Conformity of Goods and Documents: The Vienna Sales Convention

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This book provides a detailed examination of the issue of conformity of goods and documents under the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 1980 (CISG). This issue lies at the heart of sales law and is one of the most frequently litigated. The book explores: the Conventions requirements as to quality, quantity, description and packaging of the goods (conformity); the requirements flowing from the need for the goods to be free from rights or claims of third parties; and the questions of what documents the seller must deliver to the buyer and what constitutes a good document under the CISG. The book engages extensively with a substantial body of cases decided under the CISG and academic commentary. It systematises the Conventions experience to date with a view to turning it into an integrated, comprehensive and distinctive CISG legal regime on conformity of goods and documents. The analysis is comparative and draws on the experience of some major domestic legal systems, such as English and US law. The focus is both analytical and practical. The book will be of interest to legal practitioners, academic lawyers and students with an interest in international and comparative sales, commercial and contract law.

Reviews

This is an interesting and useful monograph based on a broad and comparative research. The text is thoughtfully structured and clearly presented; it is both easy to use and to follow the text expounded and reasoning of the author, who is clearly a specialist in the field. * Journal of International Maritime Law *
The book is an extremely useful resource.The author's experience in this area of law is evident in his ability to explain and answer contentious.questions of law. This book serves its purpose well through a concise, yet detailed and informative approach. -- Teressa Maines * International Trade and Business Law Review *
A reference book for commercial lawyers and students of the CISG that provides a useful in-depth analysis of a limited set of CISG articles It is clearly written and well organised so that a reader can go to a particular subtopic quickly. -- Howard Hunter * Journal of Contract Law *

Author Bio

Dr Djakhongir Saidov is Chair in Commercial Law at Kings College London.