Prof. Gao Xiang's article "The Unique Jurisprudence of Letters of Credit: Its Origin and Sources" published in the San Diego International Law Journal in 2003 was cited three times by the Supreme Court of Guam, US in its verdict of the case Guam Top Builders, Inc. v. Tanota Partners, 2006 WL 586123 (2006) recently according to citation tracking.
His article "The Development of the Fraud Rule in Letter of Credit Law: the Journey So Far and the Road Ahead" published in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law in 2002 was also cited twice by the Superior Court of Quebec, Canada in its verdict of the case Alessandra Yarns, L.L.L. v. Tongxiang Baoding Textile Co. Ltd., 2015 QCCS 346.
Before that, during past few years, Gao's monograph in English the Fraud Rule in The Law of Letters of Credit: A Comparative Study was cited twice by the Supreme Court of New York in its verdict of the case the Fortis Bank (Nederland) N.V. v. Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, 32 Misc.3d 1232(A)；936 N.Y.S.2d 58；2010 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 6658；2010 NY Slip Op 52415(U) .
According to incomplete statistics, Gao's works have been quoted several times by international peers, and four of his English papers have been selected and compiled into the teaching materials for American international commercial law [1], international trade law [2] and international banking law [3] , three others have been translated from English into Persian. [4] His monograph the Fraud Rule in the Law of Letters of Credit: A Comparative Study, once published, had a great impact on the world. John F. Dolan, a worldwide renowned expert in letter of credit, wrote a book review for it, calling it "a significant work..., a major contribution to letter of credit literature". [5]
[1]"The Unique Jurisprudence of Letters of Credit: Its Origin and Sources" (with Ross Buckley), (2003) 4 San Diego International Law Journal 91;reprinted in James E. Byrne (ed), 2004 Annual Surveyof Letter of Credit Law & Practice, pp58-80; abstracted in Folsom, Gordon, Spanogle & Fitzgerald, International Business Transactions: A Problem-Oriented Coursebook, (West, AmericanCasebook Series, 10th Ed), pp301－304; "Fraud Rule in the Law of Letters of Credit in the PRC", (2007) 41(4) the International Lawyer, 1067, reprinted in James E. Byrne (ed), 2009 Annual Survey of Letter of Credit Law & Practice, pp130-150, abstracted in Folsom, Gordon, Spanogle & Fitzgerald, International Business Transactions: A Problem-Oriented Coursebook, (West, American Casebook Series, 10th Ed), pp368－376.
[2] "A Comparative Analysis of the Standard of Fraud Required under the Fraud Rule in Letter of Credit Law" (with Ross Buckley), (2003) Oxford University Comparative Law Forum 3 at ouclf.iuscomp.org, reprinted in James E. Byrne (ed), 2005 Annual Survey of Letter of Credit Law & Practice, pp86-126.
[3] "The Development of the Fraud Rule in Letter of Credit Law: The Journey So Far and the Road Ahead" (with Ross Buckley), (2002) 23(4) University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law 663, and abstracted in Gerard Comizio, International Banking Law, West Academic Publishing, Sept 2015.
[4] "The Development of the Fraud Rule in Letter of Credit Law: The Journey So Far and the Road Ahead", 23 U. Pa. J. Int'l Econ. L. 663 (2002), "A Comparative Analysis of the Standard of Fraud Required Under the Fraud Rule in Letter of Credit Law", 13 Duke J. Comp. & Int’l L. 293 (2003) and "The Unique Jurisprudence of Letters of Credit: Its Origin and Sources", 4 San Diego Int'l L. J. 91 (2003) translated into Persian.
[5] John F. Dolan, the Fraud Rule in the Law of Letters of Credit — A Comparative Study Xiang Gao, 20 B.F.L.R., 281, 281 (2005).
