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Chapter2: Defining Sale of Goods Transaction. I- What is Sale? - Art 34 of D#38: Sale is a transfer of Ownership of property from one person to another (who has the obligation to deliver back the value of that object) for a price.
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Chapter2: Defining Sale of Goods Transaction I- What is Sale? - Art 34 of D#38: Sale is a transfer of Ownership of property from one person to another (who has the obligation to deliver back the value of that object) for a price. COT
So it can be Sale is promise to transfer ownership of sth, in exchange for sth. • UCC: Passing of title (ownership interest) from the seller to buyer for a price. COT
DELIVERY • What is ownership? Ex: Mr. A transfers his car to Mr. B. What’s matter? Mr. B can drive, sell, hire, destroy,…. and what’s matter, if Mr. A hires his car to Mr. B for 1000$/month for 1 year. - Does Mr. B can sell? - Does Mr. A can sell to Mr. C? - Does Mr. C drive this car? - Who is the ownership? COT
DELIVERY Ownership = Title + Possession • Title: Right to sell. • Possession: Right to use. * Art 1 of CISG: only applies to the sale of goods contract that place of business are located in different countries. II- What is Goods? Ex1: Mr. A hire his car to Mr. B for 1 year. So it means that Mr. A sells the right to use car for 1 year. - Is it goods? COT
No, it is not goods. Because it is intangible. Ex2: Mr. A sells land to Mr. B for 1000$. Is land a goods? No, it is not. Because it is immoveable. So, goods are all things which aretangible and moveable items. ☻What are not goods? P 12, Not goods: - Land, stock, bond, patent, ship, electricity, person … ☻- Study Question #3 (p:14) COT
Art 2 of CISG: This convention doesn’t apply - Goods bought for personal, family or house use. - On execution or otherwise by authority of law. (sold by court). - Of stock, shares, investment securities, negotiable instrument or money. - Of ship, vessels, hovercraft or aircraft. - Of electricity Most of Ks have goods and services. So, we look Art 3 of CISG COT
Predominate part of the K is service, CISG will not apply • Question # 2 (p: 13) COT
6 bulldozers, 200,000$/one O.K Chuon works for the Ministry of the interior Cat Industries INC S B ☻- Does CISG apply? Cost of servicing for 60,000$ < 1200,000$ CISG apply ☺- But the answer is not apply because Choun is not merchant. Merchant: a nature person or legal entity who is engaged in trading activities as his or her usual occupation. COT
III- Commercial Sale • Commercial: merchant (buying for reselling) • Transaction: Trans + Action Ex1:(p:16) Neam SIR Neam is rice wholesaler, he is a merchant because buys for reselling rice. Ex2: ( page 16 ) CISG is not apply because it is personal transaction $ Rice 20T/month for 1 year COT
Merchant is one who deals regularly in the kind of goods in the contract. Or one who hold himself out as having special knowledge of the goods sold. • Why they divide the law governing sale of goods between merchant and consumer? • Valid K: Terms must be clear and definite if not, voidable by court. Why? COT