Frustration v Imprévision, Why Frustration is so 'Frustrating': The Lack of Flexibility in the English Doctrine's Legal Consequence [0.03%]
挫败感vs意外事件:为何采用“挫败感”规则会使合同法缺乏灵活性
Bashayer Al Majed,Abdulaziz AlMajed
Bashayer Al Majed
The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic restrictions have placed many contractual parties under great strain to honour their agreements as contracts have become commercially impracticable and excessively onerous. This article explores...
Odious Debt [0.03%]
恶债问题
Halil Rahman Basaran
Halil Rahman Basaran
Public international law does not encompass external sovereign debt. In particular, the current status of 'odious debt', which may also be termed 'illegitimate debt', in international law epitomizes the weakness of international law with re...
How do Law Students Develop Commercial Awareness? Listening to the Student Voice on the Roles of the Law School and the Law Student in Developing Commercial Awareness [0.03%]
论如何培养法学生的商事意识——倾听学生心声,明确法学院及法学生培养商事意识之角色定位
Siobhan McConnell
Siobhan McConnell
This article provides an authentic, student-centred account of how law students develop their commercial awareness on their journey to graduate employment. Drawing on data collected from a two year research study involving law students goin...
Construing Climate Change Adaptation as Global Public Good Under International Law: Problems and Prospects [0.03%]
国际法下将气候变化适应视为全球公共产品的问题与前景
Abhishek Trivedi,Stellina Jolly
Abhishek Trivedi
Article 7 of the Paris Agreement recognizes that adaptation is a 'global challenge faced by all with local, regional and international dimensions.' It further establishes the 'global goal on adaptation focusing on enhancing adaptive capacit...
Industry-Led Standards, Relational Contracts and Good Faith: Are the UK and Australia Setting the Pace in (Construction) Contract Law? [0.03%]
以行业引领的标准化、关系合同和诚实信用:英国和澳大利亚在(工程)合同法方面是否领先?
David Christie,Séverine Saintier,Jessica Viven-Wilksch
David Christie
The law of contract is changing. "Good faith" and "relational contracts" are used by parties more than ever before in commercial disputes. Yet, their definition and what it really means to act in good faith are still unsettled in the UK and...
Nicholas Mouttotos
Nicholas Mouttotos
The introduction of the EU Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Directive in the legal system of Cyprus was the first instrument specifically dealing with the problems that arise with standard form contracts and the issue of consent. However,...
Manasi Kumar,Maren Heidemann
Manasi Kumar
Sagi Peari,Zamir R Golestani
Sagi Peari
One of the key legal questions that COVID-19 has raised relates to the status of the traditional contractual doctrine of frustration. The pandemic and the ongoing lockdowns across the globe have made it difficult for many contracts to perfo...
Shivangi Gangwar
Shivangi Gangwar
Minority is well established as a form of legal incapacity across jurisdictions and laws. Some countries grant minors with limited capacity to contract while others consider all minors' contracts to be void. These rules were laid down in th...
Shivprasad Swaminathan
Shivprasad Swaminathan
The law of frustration is tantalizingly simple when it comes to stating it, but incredibly hard when it comes to applying. One would be getting the wrong end of the stick if one were to treat various judicial statements surrounding the doct...