The Future of the Commercial Contract in Scholarship and Law Reform : European and Comparative Perspectives

This book explores commercial contract law in scholarship and legal practice, suggests new research agendas and provides a forum for debate of typical issues that might benefit from further attention by scholarship and legislatures. The authors from over ten different jurisdictions take an international and comparative approach. Not confined to EU law it re-opens the debate internationally and seeks to reclaim the wider meaning of European law as rooted in geography and cultural legal heritage. There is a need to focus on commercial contracts in more detail in research and legislation. The transactional approach, the role of recent law reform, including the new French Civil Code, cross-border dealings, substantive contract law in public international law and ICSID arbitration as well as current contractual practices like OEM, CSR, contractual co-operation, sustainability and intra-corporate arbitration contribute to a wider regulatory outlook for commercial transactions.-- Provided by publisher Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv The Future of the Commercial Contract in Scholarship and Law Reform: An Introduction (Maren Heidemann)....Pages 1-23 Front Matter ....Pages 25-25 What Does the Transnationalisation of the Commercial Contract Mean? Is There a New Model and Are There Minimum Standards? Is There a Law and Economics Perspective? (Jan H. Dalhuisen)....Pages 27-50 The Nexus of Contracts Theory and Intra-Corporate Dispute Arbitration (Joseph Lee)....Pages 51-71 Civil Code Reform in Japan: Is the New Regulation of Standard Contract Terms a Desirable One? (Antonios Karaiskos)....Pages 73-98 The New French Contract Law and Its Impact on Commercial Law: Good Faith, Unfair Contract Terms and Hardship (Catherine Pédamon)....Pages 99-126 The Withdrawal of the Common European Sales Law Proposal and the European Commission Proposal on Certain Aspects Concerning Contracts for the Online and Other Distance Sales of Goods (Despina Anagnostopoulou)....Pages 127-163 Front Matter ....Pages 165-165 Original Equipment Manufacturing Contract and Three-Way Bargaining: Cooperation, Control, and the Opportunism Within (Chien-Chung Lin)....Pages 167-187 Uncertainty, Speculation, Subjectivity: The Expanding Judicial Role in Sovereign Debt Workouts (Dania Thomas)....Pages 189-221 Approximation of Secured Credit Laws in Global Economies: Methodological Challenges (Muriel Renaudin)....Pages 223-250 Capturing Collaboration in Construction Contracts in Their Commercial Context (David Christie)....Pages 251-281 Commercial Contracts and Corporate Social Responsibility Values: A European Perspective and an Attempt of a Normative Approach (Alexandra Horváthová)....Pages 283-308 Towards a Fairer Trading System for Micro and Small Businesses Post-Brexit? Comparative Aspects with Other Common Law Systems (Sara Hourani)....Pages 309-339 Front Matter ....Pages 341-341 From Public Law to Private Law: The Remarkable Story of bona fides (Daniele D’Alvia)....Pages 343-368 Private and Public in the Design of Commercial Law: Lessons from the History of Bills of Exchange (Janwillem Oosterhuis)....Pages 369-388 ICSID Arbitration Clauses in Contracts: Time for a Revival? (Hendrik Puschmann, Andreas Geroldinger)....Pages 389-405 Object and Purpose as Interpretation Tool in International Commercial Law Conventions: How to Make the ‘Top Down Approach’ Work (Maren Heidemann)....Pages 407-435 Commercial Law, Investor Protection, EU and Domestic Law (Mads Andenas)....Pages 437-471