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CISG in Africa : Bibliography

ALLOTT, Antony
1968. The Unification of Laws in Africa, 16 American Journal of Comparative Law (1968) 51-87

BARTON, G. A.
1985. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, 18 Comparative and International Law Journal of South Africa (1985) 21-35

BOKA, E .
1964. The Sources of Law of International Trade in the Developing Countries of Africa, in: C.M. Schmitthoff ed., The Sources of Law of International Trade, London (1964) 227 et seq.

BOOYSEN, Hercules
1991/1992. The International Sale of Goods [18 June 1992], 17 South African Yearbook of International Law/Suid-Afrikaanse Jaarboek vir Volkereg (1991/1992) 71-89

BOOYSEN, Hercules
1995. International transactions and the international law merchant, Pretoria: Interlegal (1995) 431 p. [CISG 2, 20, 30, 63, 139-140, 154, 191-222, 301-302, 373-374]

BROOKS, R.
1984. Why Congress Should Be Wary on the U. N. Convention on the International Sale of Goods, Backgrounder, Washington, D.C.: Heritage Foundation (15 June 1984) No. 361

COETZEE, Juana / DE GAMA, Mustaqeem [South Africa]
2006. Harmonisation of Sales Law: An International and Regional Perspective, 10 Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration (2006/1) 15-26

COETZEE, Juana [South Africa]
2007. Securing the Future of Electronic Sales in the Context of International Sales, 11 Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration (1/2007) 11-24

DATE-BAH, Samuel K. [Ghana]
2004. The UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts in West and Central Africa - Reflections on the OHADA Project from the Perspective of a Common Lawyer from West Africa, Uniform Law Review (2004) 269-273

DICKERSON, Claire Moore [U.S.]
.2005. Harmonizing Business Laws in Africa: OHADA Calls the Tune, 44 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law (2005) 17-73

DU PLESSIS, Jacques [South Africa]
2009. Provisions of the UNIDROIT Principles on Validity: Arts. 3.8 (Fraud), 3.9 (Threat). 3.10 (Gross disparity), 3.11 (Third persons), and 3.17 (Retroactive effect of avoidance), and 3.19 (Mandatory character of the provisions), in: Stefan Vogenauer / Jan Kleinheisterkamp eds., Commentary on the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, (PICC), Oxford University Press (2009) 434-462 and 477-482 and 487-489

EISELEN, Siegfried [South Africa]
1999. Adoption of the Vienna Convention for the International Sale of Goods (The CISG) in South Africa, 116 South African Law Journal (1999) 323-370
http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/cisg/biblio/eiselen.html

EISELEN, Siegfried [South Africa]
1999. Electronic Commerce and the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) 1980, 6 EDI Law Review: legal aspects of paperless communication (1999) 21-46
http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/cisg/biblio/eiselen1.html

EISELEN, Siegfried [South Africa]
2001. A comparison of the Remedies for the Breach of Contract under the CISG and South African Law, in Basedow J and others (eds) Aufbruch nach Europa – 75 jahre Max-Planck-Institut für Privatrecht. (Mohr Siebeck Tübingen)

EISELEN, Siegfried [South Africa]
2002. E-Commerce and the CISG: Formation, Formalities and Validity, 6 Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law & Arbitration (2002) 305-318

EISELEN, Siegfried [South Africa]
2002. General rules for measuring damages: Remarks on the manner in which the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts may be used to interpret or supplement Article 74 CISG

EISELEN, Siegfried [South Africa]
2004. Remarks on the manner in which the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts may be used to interpret or supplement Article 78 CISG (September 2004)

EISELEN, Siegfried [South Africa]
2005 - 2006. Proving the Quantum of Damages, at: Conference Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods sponsored by UNCITRAL and the Vienna International Arbitration Centre (Vienna: 15-18 March 2005), 25 Journal of Law and Commerce, Issue No. 1 (Fall 2005 / Spring 2006) 375-383

EISELEN, Siegfried [South Africa]
2005. Unresolved damages issues of the CISG: A comparative analysis, 38 Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa (2005/1) 32-46

EISELEN, Siegfried [South Africa]
2006. Various chapters in: John Felemegas ed., An International Approach to the Interpretation of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (1980) as Uniform Sales Law, Cambridge University Press (2006) 163-166; 207-218; 231-236

EISELEN, Siegfried [South Africa]
2006. Anticipatory breach: Remarks on the manner in which the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts may be used to interpret or supplement Articles 71 and 72 of the CISG, in: John Felemegas ed., An International Approach to the Interpretation of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (1980) as Uniform Sales Law, Cambridge University Press (2006) 207-211

EISELEN, Siegfried [South Africa]
2006. Measuring damages for breach of contract: Remarks on the manner in which the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts may be used to interpret or supplement Article 74 of the CISG, in: John Felemegas ed., An International Approach to the Interpretation of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (1980) as Uniform Sales Law, Cambridge University Press (2006) 211-218

EISELEN, Siegfried [South Africa]
2006. Interest on sums in arrears: Remarks on the manner in which the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts may be used to interpret or supplement Article 78 of the CISG, in: John Felemegas ed., An International Approach to the Interpretation of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (1980) as Uniform Sales Law, Cambridge University Press (2006) 231-236

EISELEN, Siegfried [South Africa]
2006. The battle of forms: A comparative analysis, 39 Comparative and International Law Journal of South Africa (2/2006) 214-240

EISELEN, Siegfried [South Africa]
2007. The UNECIC International Trade in the Digital Era, Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal (2007/2) 1-49, available at http://www.puk.ac.za/opencms/export/PUK/html/fakulteite/regte/per/issuepages/2007volume2/eiselen.pdf

EISELEN, Siegfried [South Africa]
2007. Adopting the CISG in South Africa; Reflections 8 years down the line 19 (2007) SA Merc LJ 14-25

EISELEN, Siegfried [South Africa]
2008. The Purpose, Scope and Underlying Principles of the UNECIC, in: Camilla B. Andersen / Ulrich G. Schroeter eds., Sharing International Commercial Law across National Boundaries: Festschrift for Albert H. Kritzer on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday, Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing (March 2008) 106-133

EISELEN, Siegfried [South Africa]
2008 / 2009. The CISG and Electronic Issues, 10 International Law Review of Wuhan University (2008-2009) 128-155

EISELEN, Siegfried [South Africa]
2009. Literal Interpretation: The Meaning of the Words, in: André Janssen / Olaf Meyer eds., CISG Methodology, Sellier European Law Publishers (2009) 61-90

EISELEN, Siegfried [South Africa]
2010. Commentary on Hardship and the CISG, available online as Editorial analysis of the decision of the Belgian Supreme Court in the 19 June 2009 case of Scafom International BV v. Lorraine Tubes S.A.S

EISELEN, Siegfried [South Africa]
2010. Globalization and harmonization of international trade law in Faure M and Van der Walt A (eds) Globalization and Private Law – The Way Forward 2010 (Edgar Elgar) 179-250

GARBERS, Friso [South Africa]
2003. The Dogmatic and Practical Implications of Article 78 of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods on Claims for Interest under International Sales Contracts (September 2003)

HUGO, C.
1999. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for International Sale of Goods: Its scope of application from a South African perspective, SA mercantile law journal/SA tydskrif vir handelsreg (1999) 11:1:1-27

LEHMAN, K [South Africa]
2006. ‘The United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods: Should South Africa Accede?’, 18 (2006) South African Mercantile Law Journal 317–28

KRIEGER, Rüdiger
1989. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: An Assessment of Its Impact on International Transactions, 106 South African Law Journal (1989) 184-191

MBAYE, Kéba
[Participant in development of UNIDROIT Principles]
1988. L'expérience du droit uniforme dans les pays d'Afrique [Experience with Uniform Law in Africa - in French], in: UNIDROIT ed., International Uniform Law in Practice/Le droit uniforme international dans la pratique [Acts and Proceedings of the 3rd Congress on Private Law held by the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (Rome 7-10 September 1987)], Oceana: New York (1988) 48-65

NSIE, Etienne
1999. La formation du contrat de vente commerciale en Afrique. Analyse du Titre II du Livere V de l'Acte uniforme d l'OHADA relatif au droit commercial général [The formation of the commercial sales contract in Africa. Analysis of Book V, Chapter II of the OHADA Uniform Act on General Commercial Law - in French], in: Penant - Revue de droit des pays d'Afrique [Law Review of the African Countries], Les Vésinet: France 109 (1999) No. 829, 5-19 [CISG mentioned only in the first footnote]

NDULO, Muna [Zambia]
1987. The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (1980) and the Eastern and Southern African Preferential Trade Area, 3 Lesotho Law Journal (1987) 127-158

NDULO, Muna [Zambia]
1989. The Vienna Sales Convention 1980 and the Hague Uniform Laws on International Sale of Goods 1964: A Comparative Analysis, 38 International & Comparative Law Quarterly (1989) 1-25

NDULO, Muna [Zambia]
1991. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Vienna, 1980): Explanatory Documentation Prepared for Commonwealth Jurisdictions, London: Commonwealth Secretariat (1991) 60 p.

NG'ONG'OLA, Clement
1992. The Vienna Sales Convention of 1980 in the Southern Africa Legal Environment: Formation of a Contract of Sale, 4 African Journal of International and Comparative Law (1992) 835-854

NG'ONG'OLA, Clement
1995. The Vienna Sales Convention of 1980 and Sales Law of Southern Africa, 7 African Journal of International Law/Revueafricaine de droit international et comparé (1995) 227-256

RABINOWITZ, Daniel
1993. Implications of South Africa's Accession to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, Lex Mundi World Reports, Suppl. No. 30 (December 1993) 1-17

SCHROETER, Ulrich [Germany]

2001. Das einheitliche Kaufrecht der afrikanischen OHADA-Staaten im
Vergleich zum UN-Kaufrecht [The Uniform Sales Law of the African OHADA
States in comparison to the UN Sales Law - in German], Recht in Africa
(2001) 163-176

VAN NIEKERK, JP & SCHULZE, WG
2000. The South African Law of International Trade: Selected Topics Chapter 2. Saga Legal Publications 2000 33-88

VAN VUUREN, Elbi Janse
1998. Termination of international commercial contracts for breach of contract: the provisions of the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, 15 Arizona Journal of International & Comparative Law (1998) 583-634 [comparison with provisions of U.S. law, German law and South African law]

VIEJOBUENO, Sonia
1993. Private International Law Rules Relating to the Validity of International Sales Contracts, 26 Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa (1993) 172-210

VIEJOBUENO, Sonia
1994. The role and meaning of trade usages in the 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, LL.M. Thesis Unisa (1994) unpublished

VIEJOBUENO, Sonia
1995. Progress through compromise: the 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, 28 Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa (July 1995) 220-227

ZELLER, Bruno [Australia]
2003. The Parol Evidence Rule and the CISG - A comparative analysis; see also 36 Comparative Law Journal of South Africa (2003)