Trade sanctions and international sales : an inquiry into international arbitration and commercial litigation / Mercedeh Azeredo da Silveira.

Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of Geneva, 2013) under title: The effects of trade sanctions on international sales contracts in international arbitration and Swiss and European Litigation.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-396) and index.

International trade sanctions -- International sales contracts -- Characterization of trade sanctions in a private law perspective -- Authority of domestic courts and arbitral tribunals to give effect to trade sanctions -- Circumstances in which a trade sanction may be given effect -- Relevance of the lex contractus -- Trade sanctions as legal impediments to performance -- Rights and obligations of the parties if the obliger is exempted from liability for non-performance -- Rights of the obligee if the obligor delivers a substitute to avoid the prohibition -- No exemption possible on grounds of increased onerousness -- Adaptation of the contract on grounds of hardship -- Part III revisited in light of Part IV : Remedies available if the cost of avoiding a trade sanction is excessive.