Americas… Indexation and Monetary Correction: Tackling Venezuela’s Inflation by Means of Judicial Interpretation, by Julio-Cesar Betancourt 13 Dec 20242 Nov 2026 Introduction Venezuela is an oil-rich country that has been severely devastated by decades of misgovernment, corruption, and populism. It has more than 300 billion barrels of proven crude oil reserves,…
UK… Reforming the Law relating to Contracts for the Sale of Goods and the Sale and Supply of Digital Content and Services: A Brexit Divide?, by Paula Giliker 11 Oct 202429 Oct 2026 This blog piece takes the theme of ‘Reforming the Law of Obligations and Judicial Activism’ and places it in the context of EU consumer contract law reforms. These have brought…
Books and publications… Thomas Kadner Graziano, Comparative Contract Law: Exercises in Comparative Methodology (3rd edn, Edward Elgar Publishing 2023), reviewed by Sirko Harder 8 Dec 202329 Oct 2026 2023 saw the publication of the third edition of the highly acclaimed book Comparative Contract Law by Thomas Kadner Graziano, published by Edward Elgar. The subtitle of the book has…
Germany… A Bidirectional Anglo-German Comparison of Consideration in Contract Law, by Johannes Ungerer 14 Apr 202329 Oct 2026 The concept of consideration is often perceived as one of the most distinctive elements of English contract law in comparison to contract law in Civilian legal systems, such as Germany.…
Books and publications… Contract Law in Changing Times: Asian Perspectives on Pacta Sunt Servanda (Routledge, 2023), by Normann Witzleb 3 Mar 202329 Oct 2026 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…
Books and publications… The surprising Indian influence on English contractual remoteness rules, by Katy Barnett 27 Jan 202329 Oct 2026 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…
