Analysis Of The Right To Reject Goods In British Law And Advices On Chinese Law About The Same Right

The right to reject goods has a long history in British England, which cameinto existence hundreds of years ago. Usually, it will be invoked by the buyerwhen the seller in sale of goods, especially international sale of goods, fails totender conforming goods to him. After hundreds of years of practice anddevelopment, laws of the right to reject goods in British England has evolved intoa complex and practical system, including what the right is about, its origins andpositions in British laws and the situations where the right will be forfeited.The author believes that the right to reject goods is also wanted in civil lawcountries, like China. However, the few articles in Chinese Contract Law, togetherwith other Chinese laws and regulations, will not be satisfactory. The authoranalyses the whole system of the right to reject goods from both the perspectiveof British law and that of legal theories in civil law countries, basing on whichauthor scrutinizes relevant Chinese laws and provides advises on it.