Commercial Law and Commercial Practice

Informationen zum Autor Dame Sarah Worthington KC (Hon) FBA is Professor of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Downing Professor Emeritus of the Laws of England at the University of Cambridge, and Emeritus Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, UK Photograph courtesy of University of Cambridge. Zusammenfassung This book contains essays by legal experts which aim to prompt a critical and constructive reassessment of current commercial law and its practices. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION1. Aligning Commercial Law and Commercial PracticeSarah Worthington PART 1: GENERAL PRESSURES FOR CHANGE2. Globalization: Its Historical ContextRoss Cranston,KCCommentary: Catherine Newman, KC 3. Commercial Notions and Equitable PotionsSir John MummeryCommentary: Philip Wood 4. Statutory Ingredients in Common Law Change: Issues in the Development of Agency DoctrineDeborah DeMott5. Property, Private Government and the Myth of DeregulationPaddy IrelandCommentary: Andrew WhittakerPART 2: CONTRACT TERMS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION6. The Intractable Problem of the Interpretation of Legal TextsLord Johan Steyn7. The Interpretation of Contracts: Lord Hoffmann’s Re-StatementEwan McKendrick 8. The Uses of Ambiguity in Commercial Contracts: On Facilitating Re-BargainingWilliam T Allen and Galya LevyCommentary: Paul Lomas9. Objectivity and Committed Contextualism in InterpretationHugh CollinsPART 3: ADAPTING COMMERCIAL LAW TO MODERN CONDITIONS10. Documents and Contractual Congruence in International TradeMichael BridgeCommentary: William Blair, KC11. The Dematerialisation of Money Market InstrumentsJoanna BenjaminCommentary: Guy Morton12. Material Adverse Change Clauses After 9/11Richard Hooley13. Rethinking Insurable Interest John Lowry and Philip RawlingsCommentary: Sir Jonathan Mance and Adrian Hamilton, KC14. The Challenge of Modern Bankruptcy Policy: The Judicial ResponseDavid MilmanPART 4: COMMERCIAL TERMS FOR COMMERCIAL ENDS15. Damages for Breach of Exclusive Jurisdiction ClausesNik Yeo and Daniel Tan16. Interpreting Employment Contracts: Judges, Employers, Workers Simon Deakin17. Superpriority for Asset Acquisition Financing in Secured Transactions Law: Formalism or Functionalism?Catherine Walsh18. The Floating Charge – An ElegyRiz MokalPART 5: CONTROLLING MODERN MANAGEMENT19. Contractual Modification of the Duties of a TrusteeMichael Bryan20. Relieving Directors’ Breaches of DutyRod Edmunds and John Lowry21. Enron and the Long Shadow of Stat. 13 Eliz.Douglas BairdCommentary: Kevin DavisPART 6: MOVING FORWARD: LAW AND PRACTICE22. Commercial Law and the Limits of the Black Letter Approach Anthony DugganCommentary: David Gold23. The Legal Academy’s Contribution to the Development of Commercial Law: An Anglo-Canadian PerspectiveJacob ZiegelCommentary: Tony King24. Contracts, Contract Law and Reasonable Expectations Robert Bradgate...

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION
1. Aligning Commercial Law and Commercial Practice
Sarah Worthington

PART 1: GENERAL PRESSURES FOR CHANGE
2. Globalization: Its Historical Context
Ross Cranston,KC
Commentary: Catherine Newman, KC
3. Commercial Notions and Equitable Potions
Sir John Mummery
Commentary: Philip Wood
4. Statutory Ingredients in Common Law Change: Issues in the Development of Agency Doctrine
Deborah DeMott
5. Property, Private Government and the Myth of Deregulation
Paddy Ireland
Commentary: Andrew Whittaker
PART 2: CONTRACT TERMS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION
6. The Intractable Problem of the Interpretation of Legal Texts
Lord Johan Steyn
7. The Interpretation of Contracts: Lord Hoffmann's Re-Statement
Ewan McKendrick
8. The Uses of Ambiguity in Commercial Contracts: On Facilitating Re-Bargaining
William T Allen and Galya Levy
Commentary: Paul Lomas
9. Objectivity and Committed Contextualism in Interpretation
Hugh Collins
PART 3: ADAPTING COMMERCIAL LAW TO MODERN CONDITIONS
10. Documents and Contractual Congruence in International Trade
Michael Bridge
Commentary: William Blair, KC
11. The Dematerialisation of Money Market Instruments
Joanna Benjamin
Commentary: Guy Morton
12. Material Adverse Change Clauses After 9/11
Richard Hooley
13. Rethinking Insurable Interest
John Lowry and Philip Rawlings
Commentary: Sir Jonathan Mance and Adrian Hamilton, KC
14. The Challenge of Modern Bankruptcy Policy: The Judicial Response
David Milman
PART 4: COMMERCIAL TERMS FOR COMMERCIAL ENDS
15. Damages for Breach of Exclusive Jurisdiction Clauses
Nik Yeo and Daniel Tan
16. Interpreting Employment Contracts: Judges, Employers, Workers
Simon Deakin
17. Superpriority for Asset Acquisition Financing in Secured Transactions Law: Formalism or Functionalism?
Catherine Walsh
18. The Floating Charge - An Elegy
Riz Mokal
PART 5: CONTROLLING MODERN MANAGEMENT
19. Contractual Modification of the Duties of a Trustee
Michael Bryan
20. Relieving Directors' Breaches of Duty
Rod Edmunds and John Lowry
21. Enron and the Long Shadow of Stat. 13 Eliz.
Douglas Baird
Commentary: Kevin Davis
PART 6: MOVING FORWARD: LAW AND PRACTICE
22. Commercial Law and the Limits of the Black Letter Approach
Anthony Duggan
Commentary: David Gold
23. The Legal Academy's Contribution to the Development of Commercial Law: An Anglo-Canadian Perspective
Jacob Ziegel
Commentary: Tony King
24. Contracts, Contract Law and Reasonable Expectations
Robert Bradgate

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Sarah Worthington is Professor of Law at the London School of Economics.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Sarah Worthington
• Mitarbeit: Sarah Worthington (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Hart Publishing
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 19.12.2003
• EAN: 9781841134383
• ISBN: 978-1-84113-438-3
• Seiten: 700
• Abmessung: 156 mm x 234 mm x 54 mm
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Internationales Recht, Ausländisches Recht; England, Wales, LAW / Commercial / General, Commercial law, Wales / Cymru