International sales law : a global challenge / edited by Larry A. DiMatteo

Contents: Part I: History of and researching the CISG: 1. Global challenge of international sales law / L. A. DiMatteo
2. History of the CISG and its present status / V. Rogers and K. Lai
3. The CISG: divergences between success-scarcity and theory-practice / O. Meyer
4. CISG sources and researching the CISG / M. S. Newman
5. Reducing legal babelism: CISG translation issues / C. M. Germain
6. The CISG in national courts / C. Baasch Andersen
Part II: Interpretation and use of the CISG: 7. Interpretive methodologies in the interpretation of the CISG / L. A. DiMatteo and A. Janssen
8. Divergent interpretations: reasons and solutions / I. Schwenzer
9. Good faith principle: vexata quaestio / F. G. Mazzotta
10. The CISG and international arbitration / A. Janssen and M. Spilker
11. The CISG as soft law and choice of law: gōjū ryū? / L. Spagnolo
Part III: Interpreting the CISG's substantive provisions: 12. Contract formation under the CISG: the need for a reform / M. M. Fogt
13. The CISG and the battle of the forms / B. Zeller
14. Conformity of goods: inspection and notice / H. M. Fletcher
15. Interpreting fundamental breach / A. Spaic
Part IV: Remedies and damages: 16. Remedies: damages, price reduction, avoidance, mitigation, and preservation / U. Magnus
17. Litigation costs as reimbursable damages / B. Piltz
18. Excuse of impediment and its usefulness / M. Davies
Part V: Country analyses: Europe: 19. The CISG in Austria / W. Faber
20. Baltic States, Belarus, and Ukraine / T. Klimas
21. French perspective of the CISG / S. Poillot-Peruzzetto
22. German country analysis: good faith, formation, and conformity of goods / S. Kröll
23. German country analysis: part II / S. Kiene
24. Italy / E. Ferrante
25. The Nordic countries / J. Ramberg
26. The CISG in Southeastern Europe / M. Djordjević and V. Pavić
27. Spain / P. Perales Viscasillas and J. S. Álvarez
28. Switzerland / C. Widmer Lüchinger
29. The Netherlands / S. A. Kruisinga
Part VI: A world view of the CISG: 30. The CISG in Islamic Countries: the case of Egypt / H. A. El-Saghir
31. Israel / Y. Adar
32. New Zealand / P. Butler
33. People's Republic of China / Li Wei
34. The United States and Canada / R. W. Emerson and A. M. Olazábal
35. Central and South America / V. G. Maurer
36. The CISG across national legal systems / L. A. DiMatteo
Part VII: Theoretical insights: 37. Problems of uniform laws / J. M. Smits
38. The CISG as bridge between common and civil law / S. Eiselen
39. Precontractual liability and preliminary agreements / M. Torsello
Part VIII: Practitioner's perspective: 40. Empirical evidence of courts' and counsels' approach to the CISG (with some remarks on professional liability) / U. G. Schroeter
41. The CISG and English sales law: an unfair competition / Qi Zhou
42. The CISG in context of complementary texts / L. G. Castellani
43. Soft laws as models for the improvement of the CISG / O. Lando
44. Using the CISG proactively / H. Haapio
45. Future challenges of international sales law / L. A. DiMatteo.