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Cases and case translations added to database in October 2008
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NETHERLANDS 15 October 2008 Rechtsbank [District Court] Rotterdam (Ibromar B.V. v. Krustanord S.A.). Arts. 38, 61, 64

NETHERLANDS 15 October 2008 Rechtsbank [District Court] Rotterdam (Eyroflam S.A. v. P.C.C. Rotterdam B.V.). Arts. 35, 74, 78

NETHERLANDS 14 October 2008 Gerechtshof [Appellate Court] Arnhem (Hoogenboom BVBA v. Njmegen B.V.). Art. 8

NETHERLANDS 7 October 2008 Gerechtshof [Appellate Court] Arnhem (Arens Sondermachinen GmbH v. Smit Draad / Draad Nijmegen B.V.). Arts. 3, 8, 25, 26, 35, 47, 48, 49

NETHERLANDS 9 July 2008 Rechtsbank [District Court] Maastricht (Agristo N.V. v. Macces Agri B.V.). Art. 79 [translation added]

FRANCE 27 May 2008 Cour d'appel [Appellate Court] Rennes (Brassiere cups case). Arts. 18, 19, 23, 26, 35, 39, 45, 47 49, 74, 75, 77 [translation added]

SLOVAK REPUBLIC 7 November 2007 District Court Bratislava. Art. 62 [translation added]

SLOVAK REPUBLIC 25 October 2007 Regional Court [District Court] Zilina (Elastic fitness clothing case). Arts. 9, 11, 25, 26, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 49, 78, 82 [translation added]

NETHERLANDS 18 July 2007 Rechtsbank [District Court] Utrecht (Prodema S.A. v. Michon B.V.). Arts. 25, 39, 49, 71 [translation added]

GERMANY 11 June 2007 Oberlandesgericht [Appellate Court] Dresden (Airbags case). Arts. 11, 14, 18, 31 [translation added]

EGYPT 18 September 2006 Ad hoc arbitration at Egyptian National Commitee for International Chambers of Commerce, Cairo (Electronic scales case)

EGYPT 11 April 2006 Court of Cassation [Supreme Court] (Marble case). Arts. 7, 11, 13

EGYPT 16 January 2005 Alexandria Center for International Arbitration (Semi-dried dates case). Arts. 53, 74, 75 [translation added]

ARGENTINA 2 July 2003 Commercial Court of Original Jurisdiction, Buenos Aires (Arbatax S.A. Reorganization Proceeding), Arts. 4, 7, 9, 54 [translation added]

SWITZERLAND 11 February 2003 Handelsgericht [Commercial Court] St. Gallen (Audio CD case). Arts. 6, 38, 39, 40, 44, 57, 58, 59, 63, 78 [translation added]

GERMANY 8 March 1995 Oberlandesgericht [Appellate Court] München (Copper and nickel electrolyte cathodes case). Arts. 11, 14, 18, 23, 53, 62, 92 [translation added]


Texts of commentaries added to database in October 2008

DEL DUCA, Louis F. / KRITZER, Albert H. / NAGEL, Daniel

2008. Achieving Optimal Use of Harmonization Techniques in an Increasingly Interrelated Twenty-First Century World. Consumer Sales: Moving the EU Harmonization Process to a Global Plane, 41 Uniform Commercial Code Law Journal (2008) 51-65

EL SAGHIR, Hossam [Egypt]

2008. The Interpretation of the CISG in the Arab World, in: Janssen / Meyer, eds., CISG Methodology, Selier: Munich (2008)

RAMBERG, Jan [Sweden]

2008. A Review of Albert H. Kritzer et al., International Contract Manual (Thomson Reuters/West 2008) 77-80

SAIDOV, Djakhongir [Uzbekistan]

2008. Foreseeability of Damages, excerpt from Saidov, The Law of Damages in International Sales: The CISG and other International Instruments, Hart Publishing (2008) Chapter 5, pp. 101-123

SAIDOV, Djakhongir / CUNNINGTON, Ralph

2008. Current Themes in the Law of Contract Damages: Introductory Remarks, excerpt from Saidov / Cunnington, eds., Contract Damages: Domestic and International Perspectives, Hart Publishing (2008) 532 p., introductory material at 1-32

SPAGNOLO, Lisa

2008. Opening Pandora's Box: Good Faith and Precontractual Liability in the CISG, 21 Temple International & Comparative Law Journal (2008) 261-310

THANG, Tran Quoc [Viet Nam]

2004. Passing of Property Under Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: Should the CISG Regulate the Transfer of Property?, Thesis, University of Durham (2004)

WALT, Steven [U.S.]

2002. Implementing CISG's Scope Provisions: Validity and Three-Party Cases, 35 Uniform Commercial Code Law Journal (2002) 43-62


Citations added to database bibliography in October 2008

AUGUST, Ray

2004. International Business Law: Text, Cases, and Readings, 4th ed., Pearson Prentice Hall (2004) [CISG reviewed in Chapter 10: Sales (535-592)]

BAMBERGER, Heinz Georg / ROTH, Herbert / GRUBER

2008. Buchbesprechung - Kommentar zum Burgerlichen Gesetzbuch [ - in German], Band 1, 1-610, CISG, 2. Aufl., in: Zeitschrift für das gesamte Familienrecht, 55, no. 7 (2008) 668

BENEDICK, Gilles

2008. Die Informationspflichten im UN-Kaufrecht (CISG) und ihr Verletzung: Unter Berücksichtigung des Zusammenspiels mit dem nationalen schweizerischen Recht [ - in German], Sellier European Law Publishers (October 2008) 366 p.

BONELL, Michael Joachim [Italy]

2006. Un "codice" internazionale del diritto del contratti [ - in Italian], 2d ed., Giuffrè: Milano (2006)

BONELL, Michael Joachim [Italy]

2007. Towards a Legislative Codification of the UNIDROIT Principles?, Uniform Law Review (2007) 233-245

CARETTE, Nicholas

2008. Direct Contractual Claim of the Sub-buyer and International Sale of Goods: Applicable Law and Applicability of the CISG, 16 European review of private law, no. 4 (2008) 583

COMAIR-OBEID, Nayla [Lebanon]

2006. Recovery of damages for breach of an obligation of payment, in: Yves Derains / Richard H. Kreindler, ed., Evaluation of Damages in International Arbitration, ICC Publication No. 668 (2006) 133-164

DEL DUCA, Louis F. / KRITZER, Albert H. / NAGEL, Daniel

2008. Achieving Optimal Use of Harmonization Techniques in an Increasingly Interrelated Twenty-First Century World. Consumer Sales: Moving the EU Harmonization Process to a Global Plane, 41 Uniform Commercial Code Law Journal (2008) 51-65

DERAINS, Yves [France] / KREINDLER, Richard H. [U.S.] ed.

2006. Evaluation of Damages in International Arbitration, ICC Publication No. 668 (2006) 273 p. [papers by Nayla Comair-Obeid, Paul-A Gélinas, Bernard Hanotiau, Alexander S. Komarov, Serge Lazareff, Jan Paulsson, Hugo Perezcano Diaz, Mr. Justice Vivian Ramsey, Yasuhei Taniguchi, Henry Weisburg / Christopher M. Ryan, Jacques Werner]

DI MAJO, Adolfo [Italy]

2007. Adempimento e risarcimento nelia prospettiva dei rimedi [ - in Italian],

Europa e diritto privato (1/2007) 1-18

DONONI, V.

2007. Il diritto del commercio [ - in Italian], Edizioni Sciientifiche Italiane (2007) 493 p.

FERRARI, Franco / KIENINGER / MANKOWSKI / OTTO / SAENGER / STAUDINGER / RAUSCHER

2008. Internationales Vertragsrecht, EGBGB, CISG, CMR, FactU, 61 Neue juristische Wochenschrift, no. 5 (2008) 278

FISCHER, Reinhard

2008. Vor- und Nachteile des Ausschlusses des UN-Kaufrechts aus Sicht des deutschen Exporters rechtsvergleichende Betrachtung der Verkäuferrisiken nach BGB und CISG unter Berücksichtigung jeweiliger Haftungsausschlus- und Haftungsbegrenzungsmöglichkeiten [ - in German], Thesis Köln Univ., Hamburg: Kovac (2008)

FONTAINE, Marcel [Belgium]

2007. Les Principes d'UNIDROIT et la protection de la partie faible [The UNIDROIT Principles and the protection of the weaker party - in French], in: Boele-Woelki / Grosheide eds., The Future of European Contract Law, Liber Amicorum E.H. Hondius, Kluwer Law International (2007) 183-194

GÉLINAS, Paul-A.

2006. General characteristics of recoverable damages in international arbitration, in: Yves Derains / Richard H. Kreindler, ed., Evaluation of Damages in International Arbitration, ICC Publication No. 668 (2006) 11-33

HANOTIAU, Bernard [Belgium]

2006. The parties costs of arbitration, in: Yves Derains / Richard H. Kreindler, ed., Evaluation of Damages in International Arbitration, ICC Publication No. 668 (2006) 213-224

HOGG, James F. / BISHOP, Carter G. / BARNHIZER, Daniel D.

2008.Contracts: Cases and theory of contractual obligation: Selected rules for contracts, Thomson / West (2008)

KOMAROV, Alexander S. [Russia]

2006. Mitigation of damages in international arbitration, in: Yves Derains / Richard H. Kreindler, ed., Evaluation of Damages in International Arbitration, ICC Publication No. 668 (2006) 11-36

KOZIOL, G.

2008. Sprachliche Aspekte der Auslegung von internationalen Rechtstexten. Am Beispiel der Principles of European Tort Law [ - in German], Juristische Blätter (2008) 230-241

KRÄTZSCHMAR, Tobias

2008. Öffentlichrechtliche Beschaffenheitsvorgaben und Vertragsmässigkeit der Ware im UN-Kaufrecht (CISG) [ - in German], Sellier European Law Publishers (October 2008) 202 p.

LU Song

2007. Award of Interest in Arbitration under Article 78 CISG, Uniform Law Review (2007) 719-732

MAGNUS, Ulrich [Germany]

2007. Das Recht der vertraglichen Leistungsstörungen und der Common Frame of Reference [ - in German], Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht (1/2007) 260-279

MEYER, Olaf

2007. Principles of Contract Law und nationales Vertragsrecht. Chancen und Wege für eine Internationalisierung der rechtsanwendung [ - in German], Nomos (2007) 373 p.

MINEIRO, Michael C. [U.S.]

2008. CISG and the Final Frontier: Contracting for the International Sale of Goods that Originate from, Are Delivered to, or Transit through Outer Space and the Passage of Risk of Loss (August 2008)

MOOTZ, Francis J, III [U.S.]

2008. After the Battle of the Forms: Commercial Contracting in the Electronic Age, 4 I/S A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society (Summer 2008) 271-343

OSER, D.

2008. The UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts; A Governing Law?, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers (2008) 184 p.

PAULSSON, Jan

2006. The expectation model, in: Yves Derains / Richard H. Kreindler, ed., Evaluation of Damages in International Arbitration, ICC Publication No. 668 (2006) 57-78

PEREZCANO DIAZ, Hugo [Mexico]

2006. Damages in investor-state arbitration: applicable law and burden of proof, in: Yves Derains / Richard H. Kreindler, ed., Evaluation of Damages in International Arbitration, ICC Publication No. 668 (2006) 113-132

RAMSEY, Vivian [United Kingdom]

2006. Problems of delay and disruption damages in international construction arbitration, in: Yves Derains / Richard H. Kreindler, ed., Evaluation of Damages in International Arbitration, ICC Publication No. 668 (2006) 193-212

REBMANN, Kurt / SÄCKER, Franz Jürgen et al., eds.

2008. Münchner Kommentar zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuch 3 Schuldrecht, Besonderer Teil [1] 433-610: Finanzierungsleasing, Heizkosten V, Betriebskosten V, CISG [ - in German], Müchen: Beck (2008)

SAIDOV, Djakhongir [Uzbekistan]

2008. Foreseeability of Damages, excerpt from Saidov, The Law of Damages in International Sales: The CISG and other International Instruments, Hart Publishing (2008) Chapter 5, pp. 101-123

SAIDOV, Djakhongir [Uzbekistan]

2008. The law of damages in the international sale of goods: The CISG and other international instruments, Oxford: Hart (2008) 322 p.

SCHLECHTRIEM, Peter [Germany]

2006. Nacherfüllung und Lieferzeitpunks - zur Aufhebung von CISG-Kaufverträgen weben vertragswidriger Beschaffenheit der Ware [ - in German], in: Theodor Baums / Johannes Wertenbruch ed., Festschrift für Ulrich Huber zum siebzigsten Geburtstag (2006) 563-574, available on the Internet courtesy of the CISG-online.ch website <http://www.cisg-online.ch/cisg/Nacherfuellung&Lieferzeitpunkt.pdf>

SCHLECHTRIEM, Peter [Germany]

2006. Verfahrenskosten als Schaden in Anwendung des UN-Kaufrechts [Attorneys' fees and Article 74 CISG - in German], Internationales Handelsrecht (2/2006) 49-53, available on the Internet courtesy of the CISG-online.ch website <http://www.cisg-online.ch/cisg/schlechtriem_ihr_2_2006.pdf>

SCHLECHTRIEM, Peter [Germany]

2006. Damages, avoidance of the contract and performance interest under the CISG (2006) 15 p.

SCHLECHTRIEM, Peter [Germany]

2007. Calculation of damages in the event of anticipatory breach under the CISG (2007) 14 p.

SCHMIDT-KESSEL, Martin [Germany]

2008. III Entscheidungen- Kollisiionsrechtliche Behandlung der Einbeziehung Allgemeiner Geschaftsbedingungen unter dem CISG, Entscheidung des niederlandischen Hoge Raad vom 28. Januar 2005 [ - in German], 16 Zeitschrift für europäisches Privatrecht, no. 3 (2008) 505

SPAGNOLO, Lisa

2008. Opening Pandora's Box: Good Faith and Precontractual Liability in the CISG, 21 Temple International & Comparative Law Journal (2008) 261-310

TANIGUCHI, Yasuhei [Japan]

2006. The obligation to mitigate damages, in: Yves Derains / Richard H. Kreindler, ed., Evaluation of Damages in International Arbitration, ICC Publication No. 668 (2006) 79-99

TESCARO, M.

2007. Il concorso tra i rimedi contrattuali di cui alla Convenzione di Vienna sulla vendita internazionale di beni mobile (CISG) e i rimedi domestici [ - in Italian], in: Contratto e impresa / Europa a cura di F. Galgano e M. Binn, pub. semestrale, anno XII, n. 1 (gennaio - giugno 2007) 319-341

THANG, Tran Quoc [Viet Nam]

2004. Passing of Property Under Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: Should the CISG Regulate the Transfer of Property?, Thesis, University of Durham (2004)

WEISBURG, Henry / RYAN, Christopher [U.S.]

2006. Means to be made whole: damages in the context of international investment arbitration, in: Yves Derains / Richard H. Kreindler, ed., Evaluation of Damages in International Arbitration, ICC Publication No. 668 (2006) 165-191

WERNER, Jacques [Switzerland]

2006. Punitive and exemplary damages in international arbitration, in: Yves Derains / Richard H. Kreindler, ed., Evaluation of Damages in International Arbitration, ICC Publication No. 668 (2006) 101-111

BENEDICK, Gilles

2008. Die Informationspflichten im UN-Kaufrecht (CISG) und ihr Verletzung: Unter Berücksichtigung des Zusammenspiels mit dem nationalen schweizerischen Recht [ - in German], Sellier European Law Publishers (October 2008) 366 p.

KRÄTZSCHMAR, Tobias

2008. Öffentlichrechtliche Beschaffenheitsvorgaben und Vertragsmässigkeit der Ware im UN-Kaufrecht (CISG) [ - in German], Sellier European Law Publishers (October 2008) 202 p.

WALT, Steven [U.S.]

2002. Implementing CISG's Scope Provisions: Validity and Three-Party Cases, 35 Uniform Commercial Code Law Journal (2002) 43-62

WEST, Glenn D. / DURAN, Sara G. [U.S.]

2008. Reassessing the "Consequences" of Consequential Damage Waivers in Acquisition Agreements, 63 Business Lawyer (May 2008) 777-807

WHITLOCK, Alicia Jurney / ABBEY, Boris S. [U.S.]

2008. Who's Afraid of the CISG? Why North Carolina Practitioners Should Learn a Thing or Two about the 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, 30 Campbell Law Review (2008) 275-295


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