Recently added cases, case translations and commentaries
[New material added in July 2009]
Cases and case translations added to database in July 2009
[new material identified in red]
NETHERLANDS 8 July 2009 Rechtbank [District Court] 's-Gravenhage (Fruitpartner BV v. Helfer Overseas Fruit Distributor SA). Arts. 38, 39
UNITED STATES 7 July 2009 Federal District Court [Wisconsin] (Amit Israeli v. Gallina). Art. 4
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SWITZERLAND 18 May 2009 Bundesgerichtshof [Federal Supreme Court] (Packaging machine case). Arts. 3, 4, 8, 35, 39, 49, 77, 82, 84
FRANCE 3 February 2009 Cour de cassation [Supreme Court] (Aerosol paints case). Arts. 39(2), 40 [translation added]
- Key issues addressed in this newly translated case
HUNGARY 5 December 2008 Judicial Board of Szeged [Appellate Court] (Wine case). Arts. 38, 39 [translation added]
- Key issues addressed in this newly reported case
SLOVAK REPUBLIC 3 November 2008 Regional Court [Appellate Court] in Nitra (Barrels for fizzy drinks case). Art. 39 [translation added]
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NETHERLANDS 15 October 2008 Rechtbank [District Court] Rotterdam (Fire resistant paint case). Arts. 6, 35, 74, 78 [abstract added]
- Key issues addressed in this newly abstracted case
NETHERLANDS 14 October 2008 Gerechtshof [Appellate Court] Arnhem (Hoogenboom BVBA v. Nijmegen B.V.). Art. 8 [abstract added]
- Key issues addressed in this newly abstracted case
NETHERLANDS 7 October 2008 Gerechtshof [Appellate Court] Arnhem (Arens Sondermaschinen GmbH v. Smit Draad et al.). Arts. 3, 8, 25, 26, 35, 47, 48, 49 [abstract added]
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CHILE 22 September 2008 Supreme Court (Jorge Plaza Oviedo v. Sociedad Agricola). Arts. 6, 45, 46, 52 [translation added]
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NETHERLANDS 27 February 2008 Rechtbank [District Court] Zutphen (Fruit case). Arts. 7, 36, 38, 39, 50, 69, 74, 78 [abstract added]
- Key issues addressed in this newly abstracted case
HUNGARY 22 November 2007 Judicial Board of Szeged [Appellate Court] (Clothing case). Arts. 62, 74, 78 [translation added]
- Key issues addressed in this newly reported case
CHINA October 2007 CIETAC Arbitration Award [CISG 2007/03] (CD-R and DVD-R production line systems case). Arts. 26, 63, 72, 73,
74, 75, 76, 80, 84, 87 [translation added]
- Key issues addressed in this newly reported case
FRANCE 27 September 2007 Cour d'appel [Appellate Court] Amiens (Aerosol paints case). Arts. 39(2) [translation added]
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SLOVAK REPUBLIC 17 September 2007 Regional Court [Appellate Court] in Nitra (Round wafers case). Arts. 18, 23, 74 [translation added]
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HUNGARY 6 June 2007 Congrád County Court (Clothing case). Arts. 7, 11, 23, 58, 59, 62, 71, 78 [translation added]
- Key issues addressed in this newly reported case
SLOVAK REPUBLIC 28 May 2007 Regional Court [Appellate Court] in Kosice (Mitsubishi automobile case). Arts. 25, 49 [translation added]
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CHINA 14 February 2007 CIETAC Arbitration Award [CISG 2007/02] (Bellows forming machine case). Arts. 35, 80 [translation added]
- Key issues addressed in this newly reported case
FRANCE 19 December 2006 Cour d'appel [Appellate Court] Rouen (Société Agrico v. Société SIAC). Arts. 4, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40
CHINA November 2006 CIETAC Arbitration Award [CISG 2006/12] (Monkfish case). Art. 53 [translation added]
SLOVAK REPUBLIC 3 October 2006 District Court in Nitra (African ostrich case). Art. 39 [translation added]
- Key issues addressed in this newly reported case
CHINA September 2006 CIETAC Arbitration Award [CISG 2006/08] (Air purifier case). Arts. 4, 8, 77, 85, 86, 88 [translation added]
- Key issues addressed in this newly reported case
CHINA September 2006 CIETAC Arbitration Award [CISG 2006/09] (Apparel case). Arts. 30, 33, 45, 74, 81 [translation added]
- Key issues addressed in this newly reported case
CHINA September 2006 CIETAC Arbitration Award [CISG 2006/10] (Printing machine case). Arts. 71, 80 [translation added]
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CHINA August 2006 CIETAC Arbitration Award [CISG 2006/13] (Chilling press case). Arts. 25, 35, 39, 49, 73, 74, 81, 84 [translation added]
- Key issues addressed in this newly reported case
CHINA July 2006 CIETAC Arbitration Award [CISG 2006/11] (Marble and granite case). Arts. 30, 53, 78 [translation in process]
CHINA June 2006 CIETAC Arbitration Award [CISG 2006/07] (Concentrated fruit juice case). Arts. 53, 62 [translation added]
SLOVAK REPUBLIC 26 May 2006 Supreme Court (Wafers case). Arts. 14, 18, 23, 31, 74, 77, 85, 88 [translation added]
- Key issues addressed in this newly reported case
SLOVENIA 14 December 2005 Higher Court [Appellate Court] Lujubljana (Door and door jamb case). Arts. 7, 25, 40, 74, 78, 81, 88 [translation added]
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FRANCE 13 October 2005 Cour d'appel [Appellate Court] Versailles (Caterpillar toys case). Arts. 4, 7, 35, 39, 74 [translation added]
- Key issues addressed in this newly translated case
SLOVAK REPUBLIC 28 February 2001 Supreme Court (Machinery case). Arts. [-] [translation added]
GERMANY 23 October 2000 Oberlandesgericht [Appellate Court] Dresden (Powdered milk case). Arts. 6, 19, 35, 36, 38, 39, 45, 74, 77, 78, 79 [translation added]
- Key issues addressed in this newly translated case
SLOVENIA 13 October 1999 Higher Court [Appellate Court] Lujubljana (Dryers case). Arts. 35, 39 [translation added]
SLOVENIA 8 April 1998 Supreme Court (Caprolactum case). Art. 4 [translation added]
- Key issues addressed in this newly reported case
ARGENTINA 6 October 1994 Juzgado Nacional de Primera Instancia [Commercial Court of First Instance] (Bermatex S.r.l. v. Valentin Rius) Arts. 6, 9, 78 [translation added]
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SLOVENIA 4 May 1993 Higher Court [Appellate Court] Koper. Art. 91 [translation added]
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Texts of commentaries added to database in July 2009
BANAKIS, Stathis
2009. Liability for Contractual Negotiations in English Law: Looking for the Litmus Test (13
February 2009), InDret Revista Para El Analisis del Derecho (Barcelona), Vol. 1, 2009. Available
at SSRN <http://ssrn.com/abstract=1368208> 21 p. [full text may be downloaded]
CROSS, Karen Halverson
2007. Parol Evidence Under the CISG: The "Homeward Trend" Reconsidered, 68 Ohio State
Law Journal (2007) 133-160. Available at SSRN <http://ssrn.com/abstract=917904> [full text
may be downloaded]
CUNIBERTI, Gilles
2006. Is the CISG Benefiting Anybody?, 39 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law (November
2006) 1511-1550. Available at SSRN <http://ssrn.com/abstract=1045121> [full text may be
downloaded]
FITZGERALD, Peter L. [U.S.]
2008. The International Contracting Practices Survey Project: An Empirical Study of the Value and
Utility of the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG) and the
UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts to Practitioners, Jurists and Legal
Academics in the United States, 27 Journal of Law and Commerce (2008) 1-111. Available at
SSRN <http://ssrn.com/abstract=1127382> [full text may be downloaded]
GILLETTE, Clayton P. [U.S.]
2004. The Law Merchant in the Modern Age: Institutional Design and International Usages Under
the CISG, 5 Chicago Journal of International Law (Summer 2004) 157-179. Available at SSRN
<http://ssrn.com/abstract=485263> [full text may be downloaded]
KATZ, Avery W. [U.S.]
2004. The Relative Costs of Incorporating Trade Usage into Domestic versus International Sales
Contracts, 5 Chicago Journal of International Law (Summer 2004) 181-190. Available at SSRN
<http://ssrn.com/abstract=510462> [full text may be downloaded]
KRAUS, Jody S. / SCOTT, Robert [U.S.]
2009. Contract Design and the Structure of Contractual Intent (June 2009), University of Virginia
Legal Working Paper Series, University of Virginia John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics
Working Paper Series, Working Paper 58 <http://law.bepress.com/uvalwps/olin/art58> 75 p.
[forthcoming: 84 N.Y.U. L. Rev. (Oct 2009)]
KRUISINGA, Sonja A. [Netherlands]
2009. The Impact of Uniform Law on National Law: Limits and Possibilities - CISG and its
Incidence in Dutch Law, 13.2 Electronic Journal of Comparative Law (May 2009)
<http://www.ejcl.org/132/art132-2.pdf>
LAZIC, Vesna
2009. The Impact of Uniform Law on National Law: Limits and Possibilities - Commercial
Arbitration in the Netherlands, 13.2 Electronic Journal of Comparative Law (May 2009)
<http://www.ejcl.org/132/art132-3.pdf>
LI Grace
2008. The PRC Contract Law and Its Unique Notion of Subrogation, 4 Journal of International Commercial Law and Technology (1/2009) 12-21
MARTIN, Charles H. [U.S.]
2005. The UNCITRAL Electronic Convention: Will it be Used or Avoided?, 17 Pace International
Law Review (Fall 2005) 261-300. Available at SSRN <http://ssrn.com/abstract=893927> [full
text may be downloaded]
NOTTAGE, Luke R.
2006. The Procedural Lex Mercatoria: The Past Present and Future of International Commercial
Arbitration (December 2006) Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 06/51; CDAMS
Discussion Paper No. 031E, 36 p. Available at SSRN <http://ssrn.com/abstract=838028> [full
text may be downloaded]
NOTTAGE, Luke R.
2007. Changing Contract Lenses: Unexpected Supervening Events in English, New Zealand, U.S.
Japanese, and International Sales Law and Practice, 14 Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
(2/2007) 385-418. Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 08/25. Available at SSRN
<http://ssrn.com/abstract=1105240> [full text may be downloaded]
POSNER, Richard A. [U.S.]
2009. Let Us Never Blame a Contract Breaker, 107 Michigan Law Review (June 2009) 1349-1363 [contrasts common law and civil law approaches]
PRIBETIC, Antonin I. [Canada]
2006. Arbitration and Fraudulent Misrepresentation: Another Canadian court overlooks the CISG
[Case comment on Sonox Sia c. Albury Grain Sales Inc.], The Globetrotter, Ontario Bar
Association - International Law Section Newsletter, Vol. 10, No. 3. (January 2006). Available
at SSRN <http://ssrn.com/abstract=877203> [full text may be downloaded]
SPAGNOLO, Lisa
2009. The Last Outpost: Automatic CISG Opt Outs, Misapplications and the Costs of Ignoring the Vienna Sales Convention for Australian Lawyers, 10 Melbourne Journal of International Law (2009) 141-216
WALT, Steven [U.S.]
2009. Penalty Clauses and Liquidated Damages (June 2009), University of Virginia Legal Working
Paper Series, University of Virginia John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics Working Paper
Series, Working Paper 57 <http://law.bepress.com/uvalwps/olin/art57> [forthcoming:
Encyclopedia of Law and Economics (2nd edition) 2009]
Citations to be added to database bibliography
BIJL, Maartje [Netherlands]
2009. Fundamental Breach in Documentary Sales Contracts: The Doctrine of Strict Compliance
and the Underlying Sales Contract, European Journal of Commercial Contract Law, Vol. 1, No.
1 (May 2009) 19-28
BACH, Ivo [Germany]
2009. Neure Rechtsprechung zum UN-Kaufrecht [Recent developments in CISG case law in
German], Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (4/2009)
CARVALHO, Marina Amaral Egydio de
2008. Contrato de compra e venda internacional e o transporte maritime [Sales contract and
international shipping - in Portuguese], Revist autor, São Paulo (1 July 2008)
DORIS, Martin J.
2008. Dispute Avoidance and European Contract Law: Dealing with divergence, Gronigen: Europa
Law Publishing, European Studies in Private Law, Vol. 2 (2008) 259 p.
ECKERT, H. -W /MAIFELD, J. / MATTHIESSEN, M.
2007. Handbuch des Kaufrechts: Der Kaufvertrag nach Bürgerlichem Recht, Handelsrecht und
UN-Kaufrecht [Handbook of sales law: The sales contract under civil law, commercial law and
the UN Sales Convention (1980) - in German], München: Verlag C.H. Beck (2007) 482 p.
EIDENMÜLLER, Horst / FAUST, Florian / GRIGOLEIT, Hans Christoph / JANSEN, Nils / WAGNER, Gerhard / ZIMMERMAN, Reinhard
2008. Der Gemeinsame Referenzrahmen für das Europäische Privatrecht [ - in German], Juristenzeitung (2008) 529 et seq.
HONNOLD, John O. / FLECHTNER, Harry M. [U.S.]
2009. Uniform Law for International Sales under the 1980 United Nations Convention, 4th revised
edition, Kluwer Law International (July 2009) 748 p. [revised edition prepared by Harry M.
Flechtner]
KATO, R
2009. [Contract liability under the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of
Goods: Regarding fundamental breach under article 25 - in Japanese], Kokusai Shoji Homu:
Tokyo (2009) 37:6:405-436
MOSS, Giuditta Cordero
2009. The "Troika" and its effects on the harmonization of contract law - illustrated by the duty
of good faith between the parties, Transnational Dispute Management 6;1 (2009)
MUES, Martin
2009. Ergänzungen und Modifikationen des deutschen Kaufrecht zum UN-Kaufrechts [ - in
German], Thesis: Hamburg Univ (2008), Hamburg: Kovac (2009) 513 p.
SCHAPPAIS, J.
2009. Using the new international sales rules: Some practical tips for avoiding common traps of the
CISG, New Hampshire Business Review (27 February 2009)
SCHWENZER, Ingeborg
2009. Wider perspective: Force majeure and hardship in International Sales Contracts 39 Victoria
University of Wellington Law Review (April 2009) 4:709-726
SPOORENBERG, Frank / FELLRATH, Isabelle
2009. Offsetting loses and profits in case of breach of commercial sales / purchase agreements
under Swiss law and the Vienna Convention on the International Sale of Goods, Praxis des
Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (4/2009)