International Commercial Law Sites
This page is to assist students and legal professionals to visit CISG websites of other contracting states. Not all sites are in English. Many sites are multi lingual and are accessible for those who only speak English. Those who speak another language will find this site a great help.
PACE University can be reached via Homepage. Most of the important articles and cases are published on this website and is linked with most of the websites listed below.
AFRICA
University of South Africa, Prof. Siegfried Eiselen
ARAB STATES
Middle East Centre for International Commercial Law, Dr. Hossam A. El Saghir, Associate Dean for Higher Studies, Menoufia University Faculty of Law.
AUSTRIA
Dr. Peter Konwitschka, Rechtsanwalt, Schönherr Rechtsanwälte OEG (Vienna) and Birgit Kurtz, Esq. Alston & Bird, LLP (NY).
BELGIUM
Edited at the Institute for International Trade Law of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.. The members of the Institute are Prof. Dr. Hans van Houtte, Dr. Marta Pertegás Sender, Karen Vandekerckhome, Thalia Kruger, Johan Verlinden, Jos Decoker, Hans Das, Bart Delmartino, Viviane Verbist.
BRAZIL
Editor-in-chief Leandro Tripodi.
CANADA
Peter Mazzacano, an LL.M. graduate student at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada.
CHINA
(Coming Soon)
DENMARK
Collaboration between The University of Copenhagen (Faculty of Law), Copenhagen Business School (Law Department), University of Aarhus (Law Department) and The Aarhus School of Business (Law Department).
ENGLAND
(Coming Soon)
Queen Mary Case Translation Programme of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary College, University of London, Dr. Loukas A. Mistelis.
FRANCE
Centre juridique franco-allemand, Université de la Sarre, Prof. Dr. Claude Witz, Chaire de Droit privé français. Website administration.
GERMANY
Ingeborg Schwenzer of the University of Basel, CISG-online.ch is a successor to the CISG online website of the University of Freiburg. The contact for this site is <cisg-online@unibas.ch>.
GREECE
University of Athens. Dionysios Flambouras, Chair of the Board of Directors of the website: Dr. Michael Stathopópolos, Professor of Civil Law, Athens University (currently Minister of Justice of the Hellenic Republic).
ISRAEL
Center for Commercial Law, Bar Ilan University, Dr. Arie Reich.
ITALY
Centre for Comparative and Foreign Law Studies - Roma.
JAPAN
Kyushu University, Prof. Hiroo Sono.
LATIN AMERICA
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Professora Ma del Pilar Perales Viscasillas.
MEXICO
Universidad Iberoamericana, Plantel Noroeste, in Tijuana, State of Baja California, Mexico, Mtro. Alejandro Osuna González.
NETHERLANDS
Edited by Patrick Bout.
NORDIC STATES
Aarus School of Business, Thomas Neumann.
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Edited by Danielle Choi.
RUSSIA
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Russian Federation Foreign Affairs Ministry (Chair of Private and Civil Law) and the International Law Firm "Moscow International Center for Entrepreneurship & Co. Prof. Alexandre Mouranov and Margaret Slavin eds. <mmcp@yukos.ru>.
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Department of International Law and European Law at the Faculty of Law of Trnava University and the Law Firm of JUDr Pavol Gracik in Nitra, JUDr Juraj Kotrusz and JUDr Natalia Stefankova, Ph.D.
SPAIN
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Professora Ma del Pilar Perales Viscasillas.
SWITZERLAND
Ingeborg Schwenzer of the University of Basel, CISG-online.ch is a successor to the CISG online website of the University of Freiburg. The contact for this site is cisg-online@unibas.ch.
THAILAND
Sripatum University and edited by Dr. Jumpita Ruangvichathorn.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Institute of International Commercial Law, Pace University School of Law, Albert H. Kritzer.
OTHER SITES OF IMPORTANCE
When considering the CISG within the regime of international trade laws several sites are also of importance and need to be consulted. The following list is only considered to be a starting point.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW MONITOR
http://lexmercatoria.net/
http://tradelaw.net/
INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
http://www.iccwbo.org/index.asp
CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON CONTRACTS AND THE STRUCTURE OF ENTERPRISE
http://crcse.business.pitt.edu/
UNIDROIT
http://www.unidroit.org/
UNCITRAL
http://www.UNCITRAL.org
THE PRINCIPLES OF EUROPEAN CONTRACT LAW
http://www.ufsia.ac.be/~estorme/PECL.html
EUROPEAN INITIATIVE ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
http://cordis.europa.eu/esprit/src/ecomcom.htm
FRAMEWORK FOR GLOBAL ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/New/Commerce/
MOOT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The Moot Alumni Association is of importance for teams preparing to participate in the Vienna Moot. It also provides links to Lexmerc and Euroarb.
