Comparative contracts… Contract Law in Changing Times: Asian Perspectives on Pacta Sunt Servanda (Routledge, 2023), by Normann Witzleb 3 Mar 20232 Mar 2023 Pacta sunt servanda, the principle that contractual commitments need to be honoured, is an axiom of contract law recognised throughout the world. Yet, like other legal principles, it is not…
Common law world… The surprising Indian influence on English contractual remoteness rules, by Katy Barnett 27 Jan 202322 Jan 2023 The English case Hadley v Baxendale, which established the fundamental rules governing contractual remoteness in common law countries, seems quintessentially British, an offshoot of the English Industrial Revolution. Hadley’s mill…
Comparative contracts… Mapping out the contract laws of Asia, by Stefan Vogenauer 7 Oct 20222 Oct 2022 The research project Studies in the Contract Laws of Asia provides the first comprehensive overview of the laws of contract in 14 jurisdictions stretching from India in the West to…
Comparative administrative law… FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC CONTRACTS: A COMPARATIVE VIEW (EDWARD ELGAR 2022), BY JOSÉ GUILHERME GIACOMUZZI 6 Jul 20225 Jul 2022 Public contracts have been rarely subjected to comparative legal research. Foundations of Public Contracts: A Comparative View is a contribution to start filling this gap by studying US, French, and…
Comparative contracts… Comparative Law of Obligations (Edward Elgar 2021), by Dario Moura Vicente 4 Feb 202225 Jan 2022 Albeit universally known, the concept of Law of Obligations is far from being a unitary one in the various legal traditions. This book provides a comparative overview of the fundamental…
Comparative contracts Egyptian law and Contractual Justice, by Yousra Chaaban 23 Jun 202114 Jun 2021 My doctoral thesis compares three legal systems are concerned, the French, the English and the Egyptian one. The choice of English law, in particular, is justified by the fact, that…
Comparative contracts… Performing Contracts in COVID-19 Times in England and in France: Different Responses, Same Result?, by Catherine Pedamon and Radosveta Vassileva 6 Nov 202030 Oct 2020 Global leaders have compared the economic turmoil caused by the COVID-19 health emergency to the reverberations of World War II (WWII). French President Emmanuel Macron even publicly declared, from the…
Comparative contracts… Johannes Ungerer, ‘Coronavirus measures in private law: Comparison of moratoria in the United Kingdom and Germany’ – abstract 2 Jul 202029 Jun 2020 ABSTRACT The Coronavirus pandemic poses unprecedented challenges to private legal relations. These challenges demand that States provide measures that go beyond traditional private law responses such as force majeure, material…
Comparative contracts… The Spanish loan debt moratorium due to COVID-19, a minimal measure 29 Jun 202026 Jun 2020 The present contribution would like to give some insight in the measures adopted by the Spanish government to tackle the economic crisis caused by the shutdown under the state of…
Comparative contracts Preliminary Agreements and the Duty to Negotiate in Good Faith: Distinctive Features in the International Commercial Context – Isabel Zuloaga 24 Feb 202025 Feb 2020 Based on the presentation made at the IECL (Institute of European and Comparative Law) Lunchtime Seminar Series, Law Faculty, University of Oxford, on 21 January 2020 which, in turn, is…
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