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Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of International Sales Law

Edited by: Franco Ferrari, Marco Torsello

ISBN13: 9781035313730
To be Published: March 2026
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Harback
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In this Concise Encyclopedia, leading academics and practitioners provide an overview of international sales law as created by the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). With over 120 easily-navigable entries, the Encyclopedia presents an essential examination of key topics in this field.

With references to case law from multiple jurisdictions and arbitral tribunals, this is an incisive and invaluable resource for students, academics and legal professionals interested in international commercial law, trade law and public international law.

Key Features:

  • Succinct bibliographies to guide further reading
  • Entries organized alphabetically for ease of navigation
  • Over 120 entries written by expert international academics and practitioners
  • Highlights recent trends and developments in case law across global jurisdictions
  • A concise overview of key and emerging topics in the field of international sales law

Subjects:
Commercial Law
Contents:
Preface xi
1. Acceptance, definition, manners for indicating acceptance 1
Franco Ferrari
2. Acceptance, effectiveness and conclusion of the contract 4
Franco Ferrari
3. Acceptance, time for, and late acceptance 7
Franco Ferrari
4. Acceptance with modifications 10
Franco Ferrari
5. Accounting of benefits from the goods by the buyer 13
Tobias Lutzi
6. Additional period of time for performance, period fixed by the buyer 15
Peter Huber
7. Additional period of time for performance, period fixed by the seller 19
Sebastian Omlor
8. Anticipatory breach, general rule 22
Tim Dornis
9. Anticipatory breach, notice requirement and exceptions to it 24
Tim Dornis
10. Applicability of the CISG in arbitration 26
Franco Ferrari
11. Applicability of the CISG in Non-Contracting States 29
12. Arbitration agreement and applicability of the CISG 30
Marco Torsello
13. Autonomous application of the CISG 34
14. Avoidance of the contract, buyer’s inability to return goods in same condition 35
Tobias Lutzi
15. Avoidance of the contract, buyer’s right to avoid, period of time for declaration of avoidance 38
Marco Torsello
16. Avoidance of the contract, buyer’s right to avoid, prerequisites 40
Marco Torsello
17. Avoidance of the contract, effects 44
Tim Dornis
18. Avoidance of the contract, instalment contracts, future instalments 46
Tim Dornis
19. Avoidance of the contract, instalment contracts, instalments already delivered 48
Tim Dornis
20. Avoidance of the contract, restitution in case of performance 50
Tim Dornis
21. Avoidance of the contract, seller’s loss of its right to declare avoidance 53
Sebastian Omlor
22. Avoidance of the contract, seller’s right to avoid, prerequisites 55
Sebastian Omlor
23. Buyer’s obligations, obligation to preserve the goods 58
Tobias Lutzi
24. Buyer’s obligations, paying the purchase price and taking delivery of the goods 60
Petra Butler
25. Buyer’s obligations, payment of price 63
Marco Torsello
26. Buyer’s remedies, damages and remedies 66
Peter Huber
27. Buyer’s remedies, general overview and prerequisites 67
Peter Huber
28. Buyer’s remedies, partial delivery or partial non-conformity 70
Marco Torsello
29. Buyer’s remedies, reduction of price 73
Marco Torsello
30. Buyer’s remedies, right to compel specific performance 76
Peter Huber
31. Buyer’s remedies, right to request substitute goods 80
Peter Huber
32. Buyer’s remedies, right to require remedy by repair 84
Peter Huber
33. Buyer’s remedies, risk passing rules and seller’s fundamental breach 87
Tim Dornis
34. Conflict of conventions 89
Franco Ferrari
35. Conflict of laws application of the CISG 91
36. Conformity of goods, contractual requirements 92
Stefan Kröll
37. Conformity of goods, exclusion of seller’s liability in cases of delivery of goods lacking objective requirements 96
Stefan Kröll
38. Conformity of goods, objective requirements 99
Stefan Kröll
39. Conformity of goods, relevant time at which goods have to be in conformity 104
Stefan Kröll
40. Damages, calculation based on current price in case of lack of substitute transaction 108
Ben Köhler
41. Damages, calculation of damages 111
Ben Köhler
42. Damages, damages in case of avoidance and substitute transaction 114
Ben Köhler
43. Damages, heads of damages 117
Ben Köhler
44. Damages, limitations on damages 120
Ben Köhler
45. Damages, mitigation of damages 122
Ben Köhler
46. Damages, purpose, availability, and conditions 125
Ben Köhler
47. Date and time of delivery 128
Urs Peter Gruber
48. Delay and error in communications 131
49. Delivery of excess quantity 132
Petra Butler
50. Direct application of the CISG 134
Franco Ferrari
51. Early delivery of goods 137
Petra Butler
52. Economic hardship 139
Yeşim M. Atamer
53. Effectiveness of declarations 141
Franco Ferrari
54. Emergency sale 144
Tobias Lutzi
55. Examination of goods, contracts involving carriage 146
Stefan Kröll and Almira Wissenberg
56. Examination of goods, redirection in transit and redispatch by the buyer 148
Stefan Kröll and Almira Wissenberg
57. Examination of goods, scope and extent 151
Stefan Kröll and Almira Wissenberg
58. Examination of goods, time period and place of examination 155
Stefan Kröll and Almira Wissenberg
59. Exception to the buyer’s loss of right to rely on non-conformity 159
Niccolò Landi
60. Exclusion and derogation 162
Franco Ferrari
61. Excuse for failure to give proper notice 166
Niccolò Landi
62. Exemption from liability, breach caused by the obligee 169
Yeşim M. Atamer
63. Exemption from liability, consequences 173
Yeşim M. Atamer
64. Exemption from liability, exemption for conduct of a third person 175
Yeşim M. Atamer
65. Exemption from liability, general prerequisites 178
Yeşim M. Atamer
66. Final provisions 182
Franco Ferrari
67. Form requirements and the effect of an Article 96 reservation 185
Marco Torsello
68. Form requirements in general 188
Marco Torsello
69. Formation of the contract, general observations 191
Franco Ferrari
70. Fundamental breach 194
Franco Ferrari
71. Gap-filling and general principles 198
Franco Ferrari
72. Goods 201
73. Indirect application of the CISG 202
Franco Ferrari
74. Interest on sums in arrears, general rule 205
Franco Ferrari
75. Interest on sums in arrears, interest on purchase price 209
Tobias Lutzi
76. International sphere of application 211
Franco Ferrari
77. Interpretation of statements and other conduct 214
Franco Ferrari
78. Interpretation of the CISG 218
Franco Ferrari
79. Mixed contracts 222
80. Modification of contract and writing requirements 223
Marco Torsello
81. No period of grace in case of remedy for breach of contract 225
Peter Huber
82. Notice of avoidance 226
Marco Torsello
83. Notice of lack of conformity, cut-off period 229
Niccolò Landi
84. Notice of lack of conformity, time and specificity requirements 232
Niccolò Landi
85. Notice of third-party right or claim 235
Niccolò Landi
86. Obligation to preserve and deposit goods in a warehouse 238
Tobias Lutzi
87. Offer, effectiveness, withdrawal, revocation, rejection 239
Franco Ferrari
88. Offer, requirements 242
Franco Ferrari
89. Opting in to CISG 245
90. Passing of risk, buyer’s price risk 246
Tim Dornis
91. Passing of risk, contracts involving carriage 250
Tim Dornis
92. Passing of risk, goods sold in transit 253
Tim Dornis
93. Passing of risk, residual rules 255
Tim Dornis
94. Place of business, multiple places of business, lack of place
of business 257
95. Place of delivery 258
Urs Peter Gruber
96. Practices established between the parties and usages 261
Franco Ferrari
97. Purchase price, determination of the purchase price 264
Petra Butler
98. Purchase price, payment without request by the buyer 267
Petra Butler
99. Purchase price, place of payment 269
Petra Butler
100. Purchase price, time of payment 271
Petra Butler
101. Reservations, Article 95 274
102. Reservations, Articles 92–94 275
Tobias Lutzi
103. Right to cure, seller’s cure after date of performance 277
Peter Huber
104. Right to cure, seller’s delivery of goods prior to date for delivery 281
Peter Huber
105. Right to cure, seller’s notification of willingness to cure and effects on the buyer 284
Peter Huber
106. Right to suspend performance, lapse of the right to suspend performance, and provision of adequate assurance of performance 287
Tim Dornis
107. Right to suspend performance, prerequisites 289
Tim Dornis
108. Right to suspend performance, seller’s right of stoppage 292
Tim Dornis
109. Scope of application 294
Ben Köhler
110. Self-help sale 298
Tobias Lutzi
111. Seller’s obligations, main obligations 301
Urs Peter Gruber
112. Seller’s obligations, obligation to conclude contracts necessary for transport of the goods 304
Urs Peter Gruber
113. Seller’s obligations, obligation to deliver goods free from third-party rights or claims based on intellectual property
rights 306
Marco Torsello
114. Seller’s obligations, obligation to deliver goods free from third-party rights or claims in general 309
Franco Ferrari
115. Seller’s obligations, obligation to give notice of consignment 312
Urs Peter Gruber
116. Seller’s obligations, obligation to hand over documents relating to the goods 315
Urs Peter Gruber
117. Seller’s obligations, obligation to preserve the goods 318
Tobias Lutzi
118. Seller’s obligations, obligation to provide information regarding insurance 321
Urs Peter Gruber
119. Seller’s remedies, general overview, and prerequisites 323
Petra Butler
120. Seller’s remedies, right to compel specific performance 325
Petra Butler
121. Specific performance, law of the forum 327
Marco Torsello
122. Specification of the goods 331
Sebastian Omlor
123. Substantive sphere of application, mixed contracts 333
Franco Ferrari
124. Substantive sphere of application, sale contracts, goods 336
Franco Ferrari
125. Usages 339