Global Sales and Contract Law

Ingeborg Schwenzer is a highly regarded academic teaching and writing on international sale of goods law. She is Dean of the Swiss International Law School and Professor Emerita of Private Law at the University of Basel, Switzerland. She also served as the Chair of the CISG Advisory Council between 2011 and 2018.Edgardo Muñoz is Professor of Panamericana University, Mexico, and Course Leader for the Online LLM on International Commercial Law and Dispute Resolution at the Swiss International Law School, Basel. He has written widely on international sales law in English and Spanish.

• 1: Introduction I. SALES LAW: DEVELOPMENT AND MODERN PRACTICE 2: Development of Domestic Sales Laws 3: Uniform Laws and Projects 4: Contract and the Laws 5: Modern Practice of International Sales Law II. AMBIT OF SALES LAW 6: General Remarks on the Ambit of Sales Law 7: The Concept of Goods 8: Identifying the Boundaries of a Sales Contract III. FORMATION OF THE CONTRACT 9: General Remarks on Contract Formation 10: Offer and Acceptance 11: Electronic Communications 12: Standard Terms 13: Agency 14: Modification of Contract IV. VALIDITY 15: General Remarks on Validity 16: Capacity to Contract 17: Mistake and Error 18: Fraud and Duress 19: Consequences of Mistake, Fraud, and Duress 20: Illegality and Immorality 21: Excessive Benefits and Unfair Advantages 22: Form Requirements V. PRE-CONTRACTUAL LIABILITY 23: General Remarks on Pre-Contractual Liability 24: Pre-Contractual Duties 25: Pre-Contractual Liability VI. CONSTRUCTION OF CONTRACT 26: Interpretation and Supplementation 27: Practices and Usages VII. OBLIGATIONS OF THE SELLER 28: General Remarks on Seller s Obligations 29: Delivery 30: Documents and Costs 31: Conformity of the Goods 32: Third Party Property Rights 33: Industrial and Intellectual Property Rights 34: Examination and Notice VIII. OBLIGATIONS OF THE BUYER 35: General Remarks on Buyer s Obligations 36: Payment 37: Taking Delivery IX. PASSING OF RISK 38: Passing of Risk X. TRANSFER OF TITLE 39: Transfer of Title 40: Transfer of Title by a Non-Owner XI. REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT 41: General Remarks about Remedies 42: Suspension of Performance 43: Specific Performance 44: Damages 45: Exemption 46: Interest 47: Avoidance 48: Price Reduction 49: Concurrent Remedies XII. UNWINDING OF THE CONTRACT 50: Unwinding of the Contract XIII. LIMITATION OF ACTIONS 51: Limitation of Actions