| Description |
232 pages : portrait ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: 3.Consumer Contracts. Prohibition against Inertia Selling -- C.Time Limit for Acceptance -- D.Delayed Acceptance -- III.Rejection -- IV.Discrepancies between Offer and Acceptance -- V.Incorporation of Standard Terms -- VI.Pre-contractual Information Requirements -- A.Contracts Negotiated Away from Business Premises -- B.Distance Contracts -- VII.Withdrawal and Revocation of an Offer -- A.The Right of Withdrawal under the Contracts Act 1917 -- B.Contracts Negotiated away from Business Premises -- C.Right of Withdrawal in Distance Contracts -- VIII.Special Prohibited Ways of Contract Formation -- A.Doorstep Sales and Cold Calling -- B.Unsolicited Distance Communication -- [§]3.Formal and Evidential Requirements -- I.Main Rule: No Specific Form Prescribed -- II.Writing -- III.Contractual Communications by Electronic Means -- IV.Signature -- V.Proof -- [§]4.Pre-Contractual Liability -- I.Generally -- II.Discrimination -- |
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Contents note continued: B.The Act on Consumer Contracts -- C.The General Clause in Section 36 of the Contracts Act -- D.The Consumer Sales Chapter in the Sale of Goods Act -- E.The Credit Contracts Act -- F.Underlying EU Consumer Law -- II.Other Areas of Contract Law -- A.Employment Contract Law -- B.Public Procurement -- C.Commercial Agents -- D.Company Law -- III.Minimalist Approach to EU Law in Traditional Core Areas of Danish Contract Law: Broader and More Responsive Approach in Other Areas -- [§]5.Voluntary Internationalism -- I.International Sales -- II.Private International Law -- [§]6.The Debate on Europeanization of Contract Law -- [§]7.Adaptation to Electronic Commerce -- ch. 4 Sources of the Law of Contracts -- [§]1.Legislation -- I.Primary EU Legislation: TFEU Provisions as a Framework for Danish Contract Law -- A.The Free Movement Provisions in General -- B.Indications of Origin -- C.Doorstep Selling and Cold Calling -- |
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Contents note continued: C.Early Performance -- D.The Time at Which the Debtor Is Obliged to Perform -- E.The Time at Which the Debtor Is Entitled to Perform -- F.Correct Performance -- G.Payment of Money Debts -- 1.Payment of Interest -- 2.Payment Systems Based on Payment Cards -- 3.Cross-Border Payments -- H.Written Conlirmation of Information During Performance -- II.The Concept of Breach -- [§]2.Impossibility, Force Majeure and Hardship: The Unforeseen -- ch. 6 Remedies -- [§]1.Remedies for Breach of Contract in General -- I.Available Remedies -- II.Cumulation of Remedies -- [§]2.Specific Performance -- [§]3.Right to Withhold Performance -- [§]4.Cure by Non-performing Party and Delivery of Substitute Goods -- [§]5.Reduction of Price -- [§]6.Termination (Avoidance of the Contract) -- I.The Concept of Avoidance -- II.General Prerequisites for Avoidance -- III.Defective Goods -- IV.Delay -- V.Notice -- [§]7.Damages -- |
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Contents note continued: D.Obligation of Transparency Derived from the Treaties -- E.Competition Law -- II.Secondary EU Legislation: Regulations, Directives and Decisions -- III.Danish Legislation -- [§]2.Usages and Practices -- [§]3.Case Law -- [§]4.Pragmatic Considerations, General Principles and Legal Writing -- [§]5.International Sources of Law: Monist and/or Dualist Theory -- [§]6.Soft Law -- [§]7.Methods of Interpretation -- I.General Features -- II.Analogy -- III.Comparative Method of Interpretation -- IV.Preparatory Works of Legislation -- ch. 5 Classification of Contracts -- [§]1.Traditional Classifications -- [§]2.Standard Contracts -- I.Distance Contracts -- II.Consumer Contracts -- III.Main Contracts and Accessory Contracts -- IV.Frame-work Contracts -- ch. 6 Contract and Torts -- ch. 7 Contract and Quasi-contracts -- ch. 8 Contract and the Law of Property -- ch. 9 Contract and Trust -- |
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Contents note continued: I.Basis of Liability -- II.Loss -- [§]8.Limitation of Actions -- I.Twenty Years Prescription -- II.Five Years Prescription -- [§]9.Creditor's Default -- pt. II Special Contracts -- ch. 1 Agency -- [§]1.Different Types of Agency -- I.Ostensible Authority -- A.General Authority -- B.Special Authority -- II.Actual Authority -- [§]2.The Relationship between the Principal and the Third Party -- [§]3.Revocation of Authority -- [§]4.The Relationship between the Agent and the Third Party -- [§]5.The Relationship between the Agent and the Principal -- ch. 2 Sale -- [§]1.Scope of the Legislation -- I.The Sale of Goods Act 1906 -- II.The Danish International Sales Act 1988 -- [§]2.Generic and Specific Sale -- [§]3.Mandatory and Non-mandatory Provisions -- [§]4.Delivery of the Goods -- I.Concept of Delivery -- II.Place of Delivery -- III.Time for Delivery -- |
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Contents note continued: II.Delay in Payment -- III.Failure to Take Delivery -- IV.Anticipated Breach of Contract -- V.Anticipatory Breach and Instalment Contracts in International Sales -- ch. 3 Hire of Work and Skill: Building Contracts -- [§]1.Legislation: AB 92 - Contractual Basis -- I.The Employer's Invitation to Tender -- II.The Contractor's Bid -- III.The Contract -- IV.Assignment of Rights and Obligations -- V.The Provision by the Contractor of a Performance Bond -- VI.The Provision by the Employer of a Performance Bond -- VII.Insurance -- VIII.Working Schedule and Measurements -- IX.Services Provided by the Contractor -- X.Project Conferences, Documentation and Tests -- XI.Deterioration of the Work: Maintenance -- XII.Work Management by the Contractor -- XIII.Site Meetings -- XIV.The Employer's Payment -- XV.The Right of the Contractor to Stop Work -- XVI.The Contractor's Right to Extension of Time Limits -- XVII.The Contractor's Liability in Case of Delays -- |
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Contents note continued: III.Exemption Clauses and Limitation Clauses -- IV.Penalty Clauses -- V.Arbitration Clauses -- [§]2.Interpretation -- I.Subjective Interpretation -- II.Contra Proferentem and the Minimum Rule -- III.Good Faith and Fair Dealing -- IV.Incorporation and Interpretation -- V.Gap Filling -- VI.Determination of the Price -- VII.Consumer Contracts -- ch. 4 Privity of Contract -- [§]1.Third Parties and the Contract -- [§]2.Clauses for the Benefit of a Third Party -- [§]3.Performance by a Third Party -- [§]4.Transfer of Contractual Rights and Duties -- [§]5.Direct Actions -- [§]6.Product Liability -- ch. 5 The End of the Contract -- [§]1.Performance, Breach and Mora Creditoris -- I.Performance -- A.Place of Performance -- 1.Money Obligations -- 2.Other Obligations -- 3.Several Places of Business -- 4.Habitual Residence -- 5.Impact of Usages -- 6.Change of the Place of Performance -- B.Time of Performance -- |
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Contents note continued: III.Public Procurement -- ch. 2 Conditions of Substantive Validity -- [§]1.Different Grounds for Invalidity -- [§]2.Capacity of the Parties -- [§]3.Defects of Consent -- I.Duress -- II.Mistake -- III.Fraudulent Misrepresentation -- IV.Undue Influence -- V.Failing Assumptions -- VI.Unfair Contract Terms -- A.The General Clause in Section 36 of the Contracts Act and Judicial Control -- B.Consumer Contracts -- C.The Marketing Practices Act -- D.The Consumer Complaints Board -- VII.Other Invalidity Provisions -- [§]4.Other Conditions of Validity -- I.Prior Approval -- II.Forgery -- III.Initial Impossibility -- IV.Illegality and Public Policy -- [§]5.The Consequences of Lack of Substantive Validity -- I.Avoidance of the Contract: Nullity -- II.Retroactive Effect of Avoidance or Nullity -- III.Damages -- ch. 3 The Contents of a Contract -- [§]1.The Different Clauses -- I.Express Terms -- II.Implied Terms -- |
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Contents note continued: XVIII.Handing-over of the Work -- XIX.The Concept of Defects -- XX.Lapse of the Contractor's Obligation to Rectify -- XXI.The Employer's Right to a Reduction of the Contract Sum -- XXII.The Contractor's Liability for Consequential Damage -- [§]2.The Tender Act -- ch. 4 Lease -- ch. 5 Suretyship -- ch. 6 Pledge and Mortgage -- ch. 7 Loan -- [§]1.Loan for Use -- [§]2.Loan for Consumption -- ch. 8 Contracts with the Government and Other Public Administrations -- ch. 9 Quasi-contracts |
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Contents note continued: [§]5.Passing of the Risk -- [§]6.Remedies for Delay on the Part of the Seller -- I.When is There Delay? -- II.Remedies -- A.Specific Performance -- B.Avoidance of the Contract -- C.Damages -- 1.Specific Goods -- 2.Generic Goods -- 3.International Sales -- D.Computation of Damages -- E.Notification -- [§]7.Conformity of the Goods and Remedies for Defects in the Goods -- I.When are Goods to be Considered Defective? -- A.General Provisions -- B.International Sales -- C.Consumer Sales -- D.Specific and Generic Goods -- E.General Provisions on Remedies -- II.Overview of Remedies -- A.Remedying of Defects and Delivery of Substitute Goods -- B.Price Reduction -- C.Avoidance of the Contract -- D.Damages -- E.Consumer Sales -- F.International Sales -- [§]8.Remedies for Breach of Contract Due to a Third Party's Rights or Claims -- [§]9.The Buyer's Obligations and Remedies for Breach by the Buyer -- I.Determination of the Price -- |
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Contents note continued: ch. 10 Good Faith and Fair Dealing -- [§]1.Good Faith in Civil Law and Common Law -- [§]2.Good Faith in EU Law -- [§]3.Good Faith in Danish Law -- [§]4.Ban on Discrimination in Contract Law -- I.Race and Ethnic Discrimination -- II.Sex Discrimination: The Danish Gender Equality Act 2000 -- ch. 11 Style of Drafting -- Selected Bibliography -- pt. I General Principles of Contract Law -- ch. 1 Formation -- [§]1.Overview -- [§]2.Offer and Acceptance -- I.The Concept of an Offer -- A.Definition -- B.Distinction between Offer and Invitation to Make Offers -- 1.Offers to the General Public -- 2.Price Marking -- 3.Commercial Communications -- 4.Display of Goods and Services at Websites -- 5.Letters of Intent -- 6.Section 9 of the Contracts Act -- C.Promise and Command -- II.The Concept of Acceptance -- A.Definition -- B.Silence, Inactivity or Forbearance -- 1.General -- 2.Automatic Acceptance -- |
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Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The General Background of the Country -- [§]1.Political System, History and Languages -- I.Geography -- II.Economy -- ch. 2 Danish Law in the Context of the Main Legal Families in Europe: Common Law, Civil Law and Nordic Law -- [§]1.Common Law and Civil Law -- [§]2.Nordic Law -- ch. 3 The Role of Legislation -- ch. 4 The Position of the Judiciary -- ch. 5 Distinction between Public Law and Private Law -- ch. 6 Distinction between Civil Law and Commercial Law -- Introduction to the Law of Contracts -- ch. 1 General Characteristic: Flexibility versus Transparency -- ch. 2 Definition of Contract -- ch. 3 Historical Development of the Law of Contracts -- [§]1.The Danish Code 1683 -- [§]2.The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century -- [§]3.Nordic Collaboration in Contract Law -- [§]4.The Impact of European Contract Law -- I.Consumer Law -- A.Marketing Practices Legislation -- |
| Notes |
"This book was originally published as a monograph in the International encyclopaedia of laws/Contracts." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-97) and index |
| Subject |
Contracts -- Denmark.
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| Author |
Herbots, J. H.
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| LC no. |
2011293740 |
| ISBN |
9788757426076 (paperback: alk. paper : DJØF) |
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9789041137890 (paperback: alk. paper : Kluwer) |
