AbstractsLaw & Legal Studies

Should South Africa ratify the United Nations convention on contracts for the international sale of goods?

by C.P.M. (Celia) Malahlela




Institution: University of Pretoria
Department:
Year: 2014
Keywords: South Africa; United Nations; Sale of goods; UCTD
Record ID: 1475133
Full text PDF: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41579


Abstract

The subject of this paper is whether South Africa should ratify the 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (the CISG). The CISG was enacted in an attempt to create a unified body of law to regulate the international transactions on sale of goods. Due to globalization, countries are trading with each other on a daily basis, and the need for a unified body of contract law has developed.