下载后可任意编辑Business EnglishLecture 1 Contract for International Sale of Goods Definition of contract Contract for International Sale of Goods Form of contract for International Sale of Goods Law applicable to contract for the International Sale of goods Contract: 合同 Contract for International Sale of Goods: 国际货物买卖合同 Form of Contract: 合同形式； Promise: 允诺 Meeting of minds/Mutual assents: 合意/意思表示一致； Agreement: 协议 Place of business: 营业地 CISG: 《联合国国际货物买卖合同公约》Definition of contract Contract is “a promise or a set of promises” for the breach of which the law gives a remedy. Contract is a “meeting of minds or mutual assent” with which one person or more is obliged to give a thing, to do or not to do a thing to one person or more persons. contract is a legally binding agreement, or an agreement creating an obligation. The substance of the definition of a contract is that by mutual agreement or assent, the parties create enforceable duties or obligations. Contract for International Sale of Goods an agreement between two parties whose places of business are in different countries, under which “one party (the seller) is bound to deliver the goods and transfer the property in the goods sold and the other party (the buyer) is obliged to pay the price and accept the goods. 1. International: place of business principle 2. Sale: delivering the goods and transferring the property in the goods; paying price and accepting the goods 3.Goods: movable property or personal property Seller, in State A, entered into negotiations with buyer in State B for a complex and important contract for the manufacture of machinery. To complet...
