Contract law and economics
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Contract law and economics
(Encyclopedia of law and economics, v. 6)
Edward Elgar, c2011
Available at 14 libraries
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Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This unique and timely book offers an up-to-date, clear and comprehensive review of the economic literature on contract law. The topical chapters written by leading international scholars include: pre-contractual liability, misrepresentation, duress, gratuitous promises, gifts, standard form contracts, interpretation, contract remedies, penalty clauses, impracticability and foreseeability. Option contracts, warranties, long-term contracts, marriage contracts, franchise contracts, quasi-contracts, behavioral approaches, and civil contract law are also discussed.This excellent resource on contract law and economics will be particularly suited to contract law scholars, law teachers, policy makers, and judges. For experts in and practitioners of contract law this will be a key book to buy.
Table of Contents
Contents:
1. Introduction
Gerrit De Geest
PART I: FORMATION AND INTERPRETATION
2. Precontractual Liability
Eleonora C. Melato
3. Contractual Mistake and Misrepresentation
Qi Zhou
4. Duress
Peter Cserne
5. Gratuitous Promises
Robert A. Prentice
6. Gifts, Wills and Inheritance Law
Pierre Pestieau
7. Standard Form Contracts
Clayton P. Gillette
8. Interpretation and Implied Terms in Contract Law
George M. Cohen
PART II: REMEDIES
9. Contract Remedies: General
Paul G. Mahoney
10. Penalty Clauses and Liquidated Damages
Steven Walt
11. Impossibility and Impracticability
Donald J. Smythe
12. Foreseeability
Peter van Wijck
13. Option Contracts and the Holdup Problem
Abraham L. Wickelgren
14. Warranties
Klaus Wehrt
PART III: LONG-TERM CONTRACTS
15. Long-term Contracts and Relational Contracts
Nick van der Beek
16. Long-term Contracts in the Law and Economics Literature
Mireia Artigot i Golobardes and Fernando Gomez Pomar
17. Marriage Contracts
Antony W. Dnes
18. Franchise Contracts
Antony W. Dnes
PART IV: PERSPECTIVES
19. Behavioral Approaches to Contract Law
Ann-Sophie Vandenberghe
20. The Civil Law of Contract
Ejan Mackaay
21. Unjust Enrichment and Quasi-Contracts
Christopher T. Wonnell
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"