Promises and Contract Law is the first modern work to explore the significance of promise to contract law from a comparative legal perspective. Part I explores the component elements of promise, its role in Greek thought and Roman law, the importance of the moral duty to keep promises and the develo
Comparative contract law British and American perspectives
β Scribed by DiMatteo, Larry A
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 513
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
This book comprises the collected and revised papers from a conference on comparative British and American contract law, held at the University of Edinburgh Law School in September 2013--Preface
β¦ Table of Contents
Content: PART I: CONTRACT THEORY AND STRUCTURE
PART II: CONTRACT FORMATION
PART III: POLICING OF CONTRACTS
PART IV: CONTRACTUAL INTERPRETATION
PART V: DAMAGES
PART VI: SPECIALTY CONTRACTS
PART VII: LEGAL REFORM
β¦ Subjects
Rechtsvergleich;Vertragsrecht;GroΓbritannien;USA;Contracts;Great Britain;Contracts;United States;Contracts;Great Britain;United States;Conference papers and proceedings
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