Abstract
The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) which was adopted 1980 and came into force in 1988 currently consists of 84 member states.1 It creates substantive rules to govern the formation as rights and obligations of parties of contracts for the international sale of goods. 2 The purpose of the Convention is to create uniform law to govern contracts involving the international sale of goods and promote the development of trade and remove legal barriers in in international trade. 3 The Convention is, however, limited to formation, rights and obligations. Other substantive matters such as the regulation of the validity and usage of a contracts fall outside the scope of the CISG. The Convention is applicable to contracts involving the sale of goods between parties whose place of business is in two different states where both the states are members to the CISG or one such state is a member and the applicable rules of private international law refers to the laws of that state.4 Nationality and civil or commercial character do not play a role in the applicability of the Convention.5...
LL.M. (International Commercial Law)