Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Purposes of modern sales law -- Introduction: Unity and diversity in the law of sale of goods / Djakhongir Saidov -- Unification, disintegration or optimization : purposes of modern sales law / Lisa Spagnolo -- Has the UN Sales Convention achieved its key purpose(s)? / Ulrich G. Schroeter -- Part II. Looking into the substance of sales law -- Sales law and digitised material / Sarah Green -- Trade usages in international sales law / Djakhongir Saidov -- Abstract damages in international sale contracts : when should they be available? / Andrew Tettenborn -- Substituting data for documents : a new meaning for "conforming tender"? / Miriam Goldby -- Part III. Standard form contracts and trade terms -- Are commercial standard form contracts efficient? / Clayton P. Gillette -- CIF and FOB contracts in English law : current issues and problems / Michael Bridge -- Incoterms and the standardization of the international sales law / Juana Coetzee -- Part IV. Transactional contexts : long-term contracts and global supply chains -- Long-term gas sales agreements / Marc Hammerson and Emma Richardson -- Long-term power purchase agreements : the factors that influence contract design / Patrick Wallace -- Sales in global supply chains : a new architecture of the international sales law / Fabrizio Cafaggi -- Part V. Intersections with other areas -- The impact of arbitration on the development of international sales law / Richard Aikens -- Insolvency treatment of retention of title arrangements in cross-border transactions / Michael Schillig -- Consolidation and disintegration in trade finance / Christopher Hare