Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2024
Journal Title
Business Lawyer
ISSN
0007-6899
Abstract
This survey article discusses cases during the prior year, which are decided based on one or more provisions of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). The CISG is a United Nations treaty that provides a uniform international sales law. It was adopted in Vienna in 1980 and went into effect in 1988. The CISG governs contracts for the international sale of goods between businesses located in different countries that have ratified the treaty. It has been adopted by 95+ countries, including major trading nations like the United States, China, and most European countries. The CISG governs unless the parties expressly contract otherwise. It governs contract formation, obligations of buyers and sellers, remedies for breach, and passing of risk. It doesn't apply to consumer sales, services contracts, or certain excluded goods like ships or aircraft. This year’s survey includes cases discussing: (1) the applicability of the CISG, (2) the CISG’s preemption of certain tort claims, (3) contract formation, (4) the lack of a formal statute of frauds writing requirement, (5) contract interpretation, (6) conformity of goods, (7) breach of contract, (8) recovery of attorney’s fees, and (9) recovery of prejudgment interest.
First Page
1297
Last Page
1308
Num Pages
12
Volume Number
79
Issue Number
4
Publisher
American Bar Association
Rights
© 2024 Wayne Barnes & the American Bar Association. Published in The Business Lawyer, Vol. 79, No. 4, 2024, by the American Bar Association. Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved. This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association or the copyright holder.
Recommended Citation
Wayne R. Barnes,
CISG,
79
Bus. Law.
1297
(2024).
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