lehigh University) and an American J.D. (New York University School of Law), as well as European MA and SJD degrees (University of Copenhagen). He serves as Denmark’s National Correspondent for UNCITRAL and as an arbitrator of international commercial disputes.