Introductions to the CISG [1]
Primers on the CISG from common law and civil law perspectives
An overlay
- The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is an overlay; it sits a top the national sales code or sales law of each country that has adopted it. In most cases, this is a domestic regime that is either civil law or common law -- cultures that have at times approached sales law challenges somewhat differently. How does the CISG sit a top different civil law and common law regimes? For an introduction to that, go to: Ulrich Drobnig, General Principles of European Contract Law, in: Sarcevic & Volken ed., International Sale of Goods: Dubrovnik Lectures, Oceana (1986) 305-332 [2]. His paper also helps us understand how some of the CISG's conflict-compromises came about.
- CISG textbook (2007) [3]
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Yearbook of CISG cases: 2000 - 2014 (Archived CISG Database Information) [4]
Visualizing CISG
COVID19 and the CISG
Force Majeure and Hardship in the Age of Corona: A Historical and Comparative Study (2020) [6]
COVID-19: Force Majeure under the CISG (2020) [7]
CISG hardship exemption in the time of COVID-19 [8] (2020)
The Effects of COVID-19 on International Contracts: A Comparative Overview (2020) [9]
Hardship Within the Scope of CISG (2020) [10]
Example of disputes arising due to COVID19: US (2021) [12]; Belgium AstraZeneca (2021) [13]; Netherlands (2021) [14]
2019 Commentary
- Brunner & Gottlieb: Commentary on the UN Sales Law (CISG) [15]
- Schwenzer, Fountoulakis & Mariel, International Sales Law: A Guide to the CISG [16]
- CISG: Then and Now — What Is Next?: Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: A Multidisciplinary Perspective [17]
CISG and Tech Related Matters
- What does the CISG have to say about smart contracts?: a legal analysis [18]
- The Vienna Convention on International Sales of Goods and the Bitcoin [19]
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The CISG and Libra: A Monetary Revolution for International Commercial Transactions? [20]
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To Boldly Go, Part II: Data as the CISG's Next (But Probably Not Final) Frontier [22]
UCC and CISG
Recent CIETAC Analysis (2019)
A view from South Africa
- Analysis by Sieg Eiselen of South Africa [26]. Analysis of: The need for unification of international sales law; Development of the CISG; Other methods to achieve legal unification or solve problems of international sales; The case for adoption; The case against adoption; Experience with the CISG thus far.
A view on Turkey- U.S. Contracts
Other analyses
- The Vienna Sales Convention and the Lex Mercatoria: [28] a good overview of the CISG prepared by a leading French authority. For another civil law perspective, see Silvia Ferreri, 25 Journal of Law and Commerce (2005-2006) 223-239 [29]
- What is the Convention about and how does it impact upon English lawyers? For a superb introduction to this subject, see Barry Nicholas, The Vienna Convention on International Sales Law. 103 Law Quarterly Review (1989) 201-243 [30]
- A brief overview of the CISG: Explanatory Note by the UNCITRAL Secretariat on the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods [31]
- A report on the CISG prepared by the Law Commission of New Zealand [32]: an especially good general introduction to the CISG for persons from common law jurisdictions
- Analyse de Dispositions de la C.V.I.M. du Point de Vue du Droit Civil Québécois [33]: [French text] prepared for the Uniform Law Conference of Canada.
- Uniform Sales Law - The Experience with Uniform Sales Laws in the Federal Republic of Germany [34], [35] prepared by the editor of Germany's leading text on the CISG.
- Checklist on the CISG [36]: adapted excerpt from 1994 Guide to Practical Applications of the Untited Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
- The Uniform International Sales Law, in: Dalhuisen on International Commercial, Financial and Trade Law, Hart Publishing (2007) 400-330 [37]
- Analysis from a Provincial Common Law Perspective: [38]also prepared by the Uniform Law Conference of Canada; in addition to comparisons of the CISG with Canadian law, includes many comparisons with the UCC and with common law sales rules in general.
- An introduction to the CISG: La Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Contratos de Compraventa Internacional de Mercaderías [39]: [Spanish text] prepared by the authors of Argentina's leading text on the CISG.
- Luke Nottage, Who's Afraid of the Vienna Sales Convention (CISG)? A New Zealander's View from Australia and Japan, Victoria University of Wellington Law Review (2005/4) 815-845 [40]
Seminal text
- For a seminal text on the CISG prepared by the individual we regard as Europe's leading authority on the subject, go to: Peter Schlechtriem, Uniform Sales Law: The UN-Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, Vienna: Manz (1986) 120 pages. [41]
Other primers on the CISG have been prepared by law revision commissions or authorities from many countries. For citations to them, see the Bibliography on the CISG [42].