Not Running Wild with the CISG
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Not Running Wild with the CISG. / Lookofsky, Joseph.
In: Journal of Law & Commerce, Vol. 29, No. 2, 2011, p. 141-169.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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T1 - Not Running Wild with the CISG
AU - Lookofsky, Joseph
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Now in effect in more than 75 States, the Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods (CISG) provides the contractual gap-filling regime for countless cross-border transactions each year. But prevalence is not necessarily a compelling success standard, and the Convention has been subjected to considerable criticism, not only because key treaty rules are susceptible to more than one reasonable interpretation, but also because courts and academics have adopted inconsistent positions on the very scope of the treaty: (e.g.) does the CISG regulate "hardship"? To illustrate the nature and complexity of such problems and the range of possible solutions, and to counter the positions taken by academics who adopt an "expansionist" approach, the author explores recent CISG decisions rendered by the Supreme Court of Israel and the Cour de cassion of Belgium.
AB - Now in effect in more than 75 States, the Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods (CISG) provides the contractual gap-filling regime for countless cross-border transactions each year. But prevalence is not necessarily a compelling success standard, and the Convention has been subjected to considerable criticism, not only because key treaty rules are susceptible to more than one reasonable interpretation, but also because courts and academics have adopted inconsistent positions on the very scope of the treaty: (e.g.) does the CISG regulate "hardship"? To illustrate the nature and complexity of such problems and the range of possible solutions, and to counter the positions taken by academics who adopt an "expansionist" approach, the author explores recent CISG decisions rendered by the Supreme Court of Israel and the Cour de cassion of Belgium.
KW - Faculty of Law
KW - international sales
M3 - Journal article
VL - 29
SP - 141
EP - 169
JO - Journal of Law & Commerce
JF - Journal of Law & Commerce
SN - 0733-2491
IS - 2
ER -
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