‘Performance guarantees on first demand and the fraud exception in international trade'

dc.contributor.advisorChristie, Richard Hunter
dc.contributor.authorRöchert, Norman
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-20T13:19:22Z
dc.date.available2026-05-20T13:19:22Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.updated2026-05-20T13:14:56Z
dc.description.abstractIn international trade the need for securities occurs with respect to two main objectives of a transaction: the performance by the seller and the payment by the buyer. Due to the international character of the transaction payment as well as performance can be problematic. Besides usual difficulties that can occur in every trade transaction an international transaction bears further risks for both parties. Seller and buyer, however, may not know each other and each is concerned over the other's solvency and reliability. Furthermore, the parties usually have their places of business in different countries. Therefore, they are often subject to different legal systems. Both parties possibly might have little knowledge of the applicable foreign law that will govern many facets of the transaction. Depending on the type of transaction, constructions might have to be done over a long period of time or goods might have been transported far distances. The seller might be concerned that the buyer, after the seller has gone to the expense of loading and shipping his goods to an unfamiliar country, may refuse to pay or become insolvent. Similarly, the buyer might be worried that the goods, that will arrive, do not conform to the underlying agreement. He might have already paid in advance or the seller might become insolvent. Both parties then would have to go to great financial and administrative expense to sue the other party in an unfamiliar foreign jurisdiction with respect to the applicable law, the legal proceedings and matters of enforcement.
dc.identifier.apacitationRöchert, N. (2007). <i>‘Performance guarantees on first demand and the fraud exception in international trade'</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43263en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationRöchert, Norman. <i>"‘Performance guarantees on first demand and the fraud exception in international trade'."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43263en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRöchert, N. 2007. ‘Performance guarantees on first demand and the fraud exception in international trade'. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43263en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Röchert, Norman AB - In international trade the need for securities occurs with respect to two main objectives of a transaction: the performance by the seller and the payment by the buyer. Due to the international character of the transaction payment as well as performance can be problematic. Besides usual difficulties that can occur in every trade transaction an international transaction bears further risks for both parties. Seller and buyer, however, may not know each other and each is concerned over the other's solvency and reliability. Furthermore, the parties usually have their places of business in different countries. Therefore, they are often subject to different legal systems. Both parties possibly might have little knowledge of the applicable foreign law that will govern many facets of the transaction. Depending on the type of transaction, constructions might have to be done over a long period of time or goods might have been transported far distances. The seller might be concerned that the buyer, after the seller has gone to the expense of loading and shipping his goods to an unfamiliar country, may refuse to pay or become insolvent. Similarly, the buyer might be worried that the goods, that will arrive, do not conform to the underlying agreement. He might have already paid in advance or the seller might become insolvent. Both parties then would have to go to great financial and administrative expense to sue the other party in an unfamiliar foreign jurisdiction with respect to the applicable law, the legal proceedings and matters of enforcement. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - International trade KW - payment KW - buyer LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 T1 - ‘Performance guarantees on first demand and the fraud exception in international trade' TI - ‘Performance guarantees on first demand and the fraud exception in international trade' UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43263 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/43263
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationRöchert N. ‘Performance guarantees on first demand and the fraud exception in international trade'. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society, 2007 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43263en_ZA
dc.language.isoen
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Law and Society
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Law
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectInternational trade
dc.subjectpayment
dc.subjectbuyer
dc.title‘Performance guarantees on first demand and the fraud exception in international trade'
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelLLM
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