Commercial Contract Law: Transatlantic Perspectives - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107028086 ISBN 13: 9781107028081

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

This book focuses on the law of commercial contracts as constructed by the US and UK legal systems. Leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic provide works of original scholarship focusing on current debates and trends from the two dominant common law systems. The chapters approach the subject areas from a variety of perspectives - doctrinal analysis, law and economic analysis, and social-legal studies, as well as other theoretical perspectives. The book covers the major themes that underlie the key debates relating to commercial contract law: role of consent; normative theories of contract law; contract design and good faith; implied terms and interpretation; policing contract behavior; misrepresentation, breach and remedies; and the regional and international harmonization of contract law. Contributors provide insights on the many commonalities, but more interestingly, on the key divergences of the United States and United Kingdom's approaches to numerous areas of contract law.

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Book Description:

This book is a comparative look at the law of commercial contracts as constructed by the US and UK legal systems. Leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic provide works of original scholarship focusing on the current debates and trends from the two dominant common law systems.

About the Author:

Larry A. DiMatteo is the Huber Hurst Professor of Contract Law and Legal Studies at the Warrington College of Business Administration and Affiliated Professor at the Levin College of Law at the University of Florida.

Qi Zhou is a Lecturer at the University of Sheffield, School of Law.

Séverine Saintier is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield, School of Law.

Keith Rowley is the William S. Boyd Professor of Law at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1107028086
• ISBN 13: 9781107028081
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 624
• Editor: DiMatteo Larry A., Zhou Qi, Saintier Severine, Rowley Keith