ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION This chapter contains four questions which are not confined to one particular part of the syllabus but are broader. Such questions are often included in examinations in order to test your knowledge of recent developments in the subject or simply to give you an opportunity, which most questions in law papers do not, to demonstrate a wider knowledge of the syllabus. The first question poses an important general question: ‘What is commercial law?’ Question 2 is of a general type often found in examinations, inviting the student to take an overview of commercial law and its function in the business world. The third question requires a good knowledge of the whole area of sale of goods and related law. Question 4 is centred around the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (the Vienna Convention 1980) which now plays, and will play, a very important role in regulating contracts for the international sale of goods.
