Turkish Contract Law / by İlhan Helvacı.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Helvacı, İlhan, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conflict of laws.

Civil law.

Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law .

Civil Law.

Local Subjects:

Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law .

Civil Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXII, 312 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2017.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.

Summary:

This book introduces readers to the main principles of Turkish contract law, and particularly analyzes the general provisions of the Turkish Code of Obligations. Moreover, in order to illuminate certain key subjects, it discusses selected provisions of the Turkish Civil Code, the Turkish Commercial Code and the Turkish Bankruptcy and Enforcement Law. Intended to provide a comprehensive and clear overview of Turkish contract law, the book seeks to avoid contentious arguments and explains the subjects with the help of simple examples.

Contents:

Part I Obligations arising from contracts: Formation of the contract

Public promise

Form of the contract

Standard terms

Content of the contract

Abstract acknowledgement of debt

Contract interpretation and simulation

Incomplete contracts

Revision of the contract (hardship)

Mistake, fraud and duress

Unfair exploitation (lesion)

Agency

Part II The effect of obligations, performance, non-performance, the effect on third parties: Performance of obligations

The object of performance

Performance of the debtor

Place of performance

Time of performance

Proof of performance

Default of creditor

Natural obligations

Non-performance of the obligation

Default of the debtor

Effects of the obligation on third parties

Part III Estinguishment of obligations and limitation period: Extinguishment of obligations

Limintation period

Part IV Joint and several debtors and creditors, conditions, earnest and forfeit money, and penalty: Joint and several debtors

Joint and several creditors

Conditional contracts

Earnest money and forfeit money

Contractual penalty

Part V Assignment of claims, assumption of debts, transfer of contracts and joining a party to an existing contract: Assignment of claims

Assumption of obligations

Transfer of contracts and joining a party to an existing contract.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3-319-60061-3