The Inapplicability of the Parol Evidence Rule to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
Year: 2000
Type: article
Abstract: Many nations participating in today's ever expansive global economy are seeking to establish uniform systems of law to govern their cross-border transactions.These nations have recognized that uniform bodies of law often lead to increased efficiency, in terms of time and cost, in the arena of international transactions.'This twenty-first century goal towards unification of the law for transnational commerce can be traced back at least to the Middle Ages. 2 Merchants who traveled from port to port throughout the civilized world sought to create a uniform set of guidelines to facilitate their trade businesses The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods ("CISG" or "the Convention") 4 is the most recent and significant attempt by a num-1.See Anthony S. Winer, The CISG Convention and Thomas Franck's Theory of Legitimacy, 19 NW.J. INT'L L. & Bus. 1, 1-3 (1998); see also, e.g., Joseph Kahn, World Trade: U.S.-India Agreement, N.Y.TasEs, Jan. 11, 2000, at C4 (discussing a recent tariff elimination accord that will have the effect of opening trade for agricultural products, consumer goods, and textiles between India and the United States, the world's two largest democracies).
Source: bepress Legal Repository
Author: Peter J. Calleo
Institution: Hofstra University
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W578209265