78011 International Sale of Goods

6cp

Requisite(s): 77885 Legal Process and Legal Research AND (60 credit points of completed study in C04148 Master of Law and Legal Practice AND 70318 Personal Property)

These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses. See access conditions.

Undergraduate and Postgraduate
Subject coordinator: Dr John Felemegas

This subject provides an introduction to and an analysis of the main provisions of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 1980 (CISG), an examination of certain practical, theoretical and methodological issues concerning the proper construction and application of CISG as the uniform international sales law, and a basic comparative analysis between selected provisions of the CISG and Restatements of International Contract Law (i.e. the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts 1994 and the Principles of European Contract Law 1998), in order to determine how and to what extent consideration of general principles of international commercial law could aid in the proper interpretation and application of the Convention as the uniform international sales law – a positive step towards substantive legal uniformity.

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $1,041.62
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,472.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2007 for Commonwealth-supported students who commenced after 2004 and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Domestic fee-paying students and international students should refer to the Fees webpage.

Access conditions

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