Bringing together leading commercial and contract law scholars from the United Kingdom and United States, Comparative Contract Law: British and American Perspectives offers an insightful and comprehensive assessment of the commonalities and divergences in the contract law of these two jurisdictions. Approaching the subject area from a variety of perspectives - doctrinal analysis, behavioural analysis, law and economics, and theoretical - the book examines familiar areas of contract law as practiced in the UK and US. Topics include contract theory and structure; contract formation and defects of consent; policing contracts and the duty of good faith; contract interpretation; damages; speciality contracts; and legal reform. The volume provides a thorough assessment of the current state of commercial contract law in the UK and US, and addresses the strengths and weaknesses of the national and European approaches to many issues of contract law. In particular it focuses on how commercial contract law should be improved, and whether harmonization of the different contract law regimes is a suitable, and appropriate, solution.
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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.
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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
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Provides comparative commentary on the UK and US perspective on contract law Includes an editorial commentary on each topic, reflecting on the two perspectives and their similarities and differences Discusses Scottish contract law, as well as the common law of England and Wales
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Larry A. DiMatteo is the Huber Hurst Professor at Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida. He received his J.D. from the Cornell Law School, his LLM from Harvard Law School, and his PhD from Monash University. He is the former Chair of the Department of Management at the University of Florida and Editor-in-Chief of the American Business Law Journal. Martin Hogg is Professor of the Law of Obligations at the University of Edinburgh Law School, where he is currently serving as its Deputy Head. He is the Editor of the Edinburgh Law Review. Professor Hogg has researched and published extensively in all aspects of the law of obligations.
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Provides comparative commentary on the UK and US perspective on contract law Includes an editorial commentary on each topic, reflecting on the two perspectives and their similarities and differences Discusses Scottish contract law, as well as the common law of England and Wales
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198728733
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
1048 gr
Høyde
253 mm
Bredde
183 mm
Dybde
34 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
512

Biographical note

Larry A. DiMatteo is the Huber Hurst Professor at Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida. He received his J.D. from the Cornell Law School, his LLM from Harvard Law School, and his PhD from Monash University. He is the former Chair of the Department of Management at the University of Florida and Editor-in-Chief of the American Business Law Journal. Martin Hogg is Professor of the Law of Obligations at the University of Edinburgh Law School, where he is currently serving as its Deputy Head. He is the Editor of the Edinburgh Law Review. Professor Hogg has researched and published extensively in all aspects of the law of obligations.