Contract law in changing times: Asian perspectives on Pacta Sunt Servanda

"This collection of essays provides a rich and contemporary discussion of the principle of pacta sunt servanda. This principle, which requires that valid agreements are to be honoured, is a cornerstone of contract law. Focusing on contributions from Asia, this book shows that, despite its natur...

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Weitere Verfasser: Witzleb, Normann 1966- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London and New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2023
Schriftenreihe:Markets and the law
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Zusammenfassung:"This collection of essays provides a rich and contemporary discussion of the principle of pacta sunt servanda. This principle, which requires that valid agreements are to be honoured, is a cornerstone of contract law. Focusing on contributions from Asia, this book shows that, despite its natural and universal appeal, the pacta sunt servanda principle is neither absolute nor immutable. Exceptions to the binding force of contract must be available in limited circumstances to avoid hardship and unfairness.This book offers readers new comparative perspectives on the appropriate balance between contractual certainty and flexibility in an era of social instability. Expert authors, mostly from East and Southeast Asia, explore when their domestic legal systems allow exceptions from the binding force of contracts. Doctrines discussed include impossibility, frustration, change of circumstance, force majeure, illegality as well as rights of withdrawal. Other chapters consider the importance of the pacta principle in international law. The challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic feature strongly in the majority of contributions"--
Beschreibung:xiii, 268 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:9781032414867
1032414863
9781032397887
1032397888

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