Contract Law in UK Law
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Identities in Contract: Merchant Law in Europe and the Future of European Contract Law
The European Union legislator has concentrated on the consumer contract neglecting its counterpart, the commercial contract, the B2B transaction. The result is the absence of any dedicated EU comme...
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English Contract Law and the Efficient Breach Theory
The ‘efficient breach’ theory holds that remedial orders, namely specific performance, compensatory damages and restitutionary damages for wrongs, should be designed in such a way as to maximize th...
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Frustration of purpose and the French Contract Law reform
Frustration of purpose remains one of the most ill-defined concepts in the English law of contracts. The same problem has also recently attracted the attention of the French legislature in its mode...
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How Does China's New Labour Contract Law Affect Floating Workers?
China's new Labour Contract Law took effect in January 2008 and required firms to give migrant workers written contracts, strengthened labour protections for workers and contained penalties for fir...
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Consent and probation: An analogy with contract law
The Journal EJprob recently published a special issue on consent in sentencing. The EPR (2010) refer to consent on numerous occasions, and in most legal systems consent is required at the sentencin...
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THREE SOLITUDES IN CONTRACT: LAW, DATA, AND THEORY
This note discusses and contrasts the different perspectives that the law, empirical labor economics and contract theory bring to the study of the employment relationship. Understanding the reasons...
- Contract Law and Legal Theory
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The Journey of Good Faith: Where Does It belong in General Contract Law?
This piece considers the doctrine of good faith and its existence in contract law which began with Lord Mansfield’s judgment in Carter v Boehm. Then, reconsiders the general contract law approach i...
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Exploring the Interfaces between Contract Law and Property Law: A UK Comparative Approach
Contract and property law provide two examples of distinct legal approaches: pragmatism and coherency. The different natures and roles of contract law and property law also reflect the distinct qua...
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Insurance contract law and regulation and competition in the UK insurance industry: The missing link
With all the events surrounding the setting up of the new Financial Services Authority, the issue of insurance contract law reform has yet again fallen by the wayside. These two matters are however...
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