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PART I HISTORY OF AND RESEARCHING THE CISG |
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1 Global Challenge of International Sales Law |
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3 | (5) |
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3 | (3) |
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II Blueprint for a Conference and a Book |
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6 | (1) |
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7 | (1) |
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2 History of the CISG and Its Present Status |
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8 | (15) |
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8 | (1) |
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II Movement toward Uniform International Sales Law |
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8 | (4) |
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III Development of the CISG |
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12 | (3) |
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15 | (1) |
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15 | (3) |
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VI Impact of the CISG on National Law Reform |
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18 | (2) |
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VII Global Efforts to Promote the Adoption and Use of the CISG |
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20 | (2) |
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22 | (1) |
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3 The CISG: Divergences between Success-Scarcity-and Theory-Practice |
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23 | (2) |
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I The CISG: A Success Story |
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23 | (1) |
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II Measuring Success by the Numbers |
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24 | (1) |
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III "Quiet" Areas of the CISG |
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25 | (1) |
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A Theoretical Issues and Practical Significance |
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25 | (1) |
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1 Indirect Application of the CISG by Noncontracting States: Article 1(1)(b) |
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25 | (1) |
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2 Domestic Product Liability Law under CISG Article 5 |
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26 | (3) |
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B Derogation by the Parties |
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27 | (2) |
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C Divergence between Scholarship and Practice |
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29 | (1) |
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29 | (2) |
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31 | (2) |
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32 | (1) |
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1 Revocability of an Offer |
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33 | (1) |
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33 | (1) |
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3 Compromises and the Developing Countries |
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34 | (3) |
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E Part II Formation and Scarcity of Case Law |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (1) |
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4 CISG Sources and Researching the CISG |
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37 | (12) |
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37 | (1) |
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II Brief History of the CISG |
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38 | (1) |
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III Challenges in Researching the CISG and Its Uniform Application |
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39 | (1) |
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A Moving from "Homeward Trend" to Uniform Application |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (1) |
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IV Methodology for CISG Research |
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42 | (1) |
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V Leading Online Resources for CISG Research |
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43 | (1) |
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43 | (2) |
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B CISG Database, Pace University School of Law |
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45 | (2) |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (1) |
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49 | (1) |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (1) |
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50 | (1) |
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5 Reducing Legal Babelism: CISG Translation Issues |
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51 | (12) |
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51 | (1) |
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II Drafting Issues: Six Official Languages |
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52 | (1) |
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III Drafting Issues: Choice of Words and Neutral Language |
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53 | (3) |
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IV Interpretation and Homeward Trend |
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56 | (1) |
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V Solutions to Deal with Language and Translation Issues |
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57 | (1) |
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A International Sales Law Thesauri and Case Translations |
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58 | (1) |
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B Reading Foreign Decisions: French Cour de cassation |
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59 | (1) |
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C Role of Foreign Decisions and Scholarly Writings |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (1) |
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62 | (1) |
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6 The CISG in National Courts |
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63 | (16) |
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I Breadth of CISG Applications |
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63 | (1) |
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A Nonapplication of the CISG |
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63 | (1) |
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B National Application outside the Scope of the CISG |
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64 | (1) |
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II CISG Case Law: Uniform Law in National Courts |
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65 | (1) |
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A Understanding Uniformity |
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66 | (1) |
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B Textual Uniformity versus Applied Uniformity |
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66 | (1) |
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C The CISG and Uniformity |
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67 | (1) |
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III The CISG and Nonuniformity |
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67 | (1) |
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A Inadvertent "Homeward Trend" |
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68 | (1) |
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69 | (1) |
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IV Global Jurisconsultorium of the CISG |
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69 | (1) |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (1) |
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C Global Jurisconsultorium: The CISG in National Courts |
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72 | (2) |
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V Criteria for Judging CISG Case Law |
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74 | (1) |
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VI Future of the Jurisconsultorium |
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75 | (4) |
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PART II INTERPRETATION AND USE OF THE CISG |
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7 Interpretive Methodologies in the Interpretation of the CISG |
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79 | (23) |
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79 | (1) |
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II Traditional National Methods for Interpreting the CISG |
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80 | (1) |
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A Need for a "Blend" of Different National Methodologies |
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80 | (1) |
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B National Methodologies: A Summary |
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81 | (3) |
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III Textual Interpretation |
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84 | (1) |
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IV Systemic Interpretation: Intraconventional and Interconventional |
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85 | (1) |
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V Historic Interpretation |
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86 | (1) |
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VI Teleological Interpretation |
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87 | (1) |
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VII Relative Weight of the Different Interpretative Methods |
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88 | (1) |
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VIII CISG Interpretive Methodology |
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88 | (1) |
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A Creative Interpretation: Self-Generation of Underlying Principles |
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89 | (1) |
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B Analogical Reasoning within the CISG |
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90 | (2) |
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C Analogical Reasoning Using CISG Case Law |
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92 | (2) |
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D Secondary Legal Sources in Interpreting the CISG |
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94 | (1) |
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E Good-Faith Interpretation |
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95 | (1) |
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IX Supplementary Methodologies |
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95 | (1) |
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A Use of Soft Law in the Interpretation of the CISG |
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95 | (1) |
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B Contextualism: Internal--External Exchange |
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96 | (1) |
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C Use of Comparative Law in the Interpretation of the CISG |
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97 | (1) |
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D Economic Interpretation of the CISG |
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98 | (2) |
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X Party-Generated Rules of Interpretation |
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100 | (1) |
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101 | (1) |
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8 Divergent Interpretations: Reasons and Solutions |
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102 | (6) |
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102 | (1) |
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II Main Areas of the Homeward Trend |
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103 | (1) |
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103 | (1) |
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B Not Applying the CISG Where it Should be Applied |
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104 | (2) |
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C Interpreting CISG Provisions in Light of Domestic Law |
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106 | (2) |
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1 Examination and Notice Requirements: CISG Articles 38 and 39 |
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108 | (3) |
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2 Other Areas of Divergent Interpretation |
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111 | (1) |
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D Narrowing the Scope of the CISG |
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111 | (1) |
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1 Concurring Domestic Law Remedies |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (1) |
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3 The Substantive--Procedural Divide |
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113 | (7) |
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III Reasons for the Homeward Trend |
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114 | (1) |
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114 | (1) |
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115 | (1) |
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C Relevant Cases Are Arbitrated |
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116 | (1) |
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IV Homeward Trend: How Can it be Changed? |
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117 | (1) |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (1) |
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C CISG as Genuine Contract Law |
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118 | (1) |
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D CISG in Education and Legal Practice |
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119 | (1) |
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119 | (1) |
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9 Good Faith Principle: Vexata Quaestio |
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120 | (8) |
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120 | (1) |
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II Domestic Meanings of Good Faith |
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120 | (1) |
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120 | (4) |
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124 | (1) |
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125 | (1) |
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126 | (1) |
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III Good Faith in the CISG |
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127 | (1) |
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127 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (5) |
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131 | (3) |
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134 | (1) |
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10 The CISG and International Arbitration |
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135 | (3) |
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135 | (1) |
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II A Short Look at International Arbitration |
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135 | (1) |
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A International Arbitration and Its Popularity |
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136 | (1) |
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B International Arbitration Rules |
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137 | (1) |
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III The CISG and Arbitration |
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137 | (1) |
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137 | (1) |
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B Application of the CISG by Arbitral Tribunals: Choice of Law |
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138 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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2 Indirect Choice and Opting Out |
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139 | (3) |
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C Application of the CISG in the Absence of a Choice of Law: Direct Method |
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140 | (2) |
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142 | (1) |
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1 Party Autonomy and Transnational Spirit |
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142 | (1) |
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142 | (1) |
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3 The CISG as a "Neutral Law" |
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143 | (1) |
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E Indirect Method of Application: Absence of a Choice of Law |
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143 | (1) |
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1 Initial Situation Provided by Arbitration Rules |
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143 | (1) |
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2 Significance of Article 95 CISG |
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144 | (1) |
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3 Article 1(1)(a) CISG as a Conflict-of-Laws Rule |
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145 | (9) |
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IV Formalities: The CISG versus International Arbitration |
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146 | (1) |
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146 | (2) |
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148 | (1) |
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V Divergent Interpretations: National Courts and Arbitral Tribunals |
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149 | (2) |
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VI Specific Performance in International Arbitration |
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151 | (2) |
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153 | (1) |
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11 The CISG as Soft Law and Choice of Law: Goju Ryu? |
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154 | (25) |
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154 | (1) |
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II Characteristics of Hard and Soft Law |
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154 | (5) |
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A When Soft Is Not So Soft |
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159 | (2) |
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B When Hard Is Not So Hard |
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161 | (1) |
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III CISG in Adjudication as Hard and Soft Law |
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162 | (1) |
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A When the CISG Is Hard Law |
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162 | (1) |
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B When the CISG Is More Soft Than Hard |
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163 | (1) |
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C When the CISG Is More Hard Than Soft |
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164 | (1) |
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IV How CISG Article 6 Transforms Hard Law to Soft Law |
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165 | (1) |
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A Legal Effect of Exclusion |
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165 | (1) |
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B Operational and Practical Effect of Exclusion |
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166 | (1) |
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V When and Why the Quasi-Softness of the CISG Is Relevant |
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167 | (2) |
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169 | (1) |
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A Commodities and Majoritarianism |
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169 | (3) |
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B Good Faith and Precontractual Liability |
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172 | (1) |
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C Formation and Nonconformity |
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173 | (1) |
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VII Limitations of the Concept of the CISG as Soft Law |
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174 | (1) |
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174 | (5) |
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PART III INTERPRETING THE CISG's SUBSTANTIVE PROVISIONS |
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12 Contract Formation under the CISG: The Need for a Reform |
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179 | (8) |
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179 | (1) |
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II Case Study: Hanwha Corporation v. Cedar Petrochemicals, Inc. |
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179 | (3) |
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A The CISG as a Dynamic Instrument of Unification |
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182 | (2) |
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B The CISG's Principles of Contract Law |
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184 | (1) |
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III The CISG's Traditional Contract Formation Regime |
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184 | (2) |
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A Contract Formation: The Offer |
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186 | (1) |
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1 Common Intention to Be Bound by a Contract (animus contrahendi) |
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187 | (1) |
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2 Criteria for Distinguishing the Elements of a Contract |
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187 | (1) |
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3 CISG essentialia negotii |
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187 | (2) |
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4 Nonformalistic Definition of Offer and Counteroffer |
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189 | (14) |
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B Realistic Concept of Acceptance |
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195 | (1) |
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C Validity: External Lagunae |
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196 | (1) |
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IV General Principles of Part II |
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197 | (1) |
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A Brief Legislative History of Part II |
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197 | (2) |
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199 | (2) |
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V Conclusion: Reforming CISG Part II |
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201 | (2) |
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13 The CISG and the Battle of the Forms |
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203 | (12) |
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203 | (1) |
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II Formation of Contracts |
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204 | (1) |
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205 | (2) |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (2) |
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210 | (1) |
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210 | (1) |
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211 | (2) |
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213 | (2) |
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14 Conformity of Goods: Inspection and Notice |
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215 | (22) |
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215 | (1) |
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II Conformity of Goods: CISG Article 35 |
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215 | (7) |
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III Notice of Lack of Conformity: CISG Article 39 |
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222 | (5) |
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IV Inspection of Goods: CISG Article 38 |
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227 | (1) |
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A Relationship between Article 38 Inspection and Article 39 Notice |
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228 | (1) |
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228 | (1) |
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C "Short a Period as Is Practicable" |
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229 | (2) |
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V Burden of Proof Governing Conformity of Goods and Notice of Lack of Conformity: A Systemic View |
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231 | (5) |
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236 | (1) |
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15 Interpreting Fundamental Breach |
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237 | (4) |
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237 | (1) |
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II Establishment of Precedents in International Law |
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238 | (3) |
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III Fundamental Breach and Remedies under the CISG |
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241 | (1) |
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A Concept of the Fundamental Breach |
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241 | (1) |
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241 | (1) |
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242 | (15) |
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B The CISG Remedial System |
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242 | (1) |
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IV Analysis of CISG Case Law |
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243 | (1) |
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A Strict Performance Approach |
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243 | (2) |
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245 | (1) |
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C Frustration of Purpose Approach |
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245 | (1) |
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D Remedy-Oriented Approach |
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246 | (1) |
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E Anticipatory Breach Approach |
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247 | (1) |
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F Future Performance Approach |
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248 | (1) |
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249 | (1) |
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V Hybrid Approach: A Proposal |
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249 | (1) |
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A Methodology of the Hybrid Approach |
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250 | (1) |
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B Stage One: Purpose-Driven Test |
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250 | (1) |
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C Stage Two: Interest-Driven Test |
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250 | (1) |
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D Application of Hybrid Approach |
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251 | (1) |
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E Advantages of Hybrid Approach |
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251 | (2) |
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253 | (4) |
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PART IV REMEDIES AND DAMAGES |
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16 Remedies: Damages, Price Reduction, Avoidance, Mitigation, and Preservation |
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257 | (3) |
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257 | (1) |
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II Elements Common to All CISG Remedies |
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258 | (1) |
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259 | (1) |
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260 | (1) |
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260 | (1) |
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260 | (1) |
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260 | (1) |
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261 | (1) |
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C Exemption from Liability |
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261 | (1) |
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261 | (1) |
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2 Excuse Due to Third-Party Conduct |
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262 | (1) |
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262 | (1) |
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262 | (1) |
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5 Period of Exemption and Notice |
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263 | (1) |
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6 Limit of Damages under CISG Article 44 |
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263 | (1) |
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263 | (1) |
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263 | (1) |
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2 Causation and Foreseeability |
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264 | (1) |
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264 | (1) |
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265 | (1) |
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265 | (1) |
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265 | (1) |
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265 | (1) |
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266 | (1) |
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266 | (1) |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (1) |
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268 | (1) |
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269 | (1) |
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269 | (1) |
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269 | (1) |
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269 | (1) |
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270 | (1) |
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4 Part-Performance and Installment Contracts |
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271 | (1) |
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5 Avoidance for Anticipatory Breach |
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271 | (1) |
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271 | (1) |
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7 Declaration of Avoidance |
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272 | (1) |
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272 | (1) |
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272 | (1) |
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10 Combination with Other Remedies |
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273 | (1) |
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273 | (1) |
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1 Final Nonperformance or Refusal to Perform |
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273 | (1) |
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274 | (1) |
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3 Delivery of Nonconforming Goods |
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274 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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3 Declaration of Price Reduction |
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276 | (1) |
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276 | (1) |
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5 Calculation of Price Reduction |
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277 | (1) |
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277 | (1) |
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278 | (1) |
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278 | (1) |
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1 Price Reduction and Title Defects |
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278 | (2) |
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279 | (1) |
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279 | (1) |
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B Mitigation Duties Only for Damages |
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280 | (1) |
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280 | (1) |
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281 | (1) |
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VII Preservation of the Goods |
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282 | (1) |
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282 | (1) |
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282 | (1) |
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1 Seller's Duty of Preservation |
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282 | (1) |
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2 Preservation Duty of the Buyer |
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282 | (1) |
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283 | (1) |
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4 Measures of Preservation |
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283 | (1) |
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283 | (3) |
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284 | (2) |
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17 Litigation Costs as Reimbursable Damages |
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286 | (9) |
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286 | (1) |
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II Practice of Recovering Legal Costs as Damages |
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287 | (1) |
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287 | (1) |
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288 | (2) |
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III Interpreting the CISG on Recovering Legal Costs |
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290 | (4) |
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294 | (1) |
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18 Excuse of Impediment and Its Usefulness |
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295 | (14) |
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295 | (2) |
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297 | (2) |
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III Change of Circumstances and Tacit Assumptions |
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299 | (3) |
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IV Foreseeability versus "Taken into Account" |
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302 | (3) |
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305 | (4) |
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PART V COUNTRY ANALYSES: EUROPE |
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309 | (22) |
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309 | (2) |
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II Principle of Good Faith |
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311 | (1) |
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311 | (1) |
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A Sufficient Determination or Determinability |
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312 | (1) |
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B Incorporation of Standard Terms |
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313 | (2) |
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315 | (1) |
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IV Conformity of Goods: Inspection and Notice |
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316 | (1) |
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A CISG Articles 38 and 39 |
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316 | (4) |
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B Two-Year Time Limit under Article 39(2) |
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320 | (1) |
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321 | (1) |
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321 | (1) |
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VII Remedies, Damages, Mitigation, and Preservation |
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322 | (1) |
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323 | (1) |
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B Avoidance of the Contract |
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324 | (1) |
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325 | (3) |
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328 | (1) |
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329 | (1) |
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VIII Excuse in Case of Impediment |
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329 | (1) |
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330 | (1) |
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20 Baltic States, Belarus, and Ukraine |
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331 | (7) |
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I History of the CISG in the Baltic States |
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331 | (2) |
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II CISG Jurisprudence in the Baltic States |
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333 | (1) |
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A Contract Formation and Incorporating Standard Terms |
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333 | (1) |
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B Right to Cover versus Duty to Cover |
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334 | (1) |
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334 | (1) |
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III History of the CISG in Belarus and the Ukraine |
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334 | (1) |
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IV CISG Jurisprudence in Belarus and the Ukraine |
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335 | (2) |
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337 | (1) |
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21 French Perspective of the CISG |
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338 | (1) |
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Sylvaine Poillot-Peruzzetto |
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338 | (1) |
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339 | (1) |
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A Intention of the Parties |
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339 | (1) |
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1 Scope of the Intention Doctrine |
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339 | (2) |
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341 | (1) |
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B Essential Terms of Contract |
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341 | (1) |
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342 | (2) |
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2 Battle of Forms: Strict Application of Article 19(1) |
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344 | (1) |
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III Performance and Breach of Contract |
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345 | (1) |
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A Fundamental Breach and Seller's Duty to Deliver Conforming Goods |
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345 | (1) |
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1 Definition of Fundamental Breach |
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345 | (1) |
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2 CISG Nonconformity of Goods and French Law |
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346 | (1) |
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347 | (1) |
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348 | (2) |
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5 Buyer's Duties of Inspection and Notice |
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350 | (3) |
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353 | (1) |
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353 | (1) |
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353 | (2) |
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2 Prevention of Loss: Price Reduction, Mitigation, and Preservation |
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355 | (1) |
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356 | (1) |
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1 Incomplete Understanding |
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356 | (3) |
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2 Misapplication of CISG Article 79 |
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359 | (2) |
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360 | (1) |
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22 German Country Analysis: Good Faith, Formation, and Conformity of Goods |
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361 | (12) |
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I Introduction: History of the CISG in Germany |
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361 | (2) |
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II Principle of Good Faith |
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363 | (2) |
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365 | (1) |
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A Requirements for a Valid Offer |
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366 | (1) |
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367 | (1) |
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368 | (2) |
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370 | (1) |
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V Conformity of Goods: Inspection and Notice |
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371 | (1) |
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A Conformity of the Goods |
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371 | (1) |
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B Examination and Notification Requirements |
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372 | (1) |
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1 Specificity Requirement |
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373 | (1) |
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2 "Within a Reasonable Time" Requirement |
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374 | (1) |
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3 Waiver of the Right to Rely on the Belatedness of Notice |
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375 | (1) |
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4 Exclusions in Articles 40 and 44 |
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376 | (1) |
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376 | (1) |
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23 German Country Analysis: Part II |
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377 | (6) |
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I History of the CISG in Germany |
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377 | (1) |
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II Price Reduction Remedy |
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378 | (1) |
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A Declaration of Price Reduction |
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379 | (1) |
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B Calculation of Reduction Amount |
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379 | (1) |
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380 | (1) |
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D Relationship to Other Remedies |
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380 | (1) |
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381 | (1) |
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A Right of Avoidance in Cases of Fundamental Breach (Non-delivery and Non-payment) |
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381 | (2) |
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B Fixing an Additional Period of Time |
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383 | (1) |
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1 Determination of Additional Period and Request for Performance |
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383 | (1) |
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2 Reasonable Length of Time Extension |
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384 | (4) |
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C Right of Avoidance: Delivery of Nonconforming Goods |
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385 | (2) |
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D Right of Avoidance for Other Types of Breaches |
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387 | (1) |
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E Declaration of Avoidance |
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388 | (1) |
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388 | (2) |
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390 | (1) |
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390 | (9) |
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391 | (2) |
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393 | (1) |
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VI Mitigation and Preservation |
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394 | (1) |
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395 | (1) |
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396 | (3) |
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399 | (15) |
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I Introduction: Issues of Methodology |
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399 | (2) |
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II Sources of International Sales Law |
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401 | (3) |
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404 | (1) |
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IV Toward Supranational Stare Decisis? |
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405 | (2) |
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407 | (1) |
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A Good Faith and the Prohibition of Venire Contra Factum |
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407 | (1) |
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B Formation of Contract and Battle of the Forms |
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408 | (2) |
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C Notice of Lack of Conformity |
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410 | (2) |
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412 | (2) |
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414 | (5) |
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I Introduction: Article 92 and the Nordic Countries |
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414 | (1) |
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II Nonconformity and Notice of Nonconformity |
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415 | (1) |
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A Duty to Inspect and Notice of Nonconformity |
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415 | (1) |
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B Timely Notice of Nonconformity |
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416 | (1) |
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C Prescription Period: Notice of Nonconformity |
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417 | (1) |
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III Avoidance and Fundamental Breach |
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417 | (2) |
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26 The CISG in Southeastern Europe |
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419 | (14) |
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419 | (1) |
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II Interpretation of the CISG and Contracts |
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420 | (1) |
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A Autonomous Interpretation |
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420 | (2) |
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B Uniformity of Application |
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422 | (2) |
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424 | (1) |
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425 | (3) |
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E Interpretation of the Parties' Statements and Conduct |
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428 | (1) |
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F Role of Usages and Business Practices |
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429 | (1) |
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III Formation and Modification of Contracts |
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430 | (2) |
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IV Nonconformity of Goods |
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432 | (1) |
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A Concept of Nonconformity |
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432 | (1) |
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B Notice of Nonconformity |
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433 | (1) |
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433 | (1) |
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434 | (1) |
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435 | (2) |
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4 Seller's Knowledge of Nonconformity |
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437 | (1) |
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438 | (1) |
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438 | (1) |
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438 | (3) |
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2 Declaration of Avoidance |
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441 | (1) |
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442 | (2) |
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443 | (1) |
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1 Types of Recoverable Loss |
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444 | (1) |
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445 | (1) |
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3 Foreseeability Requirement |
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446 | (1) |
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4 Damages on the Basis of Substitute Transaction |
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447 | (1) |
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448 | (1) |
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6 Exemption from Liability to Pay Damages |
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448 | (1) |
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449 | (4) |
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451 | (1) |
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451 | (2) |
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453 | (13) |
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Pilar Perales Viscasillas |
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453 | (1) |
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II Principle of Good Faith |
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454 | (1) |
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455 | (1) |
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IV Conformity of Goods: Inspection and Notice |
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455 | (5) |
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460 | (2) |
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VI Remedies: Price Reduction and Damages |
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462 | (1) |
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462 | (1) |
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B Enforceability of Penalty Clauses |
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463 | (1) |
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464 | (1) |
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VII Substitute Transactions |
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464 | (1) |
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VIII Mitigation and Preservation |
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465 | (1) |
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466 | (15) |
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I History of the CISG in Switzerland |
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466 | (2) |
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II Principle of Good Faith |
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468 | (2) |
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470 | (1) |
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A Commercial Letters of Confirmation |
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471 | (1) |
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472 | (1) |
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IV Conformity of Goods: Inspection and Notice |
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473 | (1) |
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473 | (1) |
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B "Reasonable" Period of Time |
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474 | (1) |
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C Requirements as to Specificity |
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475 | (1) |
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D CISG Article 39(2) and the Statute of Limitations |
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476 | (1) |
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V Fundamental Breach and Nachfrist Notice |
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477 | (1) |
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A Delivery of Nonconforming Goods |
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477 | (1) |
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B Failure to Deliver Goods in a Timely Manner |
|
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478 | (1) |
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VI Remedies: Price Reduction, Damages, and Avoidance |
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478 | (1) |
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|
478 | (1) |
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479 | (2) |
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481 | (1) |
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1 Timely Declaration of Avoidance |
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481 | (1) |
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2 Requirements of Declaration of Avoidance |
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481 | (5) |
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VII Mitigation and Preservation |
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482 | (1) |
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482 | (1) |
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483 | (1) |
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483 | (1) |
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484 | (2) |
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486 | (19) |
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486 | (1) |
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II History of the CISG in The Netherlands |
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487 | (1) |
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III Application of the CISG in The Netherlands |
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|
487 | (1) |
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A Uniform Application of the CISG |
|
|
488 | (1) |
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B Scope of Application of the CISG |
|
|
488 | (1) |
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488 | (1) |
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IV Contract Formation and Standard Terms |
|
|
489 | (2) |
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A Duty to Transmit Conditions |
|
|
491 | (2) |
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B Standard Terms in Long-Term Relationships |
|
|
493 | (1) |
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C Standard Terms and Choice of Law Clause |
|
|
494 | (1) |
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V Conformity of the Goods |
|
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494 | (1) |
|
|
495 | (1) |
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B Notification and Time Limits |
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|
496 | (1) |
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VI Place of Delivery and Brussels I |
|
|
497 | (1) |
|
|
498 | (1) |
|
VIII Interest and the Right to Suspend Performance |
|
|
498 | (1) |
|
|
499 | (1) |
|
X Future of the CISG in The Netherlands |
|
|
499 | (1) |
|
|
500 | (5) |
|
PART VI A WORLD VIEW OF THE CISG |
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|
|
30 The CISG in Islamic Countries: The Case of Egypt |
|
|
505 | (1) |
|
|
|
505 | (1) |
|
II Overview of Islamic Law |
|
|
506 | (1) |
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|
506 | (1) |
|
|
506 | (1) |
|
|
506 | (12) |
|
B Contracts under Islamic Law |
|
|
507 | (1) |
|
C Prohibition of Riba or Usury in Islamic Law |
|
|
507 | (1) |
|
D Influence of Islamic Law (Shari'a) in the Egyptian Legal System |
|
|
508 | (1) |
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III Achieving Uniformity: Autonomous Interpretation of the CISG |
|
|
509 | (1) |
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IV Obstacles to the Uniform Application of the CISG in the Arab World |
|
|
510 | (1) |
|
A Official Texts of the CISG: Errors in the Arabic Version |
|
|
511 | (1) |
|
V Implementation of CISG Article 78 in Egypt |
|
|
512 | (1) |
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VI Influence of National Laws in Arab Countries on the Interpretation of the CISG |
|
|
513 | (2) |
|
|
515 | (1) |
|
|
515 | (1) |
|
|
516 | (1) |
|
VIII Influence of the CISG on Egyptian Law |
|
|
516 | (1) |
|
|
517 | (1) |
|
|
518 | (21) |
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|
|
518 | (1) |
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II Scope of Application: Expansion of CISG Jurisdiction |
|
|
519 | (1) |
|
III Concurrent Grounds of Liability |
|
|
519 | (4) |
|
IV Principle of Good Faith |
|
|
523 | (1) |
|
A Good Faith in Israeli Law |
|
|
524 | (1) |
|
B Good Faith in International Trade: Eximin Case and the Birth of Comparative Negligence in Israeli Contract Law |
|
|
525 | (3) |
|
C Interrelationship of International Sales Law and Domestic Law: Eximin as a Test Case |
|
|
528 | (2) |
|
|
530 | (2) |
|
VI Conformity of Goods: Inspection and Notice |
|
|
532 | (1) |
|
A Inspection and Notice Requirements: Scope and Content |
|
|
533 | (2) |
|
B Seller's Power to Bar Buyer's Claim: Nature and Limits |
|
|
535 | (3) |
|
|
538 | (1) |
|
|
539 | (9) |
|
|
|
539 | (1) |
|
II The CISG's Impact on Practicing Lawyers, Legal Scholars, and Legislators |
|
|
540 | (1) |
|
III Review of New Zealand Case Law Relating to the CISG |
|
|
540 | (1) |
|
A Analogical Use of the CISG |
|
|
541 | (3) |
|
B RJ & AM Smallmon v. Transport Sales Limited |
|
|
544 | (2) |
|
|
546 | (2) |
|
33 People's Republic of China |
|
|
548 | (14) |
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|
|
548 | (1) |
|
II History of China's Economic Transition and the CISG |
|
|
549 | (1) |
|
III China's Contract Law and the CISG |
|
|
550 | (3) |
|
IV Applying the CISG in China |
|
|
553 | (4) |
|
V Case Study: Indian Iron Sand Case |
|
|
557 | (1) |
|
|
557 | (1) |
|
|
558 | (1) |
|
|
558 | (2) |
|
|
560 | (2) |
|
Appendix Comparative Analysis: The CISG and CCL |
|
|
561 | (1) |
|
34 The United States and Canada |
|
|
562 | (6) |
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|
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I Analysis of the CISG: American and Canadian Case Law |
|
|
563 | (1) |
|
|
563 | (1) |
|
|
564 | (2) |
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C Notice of Nonconformity Requirements |
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566 | (1) |
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|
567 | (1) |
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|
568 | (1) |
|
|
569 | (3) |
|
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571 | (1) |
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|
572 | (1) |
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|
572 | (1) |
|
|
573 | (7) |
|
|
574 | (1) |
|
H Remedies: Avoidance and Damages |
|
|
574 | (3) |
|
|
577 | (1) |
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|
578 | (1) |
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|
578 | (2) |
|
35 Central and South America |
|
|
580 | (8) |
|
|
|
580 | (1) |
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|
580 | (1) |
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|
581 | (1) |
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B Conformity of Goods: Inspection and Notice |
|
|
582 | (1) |
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C Cases Involving Other CISG Articles |
|
|
582 | (1) |
|
III Brazil, Chile, and Colombia |
|
|
583 | (1) |
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|
584 | (1) |
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A Principle of Good Faith |
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|
585 | (1) |
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|
585 | (1) |
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C Conformity of Goods: Inspection and Notice |
|
|
586 | (1) |
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D Cases Involving Other CISG Articles |
|
|
587 | (1) |
|
36 The CISG across National Legal Systems |
|
|
588 | (17) |
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|
|
588 | (1) |
|
|
588 | (1) |
|
III Problem of National Law Bias |
|
|
589 | (1) |
|
A Persistence of Homeward Trend Bias |
|
|
589 | (1) |
|
B Parallel Citation Approach |
|
|
590 | (1) |
|
IV Unevenness and Convergence of Jurisprudence |
|
|
591 | (1) |
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A Principle of Good Faith versus Duty of Good Faith |
|
|
591 | (2) |
|
B Contract Formation and Contract Modification |
|
|
593 | (1) |
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C Incorporation of Standard Terms |
|
|
594 | (1) |
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D Conformity, Inspection, and Notice of Nonconformity |
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595 | (1) |
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|
596 | (1) |
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|
597 | (1) |
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|
597 | (1) |
|
|
598 | (1) |
|
|
598 | (1) |
|
V Influence of German Courts |
|
|
599 | (1) |
|
|
599 | (1) |
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B The CISG as a European Code? |
|
|
600 | (1) |
|
|
601 | (1) |
|
|
601 | (1) |
|
B Vehicle for Harmonization of National Laws |
|
|
601 | (4) |
|
PART VII THEORETICAL INSIGHTS |
|
|
|
37 Problems of Uniform Laws |
|
|
605 | (7) |
|
|
|
605 | (1) |
|
II Problematic Relationship between Cross-Border Trade and Uniform Laws |
|
|
606 | (1) |
|
III Problems with the CISG |
|
|
607 | (1) |
|
A Uniform Application of the CISG by Courts |
|
|
607 | (2) |
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B Exclusion by Contracting Parties |
|
|
609 | (1) |
|
C Incompleteness of the CISG |
|
|
609 | (1) |
|
D Background Problem: The CISG Is Not a "Jurisdiction" |
|
|
610 | (1) |
|
|
611 | (1) |
|
38 The CISG as Bridge between Common and Civil Law |
|
|
612 | (4) |
|
|
|
612 | (1) |
|
II Common Law--Civil Law Divide |
|
|
613 | (1) |
|
A Characteristics of the Common Law |
|
|
614 | (2) |
|
B Characteristics of the Civil Law |
|
|
616 | (1) |
|
1 Romanistic Legal Family |
|
|
616 | (1) |
|
|
617 | (2) |
|
C Characteristics of the Common and Civil Laws of Contract |
|
|
619 | (1) |
|
|
619 | (1) |
|
|
620 | (1) |
|
3 Principle of Good Faith |
|
|
620 | (1) |
|
4 Interpretation of Contracts and Parol Evidence |
|
|
621 | (1) |
|
5 Consideration and the Binding Force of Offers |
|
|
622 | (1) |
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6 Specific Performance and Damages |
|
|
623 | (7) |
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|
623 | (1) |
|
A Freedom of Contract and Party Autonomy |
|
|
624 | (1) |
|
B Principle of Good Faith |
|
|
624 | (1) |
|
|
625 | (1) |
|
D Consideration and Binding Force of Offers |
|
|
626 | (1) |
|
|
627 | (1) |
|
F Reliance on Foreign Case Law and Scholarly Literature |
|
|
628 | (1) |
|
|
628 | (2) |
|
39 Precontractual Liability and Preliminary Agreements |
|
|
630 | (19) |
|
|
|
630 | (1) |
|
II Review of Domestic Laws on Precontractual Liability |
|
|
631 | (4) |
|
III Cross-Border Negotiations, the Concurrence of Domestic Laws, and the CISG on Precontractual Liability |
|
|
635 | (4) |
|
IV Assessing Precontractual Liability: Contents and Purposes of Preliminary Agreements |
|
|
639 | (7) |
|
|
646 | (3) |
|
PART VIII PRACTITIONER's PERSPECTIVE |
|
|
|
40 Empirical Evidence of Courts' and Counsels' Approach to the CISG (with Some Remarks on Professional Liability) |
|
|
649 | (2) |
|
|
|
649 | (1) |
|
II Empirical Evidence on the Use of the CISG |
|
|
650 | (1) |
|
A The CISG in Practice: Existing Surveys |
|
|
650 | (1) |
|
B Courts Approach to the CISG |
|
|
651 | (1) |
|
|
651 | (1) |
|
|
652 | (3) |
|
|
655 | (4) |
|
C Sellers, Buyers, and the CISG |
|
|
659 | (1) |
|
|
659 | (1) |
|
|
660 | (1) |
|
D Counsels Approach to the CISG |
|
|
661 | (1) |
|
|
661 | (2) |
|
|
663 | (6) |
|
III Professional Liability |
|
|
663 | (1) |
|
|
664 | (1) |
|
B The CISG as Domestic (Not Foreign) Law |
|
|
664 | (1) |
|
C Exclusion of the CISG as Professional Malpractice |
|
|
665 | (1) |
|
D Failure to Plead Foreign Persuasive Precedents as Professional Malpractice |
|
|
666 | (1) |
|
|
667 | (2) |
|
41 The CISG and English Sales Law: An Unfair Competition |
|
|
669 | (14) |
|
|
|
669 | (1) |
|
II Histories of English Sales Law and the CISG |
|
|
670 | (3) |
|
III Problem of Fragmentary Law |
|
|
673 | (2) |
|
IV Ambiguities in the CISG |
|
|
675 | (3) |
|
V Divergent Legal Interpretations |
|
|
678 | (2) |
|
VI Suggestions for Future Reform |
|
|
680 | (3) |
|
42 The CISG in Context of Complementary Texts |
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683 | (11) |
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I The CISG as a Work in Progress |
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683 | (1) |
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II Reconsideration of CISG Declarations |
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684 | (2) |
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III Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods |
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686 | (2) |
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IV Uniform Rules on Contract Clauses for an Agreed Sum Due upon Failure of Performance |
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688 | (1) |
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V UN Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts |
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689 | (5) |
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43 Soft Laws as Models for the Improvement of the CISG |
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694 | (10) |
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694 | (1) |
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695 | (1) |
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696 | (1) |
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696 | (1) |
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697 | (1) |
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697 | (1) |
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698 | (1) |
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VIII Specific Performance and Force Majeure |
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698 | (1) |
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699 | (2) |
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X Assurance of Performance |
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701 | (1) |
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702 | (1) |
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702 | (1) |
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XIII Proposal for a Common European Sales Law |
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702 | (2) |
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44 Using the CISG Proactively |
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704 | (21) |
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704 | (1) |
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II Proactive Law Approach |
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705 | (1) |
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706 | (2) |
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B Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Proactive Law |
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708 | (2) |
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III Proactive Approach: Application |
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710 | (1) |
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A The Contract Puzzle: It Takes a Team! |
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710 | (2) |
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B Invisible Terms and the CISG |
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712 | (1) |
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C Improving CISG Awareness |
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713 | (1) |
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IV Action Plan: Learning from Experience |
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714 | (1) |
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714 | (1) |
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B Learning from Top Negotiated Terms and Frequent Sources of Disputes |
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715 | (3) |
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V Visualization: Increasing Traders' Awareness |
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718 | (6) |
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724 | (1) |
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45 Future Challenges of International Sales Law |
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725 | (8) |
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I A Brief Look at the Past |
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725 | (1) |
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II The CISG in the Present |
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726 | (1) |
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726 | (1) |
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B Interpreting and the Interpretation of the CISG |
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727 | (2) |
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729 | (1) |
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730 | (1) |
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IV Marketplace for Transborder Commercial Law |
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731 | (2) |
Index |
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