Ferrari, Franco, 'What Sources of Law for Contracts for the International Sale of Goods?

United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)

In international sales law, the obligation is found in Article 35(2)(b) of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.

Convention relating to a Uniform Law on the Formation of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (The Hague, 1964)

His father, Gyula Eörsi was a law professor, an author of several books and a major contributor to UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.

According to Article 35(2)(a) of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, a seller must provide goods fit for their ordinary purpose.

In addition there are 6 international instruments or conventions which are applicable for international dealings, such as the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.

United States Department of Commerce, 'The U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods' http://www.osec.doc.gov/ogc/occic/cisg.htm at 22 December 2007.

Rossett, Arthur, 'Critical Reflections on the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods' (1984) 45 Ohio State Law Journal 265.

He was a member of the German delegation at the Diplomatic Conference in Vienna that adopted the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods in 1980.

The Unified Agenda and the official English text of the 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, which became effective January 1, 1988, are included.

Sharma, Rajeev, 'The United Nations Convention On Contracts For The International Sale of Goods: The Canadian Experience' (2005) 36 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 847.

Also part of the Global Sales Law Project is the leading commentary on the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG), edited by Ingeborg Schwenzer.

The Universal Commercial Code (UCC) and United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods(CISG)each have their own official standards for how to determine partial versus total integration.

These changes are intended to make the UCC provision more similar to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, and to clear up any ambiguities that may exist as to whether a firm offer may be made electronically.

There is thus a fundamental distinction, both in objectives and in the character of the content, between, say, the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods on the one hand and the EEC Directive on Consumer Credit on the other.

Article 2 had some influence on the drafting of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG), though the end result departed from the UCC in many respects (such as refusing to adopt the mailbox rule).

Although there are conceptual difficulties in reconciling the common law of contract with the civil law of obligations, we already have models for a universal law of contract - see the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods as but one example.