Codifying contract law : international and consumer law perspectives / edited by Mary Keyes, Therese Wilson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Keyes, Mary, editor.

Wilson, Therese (Law professor), editor.

Series:

Markets and the law.

Markets and the Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Contracts--Codification.

Contracts.

Law--International unification.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vermont : Ashgate, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Exploring the advantages and disadvantages of codifying contract law, this book considers the question from the perspectives of both civil and common law systems, referring in detail to issues of international and consumer law. With contributions from leading international scholars, the chapters present a range of opinions on issues such as the virtues of codification, first codification attempts, regional issues and the pre-requisite of internationalization, encouraging further debate on the topic of codification reforms.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Part I Introduction; 1 Codifying Contract Law; 2 The Internationalization of Contract Law; Part II The Internationalization Imperatives; 3 Regional and Global Unification of Contract Law; 4 The Challenges of Good Faith in Contract Law Codification; Part III Regional Perspectives; 5 Codification Mania and the Changing Nation State; 6 Integrating Consumer Law into the Civil Code; 7 The Government's Proposed Review of Australia's Contract Law; 8 The Partial Codification of Contract Law

9 Codification and the American Discussion About How Judges Decide CasesIndex

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-57250-8

1-317-16483-0

1-317-16482-2

1-4724-1562-0

9781315572505

OCLC:

894171066