Whither Cisg / Unidroit Principles? Case for Their Acceptance in Nigeria

This work strives to present the numerous benefits of one of the most influential international law conventions- known as The United Nations Conventions on Contracts for the International of Sale of Goods (CISG) and an equally important soft law called UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts; it also tries to make case for the inclusion of these legal instruments in the Nigeria Legal System. The rationale for this work is predicated on the hard facts that a country with a supersonic trade volume like Nigeria needs to have its international sales law reasonably predictable and closely similar to that of other high profile trading Nations. The CISG has unified 78 countries on the altar of international sale of goods; this is a very healthy development since this aspect of the law has seen better days of uniformity of applications and consistency of decisions. This work is a call for the application of the CISG and the UNIDROIT Principles in the Nigeria legal System.