A Restatement of the English Law of Contract

A Restatement of the English Law of Contract
Author: Andrew (hon) Burrows FBA
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2016-04-28
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0191072052

A Restatement of the English Law of Contract is the second Restatement of English law undertaken by Andrew Burrows following on the success of A Restatement of the English Law of Unjust Enrichment (OUP, 2012). Designed to enhance the accessibility of the common law the Restatement comprises a number of clear succinct rules, fully explained by a supporting commentary, which set out the general law of contract in England and Wales. Written by one of the leading authorities in this area, in collaboration with an advisory group of senior judges, academics, and legal practitioners, the Restatement offers a novel and powerfully persuasive statement of the law in this central area of English law. All lawyers dealing with the English law of contract, whether as practitioners, judges, academics, or law students, cannot but benefit from this Restatement. The English law of contract is one of the most respected systems of contract law in the world and by the device of a 'choice of law' clause is often chosen by foreign commercial parties as the applicable law to govern their contract. One of the aims of the Restatement is for the reader, including those from civil law jurisdictions, to see quickly and easily how the different elements of the English law of contract fit together.

An International Restatement of Contract Law: The UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts

An International Restatement of Contract Law: The UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts
Author: Michael Joachim Bonell
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 706
Release: 2009-03-27
Genre: Law
ISBN: 900419469X

The Unidroit Principles of International Contracts, first published in 1994, have met with extraordinary success in the legal and business community worldwide. Prepared by a group of eminent experts from all major legal systems of the world, they provide a comprehensive set of rules for international commercial contracts. This new edition of An International Restatement of Contract Law is the first comprehensive introduction to the Unidroit Principles 2004. In addition, it provides an extensive survey and analysis of the actual use of the Unidroit Principles in practice with special emphasis on the different ways in which they have been interpreted and applied by the courts and arbitral tribunals in the hundred or so cases reported worldwide. The book also contains the full text of the Preamble and the 180 articles of the Unidroit Principles 2004 in Chinese, English, French, German, Italian and Russian as well as the 1994 edition in Spanish.

Contract Law Minimalism

Contract Law Minimalism
Author: Jonathan Morgan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2013-11-07
Genre: Law
ISBN: 110747020X

Commercial contract law is in every sense optional given the choice between legal systems and law and arbitration. Its 'doctrines' are in fact virtually all default rules. Contract Law Minimalism advances the thesis that commercial parties prefer a minimalist law that sets out to enforce what they have decided - but does nothing else. The limited capacity of the legal process is the key to this 'minimalist' stance. This book considers evidence that such minimalism is indeed what commercial parties choose to govern their transactions. It critically engages with alternative schools of thought, that call for active regulation of contracts to promote either economic efficiency or the trust and co-operation necessary for 'relational contracting'. The book also necessarily argues against the view that private law should be understood non-instrumentally (whether through promissory morality, corrective justice, taxonomic rationality, or otherwise). It sketches a restatement of English contract law in line with the thesis.

Point Made

Point Made
Author: Ross Guberman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2014-04
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199943850

In Point Made, Ross Guberman uses the work of great advocates as the basis of a valuable, step-by-step brief-writing and motion-writing strategy for practitioners. The author takes an empirical approach, drawing heavily on the writings of the nation's 50 most influential lawyers.

Selections for Contracts

Selections for Contracts
Author: Edward Allan Farnsworth
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Contracts
ISBN: 9781609300791

Suitable for use in combination with any law school contract text or casebook, the 2011 Edition of Selections for Contracts: Statutes, Restatement Second, Forms compiles the major statutes, forms, and other materials affecting contract law. The supplement provides Uniform Commercial Code Articles 1 and 2; the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act; Restatement of the Law, Second, of Contracts; the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods; the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts; and the actual contracts in several leading cases. The 2011 edition of Selections has been updated to reflect several important developments. These include the removal of the 2003 proposed amendments to UCC Article 2, now withdrawn by the American Law Institute and the Uniform Law Commission, and the addition of the new, expanded UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, as well as the most current enactments of the 2001 revision of UCC Article 1. The 2011 Selections now also includes the " ENTIRE" blackletter text of the Restatement Second of Contracts. The 2011 Selections is therefore leaner, meaner, and easier for students to use.