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The aim of this work is to shed light on the governance of complex cross-border contracts by developing a comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding the relevance of both formal and informal institutions.
List of contents
Part I Theoretical Framework and Research Question
1. Contract Enforcement Institutions
2. State-enforced Contract Law and the Development
3. Does Globalisation Lead to a Decline of State Contract Law?
Part II Empirical Study
4. Research Design
5. Scenario 1: How German Companies Enforce Contracts
6. How Bulgarian and Romanian Firms Enforce Contracts
7. How Indian Firms Enforce Contracts When Selling
8. How Contracts between German Buyers and Suppliers
9. Overall Results
About the author
Thomas Dietz is Professor of International Relations and Law, Institute of Political Science, University of Münster, Germany.
Summary
The aim of this work is to shed light on the governance of complex cross-border contracts by developing a comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding the relevance of both formal and informal institutions.
Additional text
Thomas Dietz’s book will be enjoyable to any reader interested in contract law theory, in the specificities of complex software development agreements, in international commerce and trade, in sociological approaches to law, or in institutional economics, among other fields. Readers will find in Dietz’s work a fascinating study of contract law in action that forces all of us to be less attached to formal contracting rules and to consider other alternative mechanisms that work in the shadow of contract law or in its absence.
