Unexpected circumstances in European contract law / edited by Ewoud Hondius and Hans Christoph Grigoleit.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hondius, E. H., 1942- editor.

Grigoleit, Hans Christoph, editor.

Series:

Common core of European private law

The common core of European private law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Impossibility of performance--Europe.

Impossibility of performance.

Rebus sic stantibus clause--Europe.

Rebus sic stantibus clause.

Vis major (Civil law)--Europe.

Vis major (Civil law).

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 692 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

The recent financial crisis has questioned whether existing contracts may be adapted, terminated or renegotiated as a result of unexpected circumstances. The question is not a new one. In medieval times the notion of clausula rebus sic stantibus was developed to cope with such situations, and Germany introduced the theory of Wegfall der Geschäftsgrundlage. In England, the Coronation cases provided one possible answer. This comparative study explores the possibility of classifying jurisdictions as 'open' or 'closed' in this regard.

Contents:

Introduction : an approach to the issues and doctrines relating to unexpected circumstances / Ewoud Hondius and Hans Christoph Grigoleit

Legal history / Andreas Thier

Law and economics : the comparative law and economics of frustration in contracts / Marta Cenini, Barbara Luppi, Francesco Parisi

Overview : concepts dealing with unexpected circumstances

Questionnaire

The case studies

General comparative remarks : converging tendencies, remaining differences and the unsolved mystery of adjustment / Ewoud Hondius and Hans Christoph Grigoleit.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780511763335

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