The Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration
VJ Home: Archive: Abstract Article (2002) 6 VJ 1, 1-24


Austrian Cases on the UN Convention on Contracts for the International

Sale of Goods

Willibald Posch* and Thomas Petz**

“Austrian Cases on the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)” – an article by Professor Willibald Posch and Mr Thomas Petz which provides an excellent analysis and history of decisions by the Austrian Supreme Court relating to the CISG.  Case translations are also provided for four significant cases of the Austrian Supreme Court which are discussed by Professor Posch and Mr Petz.  Together, this provides an invaluable resource on the CISG. 

*   Dr. juris, Professor of Law, Institute for Austrian Civil Law, Foreign and International Private Law, University of Graz, Austria.

** Mag. juris, Research Assistant, Institute for Austrian Civil Law, Foreign and International Private Law, University of Graz, Austria.