Chapter 1. Choice of Law：Substantive Considerations

Chapter 2. Interpreting and Supplementing the CISG

Ⅰ. Comparing UCC Section 1-103(b) with CISG Article 7

Ⅱ. Using General Principles to Determine How (or Whether) the CISG Addresses an Issue

Ⅲ. Interpreting the CISG as a “True Code” and Consistent with Its International Character

Ⅳ. Interpreting the CISG as an International Instrument：Avoiding Homeward Trend

Ⅴ. The Role of Private International Law

Chapter 3. Choice of Forum

Ⅰ. Choice of Forum—Ontario or Minnesota？

Ⅱ. Judge or Arbitrator？

Ⅲ. Commercial Law in Developing Countries

Ⅳ. A Lawyer’s Thoughts on Contracting With a Chinese Company

Chapter 4. Interest and Usury

Ⅰ. Introducing Interest and Usury

Ⅱ. The CISG’s Approach to Interest

Ⅲ. Choice of Law Challenges

Ⅳ. The UNIDROIT and PECL Approaches

Chapter 5. Commercial Agents—Franchises

Ⅰ. Duration and Termination in the United States

Ⅱ. Statutes Protecting the Rights of Agents or Franchisees

Ⅲ. European Union Legislation

Chapter 6. Extraterritoriality；Enforcement and Claw Back Laws

Chapter 7. Microfinance

Ⅰ. Introduction：The Origins and Many Forms of Microfi-nance

Ⅱ. Microfinance and Social Change

Ⅲ. Meeting the Demand for Microfinance and Creating Sus-tainable Institutions

Ⅳ. Peer Lending Groups，Relatively High Interest Rates，and Other Characteristics of Microfinance

Ⅴ. Microfinance in the United States

Ⅵ. The Road Ahead：Weathering Financial and Political Challenges

Chapter 8. Letters of Credit and Documentary Sales

Ⅰ. What Is a Letter of Credit？

Ⅱ. The Legal Framework for a Documentary Sale

Ⅲ. A Basic Documentary Sale

Chapter 9. Bankruptcy

INDEX

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TABLE OF CASES

Chapter 1. Choice of Law：Substantive Considerations

Problem 1a Risk of Loss

Problem 1b Right of Inspection and Notification of Defects

Problem 1c Duty to Accept Goods；Right to Reject Goods

Problem 1d A Drafting Problem

Problem 1e Terms Relating to Quality of Goods (Warranties and Conditions)

Questions

Problem 1f Obligation of Good Faith

Problem 1g Remedies

Chapter 2. Interpreting and Supplementing the CISG

Ⅰ. Comparing UCC Section 1-103(b) with CISG Article 7

Questions

Problem 1

Ⅱ. Using General Principles to Determine How (or Whether) the CISG Addresses an Issue

Questions

Problem 2

Problem 3

Ⅲ. Interpreting the CISG as a “True Code” and Consistent with Its International Character

Questions

Problem 4

Ⅳ. Interpreting the CISG as an International Instrument：Avoiding Homeward Trend

Raw Materials，Inc. v. Manfred Forberich，GmbH

Questions

Problem 5

Problem 6

Ⅴ. The Role of Private International Law

Ajax Tool Works，Inc.，Plaintiff，v. Can-Eng Manufacturing Ltd.，Defendant

Questions

Chapter 3. Choice of Forum

M/S Bremen and Unterwesser Reederei，GmBH，Petitioners v. Zapata Off-Shore Company

Questions and Comments

Ⅰ. Choice of Forum—Ontario or Minnesota？

Ⅱ. Judge or Arbitrator？

Ⅲ. Commercial Law in Developing Countries

Ⅳ. A Lawyer’s Thoughts on Contracting With a Chinese Company

Questions and Comments

Chapter 4. Interest and Usury

Ⅰ. Introducing Interest and Usury

Problem 1

Questions

Problem 2

Problem 3

Ⅱ. The CISG’s Approach to Interest

Commercial Court (Handelsgericht) Aargau

Questions

Problem 4

Ⅲ. Choice of Law Challenges

Questions

Problem 5

Ⅳ. The UNIDROIT and PECL Approaches

Questions

Chapter 5. Commercial Agents—Franchises

Ⅰ. Duration and Termination in the United States

E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Claiborne-Reno Co

Questions

Jack’s Cookie Company v. A.A. Brooks

Questions and Comments

Hunt Foods，Inc. v. Phillips and H.W. Liholm

Varni Bros. Corporation et al.，Plaintiffs and Appellants v. Wine World，Inc.，Defendant and Respondent

Ⅱ. Statutes Protecting the Rights of Agents or Franchisees

Ⅲ. European Union Legislation

Problem

Chapter 6. Extraterritoriality；Enforcement and Claw Back Laws

Notes

Chapter 7. Microfinance

Ⅰ. Introduction：The Origins and Many Forms of Microfi-nance

Problem 1

Ⅱ. Microfinance and Social Change

Questions

Problem 2

Problem 3

For Further Exploration

Ⅲ. Meeting the Demand for Microfinance and Creating Sus-tainable Institutions

Questions

Problem 4

Problem 5

For Further Exploration

Ⅳ. Peer Lending Groups，Relatively High Interest Rates，and Other Characteristics of Microfinance

Questions

Problem 6

For Further Exploration

Ⅴ. Microfinance in the United States

Questions

Problem 7

Ⅵ. The Road Ahead：Weathering Financial and Political Challenges

Question

Problem 8

Problem 9

Chapter 8. Letters of Credit and Documentary Sales

Questions

Problem 1

Ⅰ. What Is a Letter of Credit？

Questions

Problem 2

Ⅱ. The Legal Framework for a Documentary Sale

Questions

Problem 3

Ⅲ. A Basic Documentary Sale

Voest-Alpine Trading Co. vo Bank of China

Questions

Problem 4

Chapter 9. Bankruptcy

Thomas J. Salerno，“Reorganization of the Financially Distressed Business in the US—Just How Far Afield Is It From the Rest of the World？”

INDEX