Implicit Dimensions of Contract: Discrete, Relational, and Network Contracts

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Implicit Dimensions of Contract: Discrete, Relational, and Network Contracts
Authors and Contributors      Edited by David Campbell
Edited by Hugh Collins
Edited by John Wightman
SeriesInternational Studies in the Theory of Private Law
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:396
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
ISBN/Barcode 9781841133492
ClassificationsDewey:346.02
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Hart Publishing
Publication Date 16 July 2003
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This collection of essays, derived from an international workshop, explores the significance of implicit understandings and tacit expectations of the parties to different kinds of contractual agreements, ranging from simple discrete transactions to long-term associational agreements such as those formed in companies. An interdisciplinary and comparative approach is used to investigate how the law comprehends and gives effect to the these implicit dimensions of contracts. The significance of this enquiry is found not only in relation to the interpretation of contracts in many different contexts, but more fundamentally in how social practices involved in making contracts should be analysed and comprehended.

Author Biography

David Campbell is Professor of International Business Law at the University of Leeds. Hugh Collins is Professor of English Law at the London School of Economics. John Wightman is a Lecturer and Head of Kent Law School, Canterbury.