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

ISBN-13: 9781108835848 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 700 str.

JAMES GORDLEY

Opis

Original sources illustrate and compare the principal doctrines of private law in the United States, England, France, Germany and China.

Spis treści

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.