This book brings together the top international sales law scholars from twentythree
countries to review the Convention on Contracts for International Sale of
Goods (CISG) and its role in the unification of global sales law at present and into
the future. The book covers three general research methodologies: (1) doctrinal or
descriptive, (2) theoretical, and (3) practical. In the area of doctrinal–descriptive
analysis, the substance of CISG rules is reviewed and alternative interpretations
of those rules are analyzed. A comparative analysis is given of how numerous
countries have accepted, interpreted, and applied the CISG. Theoretical insights
are offered into the problems of uniform laws, the CISG’s role in bridging the gap
between the common and civil legal traditions, and the debate over the proper
role of good faith in CISG jurisprudence. The practitioner perspective argues
that the CISG should be viewed as a tool for furthering the interests of business
clients.
The book includes a review of the case law relating to the interpretation and
application of the provisions of the CISG; analyzes how the CISG has been
recognized and implemented by national courts, as well as arbitral tribunals;
offers insights into the problems of uniformity of application of an international
sales convention; compares the CISG with the English Sale of Goods Act and
places the CISG in the context of other texts of UNCITRAL; and analyzes
the CISG from the practitioner’s perspective, including how to use the CISG
proactively.
Larry A.DiMatteo is the Huber Hurst Professor of Contract Law and Legal Studies
at the Warrington College of Business Administration and Affiliate Professor at
the Levin College of Law at the University of Florida. He is the author or
editor of more than seventy scholarly publications including International Sales
Law: A Critical Analysis of the CISG (2005) and Commercial Contract Law:
Transatlantic Perspectives (2013). Professor DiMatteo obtained his J.D. from
Cornell Law School, LL.M. from Harvard Law School, and Ph.D. in Business
and Commercial Law from Monash University.