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Electronic Library on International Commercial Law and the CISG (Pace University)

This website is arguably the most comprehensive collection of freely available commentary on the CISG.  It is an easily navigated site.  The Annotated guide to the CISG is particularly useful.  The site is maintained by Professor Albert Krtizer at Pace University Law School.

Also on this site are links to the Autonomous Network of CISG websites.

Corterier's Commentary on the CISG

This commentary "strives to pay particular attention to the walith of information on the CISG already available online.  It puts these resources at your fingertips by linking directly to the more important works to be found out there."

Revised Guide to International Trade Law Sources on the Internet
The ‘Revised Guide to International Trade Law Sources on the Internet’ by Marci Hoffman provides a very useful introduction to using the internet as a research tool.  The site is easy to use and contains many links.

ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law

ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law provides numerous links to primary international commercial law documents.  It also contains information about other fee charging services.

CENTRAL

CENTRAL is the Centre for Transnational Law and is run by Professor Klaus Peter Berger.  This site has further links to "The First Online Digest on the New Lex Mercatoria" and "Comprehensive Link Collection on Transnaitonal Commercial Law".

Brooklyn Law School Library and Technology - International Trade Law

This site provides a lot of useful international trade law links.

UNCITRAL

The UNCITRAL website can be viewed in a number of different languages.  Official documents can be easily obtained.  The Digests and CLOUT (case law) will often point researchers in the right direction.

UNIDROIT

UNIDROIT is the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law.  Various articles from the Uniform Law Review are available for free on the website.

INCOTERMS

This is the ICC site for INCOTERMS.  The  Preamble to each term is available freely on the site - just click on the word Preambles underneath the picture.
Nordic Journal of Commercial Law
The NJCL is a semi-annual journal which often publishes articles relating to the CISG.  This journal is free.  It is provided as a public service by the University of Turku Faculty of Law Finland and sponsored by Hannes Snellman Attorneys at Law Ltd of Finland.

Legal Research on International Law Issues Using the Internet

This is an extremely valuable resource for anyone doing research in international law generally.  There are hundreds of links dealing with a wide variety of international law issues, ranging from international commercial law to humanitarian law.

Guide to International and Foreign Legal Resources - Rutgers School of Law

This site contains lots of links to online international law resources generally.  It has specifical sections on international commercial law (including arbitration) and research guides.

Lex Mercatoria.org

This site claims to have been on of the very first law sites on the web.  "It is dedicated to the provision of information on international commercial law with subsidiary interests in commerce and (mostly open standard) Net and information technologies that may be of interest to law academics and professionals worldwide."

International Sales Law

Commentary on the UN Convention of the International Sale of Goods (CISG)
CISG - Books
Commentary on the UN Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG) (P. Schlechtriem, I. Schwenzer – Editors)

This is a seminal CISG text.  It is possibly the most cited text on the subject.  The book is quite easy to read and provides a very useful introduction to the topic

Commentary on the International Sales Law : the 1980 Vienna Sales Convention (C. M. Bianca, M. J. Bonell - Editors)

This text provides a comprehensive discussion of each article of the CISG.  It is very often referred to at moot.  It is available online for free at the Institute of International Commercial Law at Pace University - www.http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/

The International Sale of Goods – Law and Practice (Michael Bridge)

This text, now in its second edition, examines both English sales law and the CISG.  It is comprehensive and easy to read.

International Sales Law (I.Schwenzer, C Fountoulakis, M Dimsey)

“Written for international trade lawyers, practitioners and students from common law and civil law countries, this casebook will help practitioners and students assimilate knowledge on the CISG”

United Nations Conference on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, Vienna, 10 March-11 April,1980 : official records : documents of the conference and summary records of the plenary meetings and the meetings of the main committees.

When examining any international instrument it is always advisable to obtain any preliminary or preparatory documents used by the drafters.  Examining the alterations and editions made by them provides considerable insight into the intended meaning.  The travaux préparatoire for the CISG is available online for free at the Institute of International Commercial Law at Pace University - www.http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/

Understanding the CISG in Europe (H. Bernstein and J. M. Lookofsky)

This text provides a useful discussion of the application of the CISG in Europe.  It discusses the practical realities of the CISG rather than just the theoretical.

International Sales Law: A Critical Analysis of CISG Jurisprudence (L. DiMatteo, L. Dhooge, S. Greene, V. Maurer, M. Pagnattaro)

“The authors believe that the book’s ultimate character is as a general reference work aimed at practioner and scholarly researchers”

The draft UNCITRAL digest and beyond : cases, analysis and unresolved issue in the U.N. sales convention (F. Ferrari, R. A. Brand, H. Flecher - Editors)

The Draft UNICTRAL digest is a particularly useful guide to the CISG case law.  UNCITRAL intend to make the digest available on their website when it is completed (www.unictral.org).  The advantage of this text is that it provides commentary.

Practitioner's guide to the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) and the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) (H. D. Gabriel)

Professor Henry Gabriel is the official UCC reporter.  The UCC is an American instrument.  This text is particularly useful when attempting to distinguish between a UCC interpretation of the CISG and a broader more internationally based one.

Uniform Law for International Sales under the 1980 United Nations Convention (J. Honnold)

This text by John Honnold was one of the first and most important commentaries on the CISG. 

Understanding the CISG in the USA: A Compact Guide to the 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (J. M. Lookofsky)

This book provides a good summary of American jurisprudence on the CISG up to 1995.

International Trade Law: Commentary and Materials (M. Pryles, J. Waincymer, M. Davies)

This is a cases and commentary text on international commercial law generally.  It provides useful explanations of the CISG, Incoterms and WTO.

Twenty years of international sales law under the CISG : The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods : international bibliography and case law digest, 1980-2000 (M. R. Will)

A good summary of CISG case law.

Damages under the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (B. Zeller)

As the title suggests this book focuses specifically on the issue of damages in the CISG.  It provides a useful comparison between the treatment of damages in a number of international instruments.