Contracts for a third-party beneficiary : a historical and comparative account / edited by Jan Hallebeek, Harry Dondorp.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hallebeek, Jan, 1954-

Dondorp, Harry.

Series:

Legal history library ; v. 1.

Legal history library. Studies in the history of private law ; v. 1.

Legal history library ; v. 1. Studies in the history of private law, 1874-1793 ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Contracts--Europe--History.

Contracts.

Third parties (Law)--Europe--History.

Third parties (Law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Through recent changes in Dutch (1992) and English (1999) private law, contracts for a third-party beneficiary are, in Western Europe, nowadays considered to be effective and enforceable. This concept is, however, incompatible with both the civilian tradition on the continent and the traditional parties-only rule of English common law. The purpose of this study is to show how the problem of the third-party beneficiary was dealt with during the various periods of Western legal thought and to discuss the subject from the perspective of present-day comparative law. The book is of interest not only to legal historians, but also to all who are engaged with present-day private law – scholars, practitioners and advanced students. Contributors include David Ibbetson, Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Cambridge, and Hendrik Verhagen, Professor of Private International Law, Comparative Law and Civil Law at the Radboud University Nijmegen, attorney at the firm Clifford Chance Amsterdam, and deputy justice at the Court of Appeal, ’s-Hertogenbosch. Studies in the History of Private Law , volume 1

Contents:

Preliminary Material / J. Hallebeek and H. Dondorp

Introduction / J. Hallebeek and H. Dondorp

Chapter One. Roman Law / J. Hallebeek and H. Dondorp

Chapter Two. Medieval Legal Scholarship / J. Hallebeek and H. Dondorp

Chapter Three. The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries / J. Hallebeek and H. Dondorp

Chapter Four. The Nineteenth Century / J. Hallebeek and H. Dondorp

Chapter Five. English Law before 1900 / J. Hallebeek and H. Dondorp

Chapter Six. English Law: Twentieth Century / J. Hallebeek and H. Dondorp

Chapter Seven. Contemporary Law / J. Hallebeek and H. Dondorp

Bibliography / J. Hallebeek and H. Dondorp

The Authors of This Volume / J. Hallebeek and H. Dondorp

Index of Names / J. Hallebeek and H. Dondorp

Index of Sources / J. Hallebeek and H. Dondorp.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-163) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-60169-5

9786612601699

90-474-4035-8

OCLC:

593336885

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004169746.1-179 DOI