International Commercial Sales: The Sale of Goods on Shipment Terms

Andrea Lista

• Publisher: Informa Law from Routledge
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9780367734367
• eBook ISBN: 9781317662372
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Law Theory & Practice
• Index: Law

This book comprehensively examines the entire legal process of the international sale of goods, beginning with the creation of the contract and continuing through to either the fulfilment of the sale, or the termination of the contract.

Every day goods are globally traded between sellers and buyers in different countries and different jurisdictions. The distances between the parties involved in such transactions, and the relative risks related to that, are a key issue in international commercial sales. Sales of goods carried by sea, thus, differ quite drastically from domestic sales; the goods will be normally shipped at a port very distant from the buyer, preventing his physical presence at the port of loading. Further, the goods will travel in the custody of a carrier, a party normally quite independent from either trader. Finally, transactions concluded on shipment terms are normally irreversible, in the sense that shipping the goods back to the seller represents an unlikely option for the buyer.

Traders around the world very frequently choose English law to govern their contracts, with disputes to be resolved through London arbitration or litigation. The basis of that law is to be found in the English Sale of Goods Act 1979, and the book consequently also includes an examination of the fundamental principles of that Act, as well as considering use of the Vienna Convention on the International Sale of Goods.

This book will be an invaluable reference point for legal practitioners specialising in the sale of goods, as well as postgraduate students and academic researchers working in sales of goods and the international trade sector.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Table of cases
• Table of legislation
• CHAPTER 1 THE SOURCES OF CONTRACTS CONCLUDED ON SHIPMENT TERMS
• CHAPTER 2 THE LEGAL NATURE OF C.I.F AND F.O.B. CONTRACTS
• CHAPTER 3 THE CREATION OF A CONTRACT CONCLUDED ON SHIPMENT TERMS
• CHAPTER 4 INCORPORATION OF STANDARD TERMS
• CHAPTER 5 THE SALES CONTRACT AND THE TRANSPORT OBLIGATIONS OF THE SELLER
• CHAPTER 6 BILLS OF LADING AND THEIR ROLE IN CONTRACTS CONCLUDED ON SHIPMENT TERMS
• CHAPTER 7 THE TRANSFER OF RISK
• CHAPTER 8 THE TRANSFER OF PROPERTY IN CONTRACTS CONCLUDED ON SHIPMENT TERMS
• CHAPTER 9 PERFORMANCE OF A CONTRACT CONCLUDED ON SHIPMENT TERMS: THE SELLER'S PHYSICAL DUTIES
• CHAPTER 10 THE SELLER'S DOCUMENTARY DUTIES
• CHAPTER 11 LETTERS OF CREDIT AND CONTRACTS CONCLUDED ON SHIPMENT TERMS
• CHAPTER 12 REJECTION AND TERMINATION OF CONTRACTS CONCLUDED ON SHIPMENT TERMS
• CHAPTER 13 THE VIENNA CONVENTION (CISG) ON CONTRACTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SALE OF GOODS
• APPENDIX I SALE OF GOODS ACT 1979
• APPENDIX II CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA ACT 1992
• APPENDIX III CONLINEBILL 2016
• APPENDIX IV FOSFA 54 CIF FORM
• APPENDIX V GAFTA 119 FOB FORM
• APPENDIX VI UCP 600
• APPENDIX VII VIENNA CONVENTION ON SALE OF GOODS 1980
• Index