Cover -- Frontmatter13; -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Methodological Problems in the Drafting of the CISG -- Tracing Methodology in the CISG: Dogmatic Foundations -- Literal Interpretation: The Meaning of the Words -- Legislative Intention and the CISG -- Case Law Precedent and Legal Writing -- The Observance of Good Faith in International Trade -- An Economic Analysis of the CISG -- Homeward Trend: What, Why and Why Not -- Macro-Systematic Interpretation of Uniform Commercial Law: The Interrelation of the CISG and Other Uniform Sources -- The CISG and Its General Principles -- The Role of the UNIDROIT Principles and the PECL in the Interpretation and Gap-filling of CISG -- Constructive Interpretation Applying the CISG in the 21st Century -- The Interpretation of the CISG in China -- The Interpretation of the CISG in the Arab World -- CISG and Arbitration
