1. Kansainväliset sopimukset Luento 4
Case 4
Matti Rudanko

2. (Formation of contract; sales contract; choice of law)
Lecture 3: Slides
Slide sets: 2; 5; 6, 7
(Formation of contract; sales contract; choice of law)
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3. Case : Conclusion of Contract, Entire Agreemement
Task:
1. English and Nordic Contract Systems: Entire Agreement
2. International Dimension: Choice of Law
3. Disclosure Duties upon Conclusion of Contract
4. Definition of Conforming Goods
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4. Other Material and Further Reading
Unidroit Principles (Merger clauses) Ramberg, Jan: International Commercial Transactions (ICC, Kluwer, Norstedts 1998) p. 18 and 88 (see Slide set 7) Cf. Exam textbook: McKendrick, Ewan : Contract Law (9th edition, Palgrave Macmillan) 21.2: entire obligations Please make use of your knowledge of IB, Finance, Logistics, and other business economic or legal know how
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5. Possible Tasks and Questions
4. Report the legal remedies available to a party to the contract for con-conformity of the goods
3. Account for the main differences between the English and Finnish law approach to “entire agreements” (merger clauses). Observe the possibility of interpretation of the contract (Unidroit Principles ) and adjustment of contract (Contracts Act Art. 36)
2. The definition of conforming goods in international and Finnish sale of goods law
1. Choice of law questions: British or Finnish
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6. Topics and Issues The Structure of Sale of Goods Contract
British and Finnish contract law
Entire agreement
Interpretation of contract
Contract law principles
Adjustment of contracts
Contract Law Regulation
Sale of Goods Act (national)
CISG
Unidroit Principles
British Law?
International private law (choice of law)
Non-conforming Goods
Definition of conforming goods
Information given by the seller in marketing
Remedy alternatives
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