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Sources Of Law And Pluri-Lingualism (In Greek), Nikitas E. Hatzimihail

Nikitas E Hatzimihail

This study (which replaces an earlier article published at the law journal Χρονικά Ιδιωτικού Δικαίου - Chronicles of Private Law, vol. 12 (2012)) examines issues arising from the translation of authoritative legal texts (constituting sources of law in the legal system under consideration), with an emphasis on legislation.

The first part of the article examines instances where authoritative texts of the same legal instrument co-exist in two or several languages, notably in the case of international uniform law instruments, such as the Vienna Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG).

The second part addresses instances of an instrument being …

The Cisg In Israel, Dr. Yehuda Adar

Yehuda Adar Dr.

This article reviews the status of the CISG in the Israeli legal system. The survey reveals that the attitude of the Israeli courts toward international sales laws has in the past been rather ambivalent. The author argues that while some decisions of the Supreme Court have ignored the international context without a sufficiently clear reason, most of the cases where the convention was actually applied reflect a sympathetic approach toward the idea of a uniform international law of sales. Furthermore, on the last occasion in which the CISG was heavily relied upon by the Supreme Court, the Court’s analysis reflected …