Purpose – This article seeks to take a critical look at the proposed Common European Sales Law (CESL). Design/methodology/approach – The article looks at the rationales given to support the enactment of the CESL. The approach is critical in nature seeking to vet the plausibility of the...

Barbara Pozzo (Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Como) / Private law and environmental sustainability -- Dario Hug (University of Zurich/University of Neuchâtel and KU Leuven) / Towards a sustainable interpretation of standard contract terms? -- Radosveta Vassileva (Middlesex University) /...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to better understand how commercial contracts are interpreted and the level of control that contracting parties have over the judicial interpretation of their contracts. Design/methodology/approach – The paper approaches the subject of commercial...

Purpose – This article aims to take a critical look at the proposed Common European Sales Law (CESL) and its field of application. Design/methodology/approach – The article provides a comparative analysis of the scope of application of CESL with that of the Convention on Contracts for the...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to compare the methods of interpretation and gap filling in the United Nations Sales Convention (CISG) and in the Draft Common European Sales Law (CESL). In particular, it aims to examine whether the established interpretation and gap filling method of...

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the way in which informational asymmetries between the two parties to a contract for the sale of goods are dealt with under two legal regimes designed for transnational sales contracts: the UN Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG) and the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a critical analysis of the concept of “change of circumstances” as a justification for judicial revision of contracts. Design/methodology/approach – The study analyses international legal texts on the subject in the light of a decision of...