Cases and case translations added to database in November 2009
[new material identified in red]
UNITED STATES 29 October 2009 Federal District Court [Florida] (Banks Hardwoods Florida, LLC v. Iglesias S.A.). Arts. 25, 35 [Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment]
UNITED STATES 29 October 2009 Federal District Court [Florida] (Banks Hardwoods Florida, LLC v. Iglesias S.A.). Art. 35 [Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment]
UNITED STATES 26 October 2009 Federal District Court [California] (Rice Corporation v. Grain Board of Iraq et al.). Art. 4
- Key issues identified in this newly reported case
SWITZERLAND 17 August 2009 Handelsgericht [Commercial Court] Bern (Clothes and accessories case). Arts. 58, 78
GERMANY 7 April 2009 Landgericht [District Court] Potsdam (Pharmaceutical implements case). Arts. 11, 53, 74 [translation added]
- Key issues addressed in this newly translated case
GERMANY 2 April 2009 Oberlandesgericht [Appellate Court] Hamm. Arts. 2, 6, 10, 25, 35, 38, 39, 40, 49, 74, 81, 92, 94
SWITZERLAND 6 November 2008 Kantonsgericht [Canton Court] Glarus (Bags case). Arts. 25, 35, 38, 39, 78
GREECE 2009 Decision 8161/2009 of the Single-Member Court of First Instance of Athens (Mops case). Arts 25, 35, 38, 39, 45, 46, 49, 50, 74 [editorial analysis available]
GREECE 2008 Decision 43945/2007 of the Single-Member Court of First Instance of Thessalonika (Clothes case). Arts. 4, 7(2), 31, 45, 50, 51, 53, 58, 59, 66, 67, 68, 69, 74 [editorial analysis available]
- Key issues identified in this newly reported case
GREECE 2008 Decision 16319/2007 of the Single-Member Court of First Instance of Thessalonika (Tomatoes and lemons case). Arts. 4, 6, 18, 23, 31, 57 [editorial analysis available]
- Key issues identified in this newly reported case
GREECE 2008 Decision 520/2008 of the Court of Appeals of Piraeus (Private leisure boat case). Art. 2(a) and (e) [editorial analysis available]
- Key issues identified in this newly reported case
GREECE 2007 Decision 2923/2006 of the Court of Appeals of Thessalonika (Textiles case). Arts 3, 7, 45, 74, 81 [editorial analysis available]
GREECE 2006 Decision 63/2006 of the Court of Appeals of Lamia (Sunflower seed case case). Arts. 4, 6, 10, 30, 45, 46, 49, 50, 57, 62, 72, 74, 75, 77, 79 [editorial analysis available]
- Key issues identified in this newly reported case
GREECE 2006 Decision 4861/2006 of the Court of Appeals of Athens (Automobile catalyst case). Arts 4, 6, 12, 61, 62, 65, 74, 81 [editorial analysis available]
- Key issues in this newly reported case
GREECE 2003 Decision 14953/2003 of the Single-Member Court of First Instance of Thessalonika (Shock absorber case). Arts. 14, 25, 26, 38, 39, 45, 49, 50, 53, 59, 74, 81, 82, 99, 100 [editorial analysis available]
- Key issues identified in this newly reported case
ICC 2001 International Court of Arbitration Case 9771 (Commodity contract case). Arts. 7, 74, 78
GREECE 8 March 2000 Decision 1314/2000 of the Single-Member Court of First Instance of Athens (Tiles case). Arts 7, 31, 62, 78 [editorial analysis available]
- Key issues in this newly reported case
ICC 1998 International Court of Arbitration Case 9606 (Mechanical products case). Art. 6
ICC 1996 International Court of Arbitration Case 8501. Arts. 76, 79
ICC 1994 International Court of Arbitration Case 7585. Arts. 6, 25, 53. 54, 58, 63, 74, 78, 79, 84
ICC 1988 International Court of Arbitration Case 5346. Art. 9(2)
Texts of commentaries added to database in November 2009
FEJÖS, Andrea [Serbia]
2007. Battle of Forms under the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
(CISG): A Uniform Solution?, 11 Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and
Arbitration (1/2007) 113-129
FLECHTNER, Harry M. [U.S.]
2008. Issues Relating to the Applicability of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the
International Sale of Goods (CISG), U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008-07.
Material prepared for 4th edition of Honnold, Uniform International Sales under the United Nations
Convention, Kluwer (2009). Nineteen page text may be downloaded at
<http://ssrn.com/abstracts=1118118>
FLECHTNER, Harry M. [U.S.]
2008. Issues Relating to Exemption ("Force Majeure") under Article 79 of the United Nations
Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG), U. of Pittsburgh Legal
Studies Research Paper No. 2008-08. Material prepared for 4th edition of Honnold, Uniform
International Sales under the United Nations Convention, Kluwer (2009). Thirteen page text may
be downloaded at <http://ssrn.com/abstracts=1118124>
KLIMAS, Tadas
2008. [CISG: Convention for the International Sale of Goods - in Lithuanian], (7 January 2008).
Apskaitos, Audito ir Mokesciu Aktualijos (Accounting, Audit and Tax News), Vol. 7, No. 1, p.
481 (2008). Four page brief history and introduction to the CISG may be downloaded at
<http://ssrn.com/abstracts=1118124>
LESHEM, Shmuel / MILLER, Geoffrey P
2009. All-or-Nothing versus Proportionate Damages (April 2009) University of Southern
California Law and Economic Working Paper Series. Working Paper 90
<http://law.bepress.com/usclwps/lewps/art90> 35 p. + appendices
MALEY, Kristian
2009. The Limits to the Conformity of Goods in the United Nations Convention on Contracts for
the International Sale of Goods, 12 International Trade & Business Law Review (2009) 82-126
McCORMACK, Jacqueline [U.S.]
2009. Commercial Contracts in Muslim Countries of the Middle East: A Comparison with the United States (28 April 2009) available at <http://works.bepress.com/jacqueline_mccormack/1>
ÖJELID, Jonas [Sweden]
2009. Avtals uppkkomst i svensk rätt - avtalsgrundande rättsfakta i teori, praxis och praktik [Contract Formation in Swedish Law: Contractual Right, Theory and Practice - in Swedish], Thesis (2009), available online at <http://hdl.handle.net/2077/19723>
SAUMYA, Vishista
2008. UNIDROIT Principle for Interpreting Private Contracts (29 December 2008). Thirty-seven page text may be downloaded at <http://ssrn.com/abstracts=1438763>
SHULMAN, Mark / SINGH, Lachmi
2009. "The Diligent Will Be Shown the Path to Heaven" China's Implementation of the UN Sales Convention through Arbitral Tribunals (19 August 2009). Forthcoming in 48 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law (2/2010). Forty-four page text may be downloaded at <http://ssrn.com/abstracts=1457939>
Citations to be added to database bibliography
BÄLZ, M.
2009. Japans spatter Beitritt zum UN-Kaufrecht [Japan's late accession to the CISG - in
German], 73 Rabels Zeitschrift für ausändisches und internationals Privatrecht (4/2009) 683-702
van DANWITZ, Thomas / HABERSACK, Mathias / LORENZ, Stephan
2009. Aktuelle Entwicklungen im europäischen Verfassungs,- Wirtschafts- und Schuldrecht [ - in German], Jahrbuch für italienisches Recht, Bd. 21, Heidelberg: C.F.Müller (2009)
GROSS, Oren [U.S.]
2009. The International Sale of Goods Transaction through the Prism of United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) (Part I), West LegalEdCenter, Contract partner: University of Minnesota Law School, Online media presentation (type: video, audio), duration: 2 hours, 36 minutes (19 March 2009)
KOBAYASHI, Kazuhiro
2009. Kokusaikigyohoumu ni kansuru saikin no houkihan no douko: Wienbaibaijyoyaku,
kokusaisaibankankatsu, kongouhoujin (shiriizu kigyouhoumushinjidai [Outlook of current legal
norms concerning international corporate legal practices: Vienna Sales Convention, international
court jurisdiction and mixed corporates (New era of corporate legal practices) - in Japanese], 56
JCA Journal (May 2009) 22-31
METZGER, A.
2009. Die Haftung des Verkäufers für Rechtsmängel gemäss Artt. 41, 42 CISG [Warranties
against third party claims under arts. 41, 42 CISG - in German], 73 Rabels Zeitschrift für
ausländisches und internationals Privatrecht (4/2009) 842-865
ONUKU, Masaharu
2009. Kaigaihanbai-Dailitenkeiyaku no Jitsumu - Dai ni kai [Practices of Overseas Sales and
Agent Contracts - in Japanese], 56 JCA Journal (6/2009) 60-65
SATOSHI, Niibori
2009. Gurobaru Shotorihikiho Kakuron, Wien Baibai Joyaku go no Kokusai Shotorihiki-ho Toitsu
no Yukue, Joyaku kara Restatement he [Topics of global commercial law, harmonization of
international trade law after the United Nations Convention (1980): from treaty to restatement -
in Japanese], JCA Journal, pt. 5 in 56:3:56-61 (March 2009); pt. 6 in 56:4:58-63 (April 2009;
pt. 7 in 56:5:60-64 (May 2009); pt. 8 in 6:54-59 (June 2009; pt. 9 in 56:7:44-48 (July 2009); pt.
10 in 56:8:49-52 (August 2009); pt. 11 in 56:9:60-66
SAUMIER, G.
2007. International debt collection and the CISG, in: International commercial debt collection,
Toronto: Thomson Carswell (2007) 11-21
SOLORZANO, J.S.
2009. An uncertain penalty: A look at the international community's inability to harmonize the law
of liquidated damages and penalty clauses, 15 Law and Business Journal of the Americas (Fall
2009) 779 et seq.
TROIANO, Stefano
2009. To what extent can the notion of "reasonableness" help to harmonize European contract
law? Problems and prospects from a civil law perspective, 17 European Review of Private Law
(5/2009) 749-787