International commercial transactions / Jan Ramberg.
2000
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Title
International commercial transactions / Jan Ramberg.
Published
Paris : ICC ; Cambridge, Mass. : Kluwer Law International ; Stockholm : Norstedts Juridik AB, [2000]
Copyright
©2000
Call Number
JX6351 R144 2000
Edition
Edition second:first.
ISBN
9284212892 (ICC)
9041197974 (Kluwer Law International)
9139005887 (Norstedts Juridik)
9041197974 (Kluwer Law International)
9139005887 (Norstedts Juridik)
Description
516 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)45388211
Note
Includes index.
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Table of Contents
Foreword
5
Preface
15
1
Principles of International commercial Contracts
17
1.1Freedom of contract
17
1.2Lex mercatoria
20
1.3Mandatory law
23
2
International Contracts of Sale
25
2.1The origin of CISG
25
2.2The applicability of CISG and choice of law
25
2.3The formation of the contract of sale
27
2.4Interpretation of contracts
33
2.5The gap-filling function of custom of the trade and non-mandatory law
35
3
The Transactions
37
3.1The sale of tangibles
37
3.2The sale of intangibles and mixed contracts
39
4
Payment Modalities
42
4.1Simultaneous exchange of goods for money
42
4.2Payment in advance
43
4.3Documentary credit
43
4.4COD and CAD
43
4.5The right of stoppage in transit
44
4.6Retention of title
46
5
Protection Against Breaches of Contract and Changed Circumstances
47
5.1Bid bonds, performance bonds, first demand-guarantees
47
5.2Changed conditions and principle of binding contracts (pacta sunt servanda)
48
5.3Exemption, force majeure and relief clauses
50
Force majeure clauses
50
Hardship clauses
53
Price adjustment and currency clauses
54
6
Trade Terms and the Contract of Carriage
56
6.1The variants (from EXW to DDP)
56
Incoterms
57
6.2Changed routines for the performance of the contract of carriage
58
7
The Risk of Loss, Damage or Delay During Carriage of the Goods
59
7.1General principles of risk distribution
59
7.2Transport insurance
60
7.3The insurer's recourse actions
62
8
The Co-Ordination of the Contracts of Sale, Carriage, Insurance and Financing
64
8.1The interrelation between the different contracts
64
8.2The traditional importance of the bill of lading
64
8.3The risks inherent in the bill of lading systems
65
8.4Sea waybills
68
8.5Electronic bills of lading
71
9
Resolution of Disputes
74
9.1Conciliation
74
9.2Court proceedings or arbitration?
74
9.3Some salient features of arbitration
79
9.4Check-list of some important questions in arbitration
85
1
The Seller's Performance
87
1.1Specification of the goods and the seller's obligation to ensure conformity
87
1.2The four categories of trade terms (E-, F-, C- and D- Incoterms 2000)
93
1.3The A- and B- classification of seller's and buyer's obligations to deliver and take delivery
100
1.4The main elements of the 13 Incoterms
101
EXW
101
FCA
102
FAS
104
FOB
104
CFR
108
CIF
110
CPT
112
CIP
113
DES
113
DEQ
114
DAF
114
DDU
115
DDP
116
1.5How to choose the optimal trade term
116
1.6Cost distribution systems
118
2
General Principles Relating to the Buyer's Remedies for the Seller's Breach of Contract
120
2.1The buyer's right to require specific performance
120
2.2The buyer's right of avoidance
121
2.3The buyer's right of compensation
124
2.4Exemption from liability for breach
128
3
The Seller's Liability for Failure to Deliver Conforming Goods
130
3.1The buyer's obligation of examine the goods and notify non-conformity
130
3.2The seller's obligation to cure defects
132
3.3The seller's right to cure defects
133
3.4The buyer's right to price reduction
134
3.5The seller's product liability
135
3.6Exemption and limitation of liability clauses
136
4
The Buyer's Performance
140
4.1The buyer's payment obligation and the determination of the price
140
4.2The ICC Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credit (UCP 500)
141
4.3The buyer's failure to co-operate or to take delivery
149
4.4The buyer's breach of ancillary obligations
151
4.5The seller's right to require the buyer to pay the price
152
4.6The seller's right of avoidance in case of the buyer's breach
153
4.7The seller's right to default interest and damages
154
5
Anticipatory Breaches of Contract
157
5.1Right to suspend performance
157
5.2Right of avoidance in case of anticipatory breach
157
6
Effects of Avoidance
159
6.1Avoidance requires notice on the other party (CISG art. 26)
159
6.2Release from the restitution of performance
160
6.3Preservation of the goods in case of the buyer's failure to take deliver of rejection of the goods
162
1
The Market for Transportation Services
165
1.1Charterparty and liner trade for carriage of goods by sea
165
1.2Carriage over land and by air
168
1.3Multimodal transport
168
1.4Freight forwarders and cargo consolidation
169
1.5Freight forwarder documents (the FIATA-documents)
170
2
The Particular Risk Distribution Under Contracts of Carriage by Sea
172
2.1The marine adventure and cost distribution in general average
172
2.2Mandatory minimum liability under the 1924 Bill of Lading convention (the Hague Rules)
173
2.3The 1978 Hamburg Rules and the resistance to change
176
3
The Carrier's Liability for Carriage of Goods by Air, Rail, Road and Multimodal Transport
179
3.1The contract of carriage determines the scope of application of the respective conventions
179
3.2Air transport
179
3.3Rail transport
179
3.4Road Transport
180
3.5Declarations of value
181
3.6The liability of the multimodal transport operator (MTO)
181
3.7The 1991 UNCTAD/ICC Rules for Multimodal Transport Documents
182
4
The Liability of Terminal Operators
185
4.1Freedom of contract prevails
185
4.2The 1991 OTT-convention
185
5
The Liability of Freight Forwarders
187
5.1The 1967 UNIDROIT draft convention
187
5.2The freight forwarder's liability as carrier
188
5.3The 1996 FIATA Model Rules for Freight Forwarding Services
189
6
The Interrelation Between the Contract of Sale and Contracts Within the Transport Sector
191