Globalization versus Regionalization4th Annual MAA Schlechtriem CISG Conference9789462360662 | 1 edition, 2013 |
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Description
This book contains the updated papers of the 4th Annual MAA Peter Schlechtriem CISG Conference, which was held on 18 March 2012 in Hong Kong. The contributions cover an overview of the current issues facing the global trade law community such as the expected accession of Brazil to the CISG, the issues facing the CISG with a view to the introduction of the Common European Sales Law (CESL) in the European Union and the effects of reservations made by signatories to the CISG and potential withdrawals of such reservations by such countries. The book is a valuable resource for both academics and professionals working in the field of commercial law, trade law and investment disputes.
Target group
Academics and professionals working in the field of commercial law, trade law and investment disputes
Author's information
Ingeborg Schwenzer is a Professor Ordinaria für Privatrecht at the University of Basel. After completing her law studies in Tübingen, Geneva and Freiburg, Professor Schwenzer obtained an LL.M. summa cum laude from the University of California, Berkeley, and her PhD summa cum laude from the University of Freiburg. Professor Schwenzer is editor of the leading Schlechtriem/Schwenzer CISG commentaries in both German and English, and member of the Advisory Council on the CISG. She has published widely in the areas of comparative law, international commercial law, the law of obligations, as well as family law, and is regularly called upon to act as counsel, expert witness and arbitrator in these fields.
Lisa Spagnolo has an LLB with First Class Honours, and is a Supreme Court Prize winner. She has been awarded Best Speaker in the Governor-General's Moot, and has a long association with the Vis Commercial Arbitration moot in Vienna and Hong Kong, both as a student (awarded Honourable Mention as an advocate) and as a guest arbitrator. She practised with Minter Ellison as a commercial litigator, particularly in the area of banking and insolvency. Lisa is a PhD candidate. Her thesis is on international sales and she currently lectures in Contract and Property Law at Monash University.
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