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Bridge, M. G.

The international sale of goods : law and practice / Michael Bridge. - 2nd ed. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - lxv, 770 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents:
PART A: INTERNATIONAL SALES GOVERNED BY ENGLISH LAW;
1. Introduction to International Sales;
a. Subject Matter;
b. Organizations;
c. Choice of Law;
d. Speculation, Hedging and String Trading;
2. The Performance Obligations of Seller and Buyer in English Law;
a. Interpretation of the Contract;
b. Implied Terms of Quality, Fitness and Description in International Commodity Sales;
c. Quantity: Entire and Severable Contracts;
d. Privity of Contract;
3. FOB Contracts;
a. Nature of FOB Contracts;
b. Readiness to Load;
c. Port of Shipment;
d. Shipment;
e. Documentary Tender;
4. CIF Contracts;
a. The Nature of a CIF Transaction;
b. Notice of Appropriation / Declaration of Shipment;
c. Timely Performance;
d. Bills of Lading;
e. Continuous Documentary Coverage;
f. Bill of Lading Supplemented by Charter Party;
g. Delivery Orders and Bulk Shipments;
h. Insurance Documents;
i. Lawful and Effective Documents;
j. Other documents;
k. Documentary Tender and Exhcange;
l. Arrival of the Ship;
5. Import and Export Licenses;
a. Applying for Export and Import Licences;
b. Guaranteed Procurement or Due Diligence to Procure?;
6. Payment;
a. Introduction;
b. Negotiabile Instruments;
c. Bank Collections and Letters of Credit;
7. Impossibility of Performance;
a. Initial Impossibility (Mistake);
b. Subsequent Impossibility (Frustration);
8. Passing of Property and Risk;
a. Passing of Property;
b. Reserving the Right of Disposal;
c. Transfer of Risk;
d. Retrospective appropriation of Lost Cargoes;
9. Bills of Lading and Documents of Title;
a. The Buyer and the Carrier;
b. Bill of Lading as a Document of Title;
c. Evidentiary Function of Bills of Lading;
d. Bills of Lading: Other Matters;
e. Other Shipping Documents;
f. Non-Negotiable Documents and the Power to Transfer Title;
g. Alternatives to the Negotiable Bill of Lading;
10. Remedies: Termination and Damages;
a. Termination of the Contract;
b. The Integrity of the Documentary Exchange;
c. Damages;
d. Excluding the Sale of Goods Act Rules;
e. The Twin Rights of Rejection and the Seller's Damages Liability;
PART B: INTERNATIONAL SALES GOVERNED BY THE UN SALES CONVENTION 1980 (CISG);
11. The CISG: General Issues;
a. Introduction;
b. Background to the CISG;
c. Sphere of Application;
d. Field of Operation;
e. Exclusions;
f. Role of UNIDROIT Principles;
g. Interpretation and Good Faith;
h. Filling Gaps in the Coverage of the CISG;
i. Excluding the CISG;
j. Reservations and Declarations;
k. Usages and Practices;
12. The CISG and English Law Compared;
a. Formation of the Contract;
b. Conformity of the Goods;
c. Avoidance;
d. Anticipatory Breach;
e. Cure and Notice of Defect;
f. Rejection of the Goods;
g. Requiring Performance;
h. Money Claims;
i. Frustration of Contract.

ISBN: 9780199273584 (cloth : alk. paper) 0199273588 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2007017866

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA704186 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013645166 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Export sales contracts--Great Britain.
Export sales contracts.

LC Class. No.: KD1673 / .B75 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 346.07/2