Commentary on the UN Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG)

This work contains a commentary on the United Nations Uniform Sales Law which has been enacted by more than 60 countries, including many EU states, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and China. The first edition has become an important source of guidance on the Convention, being frequently cited by courts and tribunals all over the world. As with the first, the second edition will assist practitioners and scholars in their understanding of the impact of the CISG on modern domestic laws and on the unification of parts of the law of international commerce. The work contains a comparative analysis of relevant decisions by courts and arbitration tribunals and commentary on the application of the Convention. In addition to a general update, the second edition includes an index of cases and coverage of Part II of the UNIDROIT Principles.

Peter Schlechtriem is a Professor at the Institute of German and International Private Law, University of Freiburg.
Ingeborg Schwenzer is Professor of Law at the University of Basel.