Jusletter

Table of contents

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Private international law determinations
• 2.1 Forum
• 2.1.1 Principal issues
• 2.1.2 Place of performance obligation
• 2.1.3 Party agreement affecting jurisdiction
• 2.2 Applicable law
• 2.2.1 Principal issues
• 2.2.2 Habitual residence
• 2.2.3 Choice of substantive law
• 2.2.3.1 Party exclusion of the CISG
• 2.2.3.2 Other
• 3 Use of the CISG as an interpretive instrument
• 4 Substantive scope of application of the CISG
• 4.1 Broader scope than sale under Swiss domestic law
• 4.2 Service component
• 4.3 Frame-work agreements
• 5 Interpretation of CISG contracts
• 5.1 General
• 5.2 Party agreement on place of performance
• 5.3 Exclusion of guaranty for defects
• 5.4 Custom
• 6 Validity of the contract
• 7 Time limitation
• 8 Evidence under the CISG
• 8.1 Burden of proof
• 8.2 Standard of proof
• 9 Insolvency
• 10 Recognition of debt
• 11 Partial performance
• 12 Currency of the purchase price
• 13 Agreement to terminate a CISG contract
• 14 Damages
• 15 Avoidance of a contract under the CISG
• 16 Return of goods in substantially the same state
• 17 Interest