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The international sale of goods : Law and practice

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Publication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 1999Description: 531pISBN:
  • 9780198764908
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 341.754000 BRI
Contents:
Contents Preface Table of Statutes Table of Cases Glossary The International Sales Background Subject matter Organisations Sources of law Quality, fitness and description in international commodity sales Quantity: entire and severable contracts Speculation, hedging and string trading The CISG: General Issues The CISG and English Law Compared FOB Contracts CIF Contracts The nature of a CIF transaction Notice of Appropriation/Declaration of Shipment Timely performance Bills of Lading Continuous Documentary Coverage Contract of Carriage and Charterparties Delivery Orders Insurance Documents Lawful and Effective Documents Other Documents Documentary exchange Arrival of the ship Payment Introduction Negotiable instruments Bank collections and letters of credit Import and Export Licences Applying for Export and Import Licences Guaranteed Procurement or Due Diligence to Procure? Impossibility of Performance Initial Impossibility (Mistake) Subsequent Impossibility (Frustration) Remedies: Termination and Damages Termination of the Contract The Integrity of the Documentary Exchange Damages Excluding the Sale of Goods Act Rules The Twin Rights of Rejection and the Seller's Damages Liability Passing of Property and Risk Passing of Property Reserving the Right of Disposal Transfer of Risk The appropriation of lost cargoes Bills of Lading and Documents of Title The buyer and carrier Bills of lading as documents of title Evidentiary function of bills of lading Bills of lading: other matters Other shipping documents Non-negotiable documents and the power to transfer title Alternatives to the negotiable bill of lading Index APPENDICES FOSFA Contract No. 53 GAFTA Contract No. 100 Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992 Vienna Convention on the International Sale of Goods 1980.
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Contents
Preface
Table of Statutes
Table of Cases
Glossary
The International Sales Background
Subject matter
Organisations
Sources of law
Quality, fitness and description in international commodity sales
Quantity: entire and severable contracts
Speculation, hedging and string trading
The CISG: General Issues
The CISG and English Law Compared
FOB Contracts
CIF Contracts
The nature of a CIF transaction
Notice of Appropriation/Declaration of Shipment
Timely performance
Bills of Lading
Continuous Documentary Coverage
Contract of Carriage and Charterparties
Delivery Orders
Insurance Documents
Lawful and Effective Documents
Other Documents
Documentary exchange
Arrival of the ship
Payment
Introduction
Negotiable instruments
Bank collections and letters of credit
Import and Export Licences
Applying for Export and Import Licences
Guaranteed Procurement or Due Diligence to Procure?
Impossibility of Performance
Initial Impossibility (Mistake)
Subsequent Impossibility (Frustration)
Remedies: Termination and Damages
Termination of the Contract
The Integrity of the Documentary Exchange
Damages
Excluding the Sale of Goods Act Rules
The Twin Rights of Rejection and the Seller's Damages Liability
Passing of Property and Risk
Passing of Property
Reserving the Right of Disposal
Transfer of Risk
The appropriation of lost cargoes
Bills of Lading and Documents of Title
The buyer and carrier
Bills of lading as documents of title
Evidentiary function of bills of lading
Bills of lading: other matters
Other shipping documents
Non-negotiable documents and the power to transfer title
Alternatives to the negotiable bill of lading
Index
APPENDICES
FOSFA Contract No. 53
GAFTA Contract No. 100
Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992
Vienna Convention on the International Sale of Goods 1980.