Force Majeure, Impossibility, Frustration & the Like: Excuses for Non-Performance; the Historical Origins and Development of an Autonomous Commercial Norm in the CISG

This article considers the extent to which a problematic legal doctrine is an autonomous1 international commercial norm, and capable of relative uniformity within the context of the 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (“CISG” or “Convention”)2 and its goal...

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Main Author: Peter Mazzacano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aalborg University Open Publishing 2011-01-01
Series:Nordic Journal of Commercial Law
Online Access:https://130.225.53.24/index.php/NJCL/article/view/3001