WELCOME to the International Trade database produced by the Pace Law School Institute of International Commercial Law and the Pace Law Library! This database focuses on the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (the "CISG").

DATABASE DIRECTORY

• CISG: Table of Contents of English text article by article, with links to each article, from which links to legislative history and other materials on each article can be found.
• Countries that have adopted the CISG: Map; List of Contracting States with effective dates, declarations and reservations; Creation of the CISG, current status and future trends.
• CISG: Searchable full text in English and other official and unofficial languages.
• INTRODUCTIONS to the CISG from common law and civil law perspectives.
• CASE LAW: Case presentations, search form to find abstracts and full texts of CISG cases, with links to commentaries [partly complete].
• UNCITRAL OUTLINE: Searchable detailed outline of all key issues addressed by the CISG, displayed by article and sub-article.
• BIBLIOGRAPHY on the CISG with links to selected articles and case commentaries.
• Antecedents to the CISG: ULIS and ULF material relevant to the CISG.
• About the Institute of International Commercial Law: objectives; other CISG learning events: Moot in Vienna, CISG essay contest.
• Descriptors: thesaurus of international trade key word terms useful for searching CISG materials. Multi-lingual [not yet available].
• About this database, about colleagues and institutions who help produce it, and their homepages. Invitation to participate.
• Register with Pace Institute of International Commercial Law for information bulletins. Send us your comments and suggestions.
• Copyright; How to cite this material.
• Links to other international trade databases.

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