The Uniform Interpretation of the UN Sales Convention (CISG)

Introduction
Contents
About the Authors
1 Creation of CISG as a Uniform Sales Law
	1 Historical Background
		1.1 The Old Lex Mercatoria
		1.2 Incorporation of the Lex Mercatoria into Domestic Law
		1.3 Revival of the Lex Mercatoria—The New Lex Mercatoria
		1.4 Predecessors of CISG
	2 Creation of CISG
		2.1 UNCITRAL and CISG
		2.2 CISG as a Uniform Sales Law
2 Legal Interpretation and Uniform Interpretation of CISG
	1 Legal Interpretation and CISG
		1.1 Definition of Legal Interpretation
		1.2 Values and Characteristics of Legal Interpretation
		1.3 Approaches to Legal Interpretation
	2 Autonomous Interpretation of CISG
		2.1 Autonomous Interpretation and the International Nature and Uniform Application of CISG
		2.2 International Context of CISG and Autonomous Interpretation
		2.3 Specific Requirements of Autonomous Interpretation
		2.4 The Comparative Approach and Autonomous Interpretation
3 Gap Filling and Uniform Interpretation of CISG
	1 Gap-Filling in CISG
		1.1 Gaps in CISG
		1.2 Approaches to Gap-Filling in CISG
	2 General Principles of Law and Gap-Filling in CISG
		2.1 General Principles of Law vs. Private International Law
		2.2 Determination of General Principles of Law
		2.3 General Principles of Law on Which CISG is Based
	3 Good Faith as an Umbrella Principle
		3.1 Good Faith in CISG
		3.2 Good Faith and Uniform Interpretation of CISG
4 Supplementary Materials and Uniform Interpretation of CISG
	1 PICC and Uniform Interpretation of CISG
		1.1 Feasibility of Using PICC to Interpret CISG
		1.2 PICC and Interpretation of CISG
		1.3 Restrictions on Functions of PICC
	2 Foreign Cases and Uniform Interpretation of CISG
		2.1 Necessity of Using Foreign Cases
		2.2 Challenges to Using Foreign Cases
		2.3 Foreign Cases and Uniform Interpretation of CISG
	3 Legislative History
		3.1 Legislative History of Article 7(1)
		3.2 Legislative History of Article 7(2)
	4 Other Supplementary Materials
		4.1 CISG Advisory Opinion
		4.2 UNCITRAL CISG Digest
		4.3 Burden of Proof as to Supplementary Materials
Conclusion
References
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