Sustainability clauses in international business contracts / Katerina Peterkova Mitkidis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitkidis, Kateřina Peterková, author.

Series:

Dovenschmidt monographs ; 3.

Dovenschmidt Monographs ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International business enterprises.

International trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hague, Netherlands : Eleven International Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sustainable development is a globally recognized goal.However, governments are failing to reach agreement on how this should be achieved.Private actors that are under stakeholders' pressure try to fill this regulatory gap by developing various types of transnational private regulation.

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I Research topic and design; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Hypothesis development; 1.2.1 Lack of transnational governmental regulation for sustainable development; 1.2.2 Deficiencies of transnational private regulation; 1.2.3 Growing regulatory power of multinational enterprises; 1.2.4 Widespread use of sustainability contractual clauses; 1.2.5 Enforceability of international supply contracts through existing framework of international contract law; 1.3 Key concepts; 1.3.1 Sustainability, sustainable development, and CSR

1.3.2 International and transnational law1.3.3 Regulation and governance; 1.3.4 International supply chain contracts; 1.3.5 Effectiveness; 1.4 Relevance; 1.5 Delimitations; 2 Research design; 2.1 Theoretical approach; 2.1.1 Research attitude: Critical thinking; 2.1.2 Jurisprudence: New legal realism; 2.1.3 Theorizing the global legal system: Legal pluralism; 2.1.3.1 Public/private divide; 2.1.3.2 Soft/hard law; 2.1.3.3 Conclusion on legal pluralism; 2.2 Sources of law; 2.2.1 Public; 2.2.1.1 International treaties with direct effects on private subjects; 2.2.1.2 International soft law

2.2.1.3 National and supranational legislation with extraterritorial effects2.2.1.4 National and supranational soft law; 2.2.2 Public-private; 2.2.2.1 Public-private agreements; 2.2.2.2 Public-private initiatives (standardization, certification); 2.2.3 Private; 2.2.3.1 Industrial codes of conduct; 2.2.3.2 Business-driven cross-sector initiatives; 2.2.3.3 International Framework Agreements; 2.2.3.4 Corporate codes of conduct; 2.3 Methodology; 2.3.1 Theoretical research; 2.3.2 Empirical research; 2.3.2.1 Exploratory study; 2.3.2.2 Law in action; Part II Sustainability Contractual Clauses

3 SCCs' definition3.1 Examples; 3.2 Defining features; 3.3 Distinction from other contractual content; 3.3.1 Active and passive clauses; 3.3.2 Placement within contractual text; 3.3.2.1 Case study; 3.3.3 Discussion; 4 Do sustainability clauses fit the contract paradigm?; 4.1 General theories of contract; 4.1.1 Will (promise) theories; 4.1.2 Reliance theories; 4.1.3 Transfer theories; 4.1.4 Law and economics; 4.2 Contract paradigm shift and modern contract law theories; 4.2.1 Relational contracts; 4.2.2 Hybridization of contracts; 4.2.3 Regulatory contracts; 4.3 Conclusion on contract theories

5 Literature review5.1 Overview of fundamental literature; 5.1.1 Legal and contractual aspects of codes of conduct; 5.1.2 Contract law perspective; 5.1.3 Functional approach; 5.1.4 Best practice; 5.1.5 Juridical tool; 5.2 Some reflections on the literature review; Part III Regulation of Sustainability Contractual Clauses; 6 Legal framework; 6.1 Contract law; 6.1.1 The 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods; 6.1.2 UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts; 6.1.3 Principles of European Contract Law; 6.1.4 Common European Sales Law

6.2 CSR regulation

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 10, 2015).

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ISBN:

94-6274-155-7

OCLC:

905490677