An International Approach to the Interpretation of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (1980) as Uniform Sales Law

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.

Foreword Eric E. Bergsten; Part I. Introduction; Part II. CISG-UNIDROIT Principles Comparative Editorials: 1. Article 6 CISG - UP Bojidara Borisova; 2. Art. 7 CISG - UP Ulrich Magnus; 3. Art. 8 CISG - UP Joseph M. Perillo; 4. Art. 9 CISG - UP Jorge Oviedo Alban; 5. Art. 10 CISG - UP Allison Butler; 6. Art. 11 CISG - UP Chantal Niggemann; 7. Art. 13 CISG - UP Andrea Charters; 8. Art. 14 CISG - UP Jorge Oviedo Alban; 9. Art. 16 CISG - UP Andrea Vincze; 10. Art. 17 CISG - UP Stephen Smith; 11. Art. 18 CISG - UP Jorge Oviedo Alban; 12. Art. 20 CISG - UP John Felemegas; 13. Art. 21 CISG - UP John Felemegas; 14. Art. 22 CISG - UP John Felemegas; 15. Art. 24 CISG - UP John Felemegas; 16. Art. 25 CISG - UP Robert Koch; 17. Arts. 26/39 CISG - UP - PECL Camilla Baasch Andersen; 18. Art. 27 CISG - UP - PECL Chengwei Liu; 19. Arts. 28, 46, 62 CISG - UP John Felemegas; 20. Art. 29 CISG - UP Sieg Eiselen; 21. Art. 35 CISG - UP - PECL René Franz Henschel; 22. Art. 37 CISG - UP Bertram Keller; 23. Arts. 47/49 CISG - UP Robert Koch; 24. Art. 48 CISG - UP Chris Kee; 25. Art. 55 CISG - UP Jumpita Ruangvichatron; 26. Arts. 63/64 CISG - UP Robert Koch; 27. Arts. 71/72 CISG - UP Sieg Eiselen; 28. Art. 74 CISG - UP Sieg Eiselen; 29. Art. 75 CISG - UP Bojidara Borisova; 30. Art. 76 CISG - UP Bruno Zeller; 31. Art. 77 CISG - UP Elisabeth Opie; 31. Art. 78 CISG - UP Sieg Eiselen; 32. Art. 79 CISG - UP Alejandro M. Garro; 33. Art. 80 CISG - UP Friederike Schäfer; 34. Arts. 81/82 CISG - UP Florian Mohs; Part III. CISG-PECL Comparative Editorials: 35. Art. 6 CISG - PECL Ulrich G. Schroeter; 36. Art. 7 CISG - PECL John Felemegas; 37. Art. 8 CISG - PECL Maja Stanivukovic; 38. Art. 9 CISG - PECL Anja Carlsen; 39. Art. 10 CISG - PECL Allison Butler; 40. Art. 11 CISG - PECL Allison Butler; 41. Art. 13 CISG - PECL Ulrich G. Schroeter; 42. Art. 14 CISG - PECL Predrag Cvetkovic; 43. Art. 16 CISG - PECL Orkun Akseli; 44. Art. 17 CISG - PECL Cecilia Carrara and Joachim A. Kuckenburg; 45. Art. 18 CISG - PECL Cecilia Carrara and Joachim A. Kuckenburg; 46. Art. 19 CISG - PECL Pilar Perales Viscasillas; 47. Art. 20 CISG - PECL John Felemegas; 48. Art. 21 CISG - PECL John Felemegas; 49. Art. 23 CISG - PECL Pilar Perales Viscasillas; 50. Art. 25 CISG - PECL Hossam El-Saghir; 51. Arts. 28/62 CISG - PECL Jarno Vanto; 52. Art. 29 CISG - PECL Sieg Eiselen; 53. Arts. 31/57 CISG - PECL Chengwei Liu; 54. Arts. 33/52(1) CISG - PECL Colin Ying; 55. Arts. 45/61 CISG - PECL Chengwei Liu; 56. Art. 46 CISG - PECL Jarno Vanto; 57. Arts. 47/49(1)(b) CISG - PECL Bruno Zeller; 58. Art. 48 CISG - PECL Jonathan Yovel; 59. Art. 49 CISG - PECL Jonathan Yovel; 60. Art. 50 CISG - PECL Jarno Vanto; 61. Arts. 51/73 CISG - PECL Chris Kee; 62. Art. 55 CISG - PECL Andrea Vincze; 63. Art. 58 CISG - PECL John Felemegas; 64. Arts. 63/64(1)(b) CISG - PECL Bruno Zeller; 65. Art. 64 CISG - PECL Jonathan Yovel; 66. Art. 65 CISG - PECL Andrea Charters; 67. Arts. 71/72 CISG - PECL Sieg Eiselen; 68. Art. 74 CISG - PECL Philipp Hoettler and Friedrich Blasé; 69. Art. 75 CISG - PECL Bojidara Borisova; 70. Art. 76 CISG - PECL Jonathan Yovel; 71. Art. 77 CISG - PECL Bruno Zeller; 72. Arts. 78/84(1) CISG - PECL Francesco G. Mazzotta; 73. Art. 79 CISG - PECL Dionysios P. Flambouras; 74. Art. 80 CISG - PECL Allison Butler; 75. Art. 81 CISG - PECL Francesco G. Mazzotta; 76. Art. 82 CISG - PECL Francesco G. Mazzotta; 77. Arts. 85, 86, 87, 88 CISG - PECL Francesco G. Mazzotta.

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.