| Description |
1 online resource (xxxiii, 469 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction : British and American perspectives / Larry A DiMatteo and Martin Hogg -- Part I. Contract theory and structure: Saying what we mean : fundamental structural language in contract law / Martin Hogg -- The death of consent? / Peter A Alces -- Part II. Contract formation: The nature and timing of contract formatin / Shawn J Bayern -- Contract formation between distant parties : the Scottish experience / Hector L MacQueen -- Defects of consent in English law : protecting the bargain? / Séverine Saintier -- Quality of consent and distributive fairness : a comparative perspective / Jeffrey L Harrison -- Part III. Policing of contracts: Inequality of bargaining power and 'cure' by information requirement / Elizabeth Macdonald -- Reassessing assent-based critiques of adhesion contracts / Daniel D Barnhizer -- Good faith in the performance of a contract in English law / Ewan McKendrick -- History and theory of good faith performance in the United States / Steven J Burton -- Part IV. Contractual interpretation: Interpreting commercial contracts : the policing role of context in English law / Catherine Mitchell -- Contractual interpretation in the commercial context / Blake D Morant -- Can judges use business common sense in interpreting contracts? / The Rt Hon Lord Hodge -- Part V. Damages: Market damages and the invisible hand / David Campbell -- The right to perform after repuditation and recover the contract price in Anglo-American law / Mark P Gergen -- Part VI. Specialty contracts: Three sales laws and the common law of contracts / Qi Zhou and Larry A DiMatteo -- Defining agency and its scope(I) / Laura Macgregor -- Defining agency and its scope(II) / Deborah A DeMott -- Part VII. Legal reform: Standard terms in consumer contracts : the challenges of law reform in English law / Christian Twigg-Flesner -- At the limits of adjudication : standard terms in consumer contracts / Aditi Bagchi |
| Summary |
A collection of essays by leading British and American contract and commercial law scholars, comparing fundamental aspects of US and British contract law and assessing their commonalities and divergences |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Contracts -- Great Britain
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Contracts -- United States
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Contracts
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Great Britain
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
DiMatteo, Larry A., editor.
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Hogg, Martin, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780191795480 |
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0191795488 |
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9780191044441 |
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019104444X |
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