Harry Flechtner

The Draft Uncitral Digest and Beyond: Cases, Analysis and Unresolved Issues in the U.N. Sales Convention

The Draft UNCITRAL Digest and Beyond catalogues the 1,000 plus cases and arbitral awards to date that have interpreted and applied UNCITRALs Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). Adopted by 61 nations, the CISG has become one of UNCITRALs most successful products. As the default law of international contracts for much of the international trade in goods (including all three NAFTA countries), it is essential reading for anyone practising in the area of international trade law. * Contains the full text of the draft UNCITRAL digest * Catalogues over 1,000 cases and arbitral awards to date that have interpreted and applied the CISG - on an article-by-article basis * Describes the reasoning and results of existing CISG cases * Contains commentary by eminent CISG scholars offering analysis of issues that have yet to arise in case law * Offers direction for future cases in areas not yet been considered by courts and arbitrators as well as in areas where contradictory court decisions exist

In Memoriam: Professor Kathryn R. Heidt

What is most notable about the life and the career of Professor Kathryn R. Heidt is not that it was tragically cut short by her death on May 24, 2005, but that she was able to achieve so much, both personally and professionally, in the too-brief time allotted to her. After receiving her bachelor’s degree from Penn State and her J.D. from Cleveland State College of Law, Professor Heidt clerked for two years for the Honorable John T. Patton of the Ohio Court of Appeals before becoming an associate with the Philadelphia law firm Duane Morris & Heckscher. Opting for a change in her path in the law, she obtained an LL.M. from Yale Law School and began her distinguished academic career. Before joining the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh as a Professor of Law in 1995, Professor Heidt had served on the law faculty at Wayne State University Law School, and had been a visiting faculty member of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, the University of North Carolina School of Law, New York Law School, and the Law Faculty of the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands.