Introduction to the Comparative Study of Private Law - Readings, Cases, Materials

Readings Cases Materials. Law, Comparative law, Private law

Sommario

Preface; Foreword by Shiyuan Han; Foreword by Reinhard Zimmermann; Foreword by André Tunc; Foreword by Roscoe Pound; 1. Traditions; 2. Institutions; Part I. The Law of Obligations: 3. The structure of contract law; 4. Voluntary commitment; 5. Fairness; 6. Excuses for non-performance; 7. Remedies; 8. The scope of the rights protected; 9. The conduct for which one is liable; 10. The principle; 11. Must one party gain at the other's expense?; Part II. The Law of Property: 12. Possession; 13. Ownership.

Info autore

James Gordley holds the W. R. Irby Chair in Law at Tulane University, and specialises in comparative and contract law.Hao Jiang is an assistant professor of comparative law at Università Bocconi. He writes in the areas of American corporate and contract law, Chinese and European civil law and comparative law.Arthur Taylor von Mehren was Professor of Law at Harvard University, Massachusetts, and was a world-renowned scholar in international and comparative law.

Riassunto

This book places side by side the principal doctrines of private law of the United States, England, France, Germany and China. It presents the original sources and the historical background of these doctrines. It will be useful to international lawyers, students of comparative law, and scholars researching these doctrines.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: James Gordley, James (Tulane University Gordley, Gordley James, Hao Jiang, Jiang Hao, Arthur Taylor von Mehren, Arthur Taylor von Mehren
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781108835848
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83584-8
• Pagine: 700
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Diritto, professione, finanze > Diritto di famiglia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto internazionale, diritto degli stranieri; LAW / Civil Law, LAW / Comparative, comparative law, Private or civil law: general, Private / Civil law: general works