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MAA seminar announcement

The Willem C. Vis Moot Alumni Association (MAA) announces a seminar on Issues on the CISG Horizon.

   -    Date: 2 April 2009;
   -    Location: Vienna.

The Conference is in Honour of Peter Schlechtriem (1933-2007). It will feature presentations by Camilla Baasch Andersen, Franco Ferrari, Harry Flechtner, Lorraine de Germiny, John Gotanda, Pascal Hachem, Peter Huber, Joshua Karton, Albert Kritzer, Djakhongir Saidov, Ulrich Schroeter, Ingeborg Schwenzer, and Lisa Spagnolo.

Cases and case translations added to database in February 2009
[new material identified in red]

ITALY 16 February 2009 Tribunale di Forli [District Court] (Officine Maraldi S.p.A. v. Intessa BCI S.p.A. et al.). Arts. 3, 30, 35, 38, 39, 46, 53

NETHERLANDS 11 February 2009 Rechtsbank [District Court] Arnhem. Arts. 6, 9, 38, 39

NETHERLANDS 21 January 2009 Rechtsbank [District Court] Rotterdam (Sleeping Europe B.V. v. Calesco Foil A.B.). Arts. 7(2), 74, 78

NETHERLANDS 16 January 2009 Rechtsbank [District Court] Breda (Firm of Greece v. Ed Fruit & Vegatables BV). Arts. 6, 7, 11, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 44, 74, 78

SWITZERLAND 16 December 2008 Bundesgerichtshof [Supreme Court]. Arts. 2, 3, 66, 67

SWITZERLAND 26 November 2008 Handelsgericht [Commercial Court] Aargau (Fruit and vegetables case). Arts. 4, 8, 39, 58, 59, 78

SWITZERLAND 19 May 2008 Cour supreme du canton [Appellate Court] Berne. Arts. 4, 6, 9, 10, 29, 31, 34, 57

AUSTRIA 8 May 2008 Oberster Gerichtshof [Supreme Court] Vienna (Poppy seed case). Arts. 39 [translation added]

SWITZERLAND 5 February 2008 Handelsgericht [Commercial Court] Aargau (Fruit and vegetables case). Arts. 8, 57

GERMANY 21 November 2007 Oberlandesgericht [Appellate Court] Koblenz (Shoes case). Arts. 25, 26, 35, 39, 47, 49, 51, 53, 81 [translation added]

SWITZERLAND 20 September 2007 Handelsgericht [Commercial Court] Aargau (Die-cutting tools case). Arts. 3, 6

SWITZERLAND 19 June 2007 Handelsgericht [Commercial Court] Aargau (Railway rails case). Arts. 4, 7, 14, 18, 53. 74, 78

BRAZIL 24 April 2008 Appellate Court São Paulo (Mortgage loan case). Art. 72

BRAZIL 3 July 2007 Appellate Court São Paulo (Gas station fuel case). Art. 77

POLAND 11 May 2007 Supreme Court (Shoe leather case). Arts. 7, 25, 35, 46, 49, 71, 80 [translation added]

AUSTRIA 3 May 2007 Handelsgericht [Commercial Court] Vienna (Poppy seed case). Arts. 7, 11, 39, 50, 74, 78 [translation added]

SWITZERLAND 12 May 2006 Court de justice [Appellate Court] Genève (Office furniture case). Arts. 4, 7, 8, 53, 59, 62, 78 [translation added]

SERBIA 9 May 2003 Foreign Trade Court of Arbitration, Yugoslav Chamber of Commerce (Equipment installation case). Art. 3 [translation added]

SERBIA 10 May 2002 Foreign Trade Court of Arbitration, Yugoslav Chamber of Commerce (Zinc coated tin case). Arts. 25, 30, 49 [abstract added]

BELGIUM 10 July 2001 Rechtbank van Koophandel [Commercial Court] Oudenaarde (Textile case). Arts. 14, 18, 19, 23, 33, 78 [translation added]

NORWAY 28 May 2001 Court of Appeal Bogarting (Tramcars case). Arts. [-]

NORWAY 3 September 1999 Court of Appeal Halogaland (Dried fish case). Arts. [-]

Texts of commentaries added to database in February 2009

ANDERSEN, Camilla Baasch [Denmark]

2008. General Principles of the CISG - Generally Impenetrable?, in: Camilla B. Andersen / Ulrich G. Schroeter eds., Sharing International Law across National Boundaries: Festschrift for Albert H. Kritzer on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday, Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing (2008) 13-33

BERGSTEN, Eric E. [U.S.]

2008. Amending the Contract: Article 29 CISG, in: Camilla B. Andersen / Ulrich G. Schroeter eds., Sharing International Law across National Boundaries: Festschrift for Albert H. Kritzer on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday, Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing (2008) 48-61

BRIDGE, Michael [United Kingdom]

2008. The Transfer of Risk under the UN Sales Convention (CISG), in: Camilla B. Andersen / Ulrich G. Schroeter eds., Sharing International Law across National Boundaries: Festschrift for Albert H. Kritzer on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday, Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing (2008) 77-105

CISG-ADVISORY COUNCIL: Opinion no. 8

2008. Calculation of Damages under CISG Articles 75 and 76 (15 November 2008). Rapporteur: Professor John Y. Gotanda. Opinion unanimously adopted by the CISG-AC: Eric E. Bergsten (Chair); Michael Joachim Bonell, Michael G. Bridge, Alejandro M. Garro, Roy M. Goode, John Y. Gotanda, Sergei N. Lebedev, Pilar Perales Viscasillas, Jan Ramberg, Ingeborg Schwenzer, Hiroo Sono, Claude Witz (Members); Sieg Eiselen (Secretary)

CISG-ADVISORY COUNCIL: Opinion no. 9

2008. Consequences of Avoidance of the Contract (15 November 2008). Rapporteur: Professor Michael G. Bridge. Opinion unanimously adopted by the CISG-AC: Eric E. Bergsten (Chair); Michael Joachim Bonell, Michael G. Bridge, Alejandro M. Garro, Roy M. Goode, John Y. Gotanda, Sergei N. Lebedev, Pilar Perales Viscasillas, Jan Ramberg, Ingeborg Schwenzer, Hiroo Sono, Claude Witz (Members); Sieg Eiselen (Secretary)

DOLGANOVA, Ioula / BOFF LORENZEN, Marcelo [Brazil]

2008. The Brazilian Adhesion to the 1980 UN Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (December 2008)

MAGNUS, Ulrich [Germany]

2003. Action Plan for a European Contract Law: European Contract Law and the CISG <http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/cons_int/safe_shop/fair_bus_pract/cont_law/stakeholders/5-35.pdf>

MAZZACANO, Peter [Canada]

2008. Harmonizing values, not laws: The CISG and the benefits of a neo-realist perspective, Nordic Journal of Commercial Law (1:2008) 34 p., available online at <http://www.njcl.fi/1_2008/article1.pdf>

RACZYNSKA, Magdalena

2007. Recoverability of the buyer's lost resale profit under CISG, Nordic Journal of Commercial Law (2:2007) 10 p., available online at <http://www.njcl.fi/1_2007/article2.pdf>

SCHLECHTRIEM, Peter [Germany]

2008. Opting out of Merger and Form Clauses under the CISG - Second thoughts on YeeVee Toons, Inc. & Steve Gottlieb, Inc. v. Gerhard Schubert GmbH, in: Camilla B. Andersen / Ulrich G. Schroeter eds., Sharing International Law across National Boundaries: Festschrift for Albert H. Kritzer on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday, Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing (2008) 416-424

Citations being added to database bibliography

BRUNNER, Christoph

2009. Force Majeure and Hardship under General Contract Principles: Exemption for Non-Performance in International Arbitration, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (2009) 573 p.

DE LY, Filip J.M. [Netherlands]

2008. Concluding Remarks, in: F. De Ly / L. Levy eds., Dossier of the ICC Institute of World Business Law: Interest, Auxiliary and Alternative Remedies in International Arbitration (2008) 237-245 [Discussion of: Party autonomy, Remedies and applicable law, Arbitrator autonomy]

DROZ, J.

2007. La livraison d'un allud est-elle une contravention essentielle au sens de l'article 35 de la Convention de Vienne sur la vente internationale de merchandises? [ - in French], in: Chappuis C. / Foëx B / T.K. Graziano, eds., L'harmonisation internationale du droit, Genève: Schulthess (2007) 209-221

GIARDINA, Andrea [Italy]

2008. Issues of Applicable Law and Uniform Law on Interest: Basic Distinctions in National and International Practice, in: F. De Ly / L. Levy eds., Dossier of the ICC Institute of World Business Law: Interest, Auxiliary and Alternative Remedies in International Arbitration (2008) 131-160

GILLETTE, Clayton P. / WALT, Steven D. [U.S.]

2008. Sales Law - Domestic and International, Foundation Press, 2d ed. (2008) 535 p. [compares the UCC and the CISG]

HEUTGER, Viola [Netherlands]

2007. Ein gemeineuropaisches Kaufrecht: Vision oder nahe Zukunft? [Uniform Sales Law: vision or near future? - in German], Frankfurt am Main: P. Lang (2007) 258 p. (Salzburger Studien zum europäischen Privat recht, Bd. 22) [includes bibliographical references at 244-258

RAMBERG, Christina Hultmark [Sweden]

2005. E- Commerce, in: ICC Bulletin: Special Supplement 2005: UNIDROIT Principles: New Developments and Applications, pp. 51-56

SCHLECHTRIEM, Peter / BUTLER, Petra

2009. UN Law on International Sales: The UN Convention on the International Sale of Goods, Springer (2009) 333 p.

SECOMB, Matthew

2004. Interest in ICC Arbitral Awards: Introduction and Commentary, in: ICC Bulletin. Vol. 15, No. 1 (2004) 53-62

VIKTOROVA, N.N.

2007. [Establishing peculiarities of additional performance liability deadlines under contracts for international sale of goods - in Russian], Private International Law Journal, Moscow (2007) 55:1

WITZ, Claude [France]

2009. L'essor de la convention de Vienne en Asie [The CISG in Asia - in French], Recueil Dalloz, No. 4 (29 January 2009) 280

van ZELST, Bastiaan

2008. The Politics of European Sales Law: A Legal-Political Inquiry into the Drafting of the Uniform Commercial Code, the Vienna Sales Convention, the Dutch Civil Code and the European Consumer Sales Directive in the Context of the Europeanization of Contract Law, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (2008) 261 p.


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