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International Sale of Goods: Dubrovnik Lectures. Edited by Paul Volken and Petar Šarčević. New York, London, Rome: Oceana Publications, Inc., 1986. Pp. ix, 508. Index.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

John O. Honnold
John O. Honnold*
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University of Pennsylvania Law School, Emeritus
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 81 , Issue 2 , April 1987 , pp. 540 - 543
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1987

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1 S. TREATY DOC. 9, 98th Cong., 1st Sess. (1983). The President’s message attached a 3-page summary of the Convention by the Secretary of State and an 18–page legal analysis comparing the uniform sales law of the Convention with the sales article of the Uniform Commercial Code.

2 As of December 12, 1986, instruments of acceptance—of ratification (R) by initial signatory states and of accession (A) by other states—had been deposited with the United Nations by the following 11 states: Argentina (A), China (R), Egypt (A), France (R), Hungary (R), Italy (R), Lesotho (R), the Syrian Arab Republic (A), the United States of America (R), Yugoslavia (R) and Zambia (A).

3 The scope of UNCITRAL’s work was examined in a symposium of the American Journal of Comparative Law: UNCITRAL’s First Decade, 27 Am. J. Comp. L. 201 (1979). The UN Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods (1974), closely related to the 1980 Sales Convention, is expected shortly to receive the requisite approvals for entry into force. The UN Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea (1978), in spite of opposition by carrier interests, is gradually moving towards entry into force. For material on this Convention and the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, see id. at 353–448 and 449–506.

4 The 12th International Congress of Comparative Law, held in Australia in August 1986, examined ways to promote uniformity in applying this and other Conventions, on the basis of 15 national reports and a general report prepared by this reviewer.

5 Czechoslovakia has a similar code, dating from 1963, which is designed for international transactions with parties in market economy areas. Of less relevance were comparisons between the international rules of the 1980 Sales Convention and the GDR Contract Act, governing relations between GDR socialist enterprises, and the GDR Civil Code, which primarily governs consumer sales.

6 E.g.: damage during preliminary transport in the seller’s own vehicles (p. 287). Contrast Honnold, J., Uniform Law for International Sales Under the 1980 U.N. Convention §368 (1982)Google Scholar.

7 Points where Hellner differs with this reviewer’s analysis of the Convention include notes 12 (c.i.f. terms and Incoterms) and 14 (delivery procedures provided by Article 31(b) when the contract relates to goods at a specific location).