William P. Johnson's research while affiliated with Saint Louis University and other places

Publications (6)

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The term ‘usage’ generally refers to any practice that is habitual or customary within a given industry, trade or region. Under domestic U.S. sales law, the term ‘usage of trade’ is used, and usage of trade can be used under domestic U.S. sales law to interpret, explain, or supplement a written agreement. But usage of trade may not be used under do...
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The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) entered into force for Turkey on August 1, 2011. This article considers the significance of Turkey’s accession to the CISG as part of Turkey’s continuing engagement with systems of international trade, especially as relates to sales transactions with U.S. contract...
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The English version of this paper can be found at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1947539This Article was written by the author in English and was translated for publication in Portuguese. The Article offers a view, from a U.S. perspective but for a non-U.S. readership, on the significant aspects of planning for dispute resolution in the context of cross-...
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The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, or CISG, generally governs contracts of sale of goods when the parties to the contract are located in different countries and the countries are parties to the CISG. The United States is a party to the CISG, as are most of the United States’ top trading partners. Althoug...
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International law requires that a person have a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership of a particular social group in order to be recognized as a refugee. That is, under the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, there must be a nexus between the danger faced by th...

Citations

... Incoterms ® rules are legally accepted globally for both domestic and international trade (Johnson 2013;Spanogle 1997). The rules add to the buyer-seller relationship with a shorthand method of conveying well-defined obligations and risks to the logistics functions of the buyer and the seller. ...
... Fleeing from civil war alone is not enough to meet the Refugee Convention definition, but war-related violence that is linked to one of the its five reasons can give rise to a valid claim to refugee status. 15 Since much violence in civil wars is motivated by an intention to harm particular ethnic, religious, or political groups, many war refugees can find protection under the Refugee Convention. ...