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Contracts For a Third-Party Beneficiary
A Historical and Comparative Account
Inbunden, 2008
1774 kr
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Through recent changes in Dutch (1992) and English (1999) private law, contracts for a third-party beneficiary are, in Western Europe, nowadays considered to be effective and enforceable. This concept is, however, incompatible with both the civilian tradition on the continent and the traditional …
Specific Performance in German, French and Dutch Law in the Nineteenth Century
Remedies in an Age of Fundamental Rights and Industrialisation
Inbunden, 2011
2771 kr
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The current French, German and Dutch Law of Contract each offer a remedy of specific performance to creditors suffering from breach of contract. This book analyses the alterations to this remedy during the nineteenth century on the substantive, procedural and enforcement levels. Fascinatingly, …
From Industrial to Legal Standardization, 1871-1914
Transnational Insurance Law and the Great San Francisco Earthquake
Inbunden, 2011
2365 kr
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At the end of the 19th century, internationalisation and standardisation fundamentally changed business law. More and more industries such as insurance, transport, wholesale and finance used standard contracts and clauses for international transactions. An impressive example of this development was …
Theologians and Contract Law
The Moral Transformation of the Ius Commune (ca. 1500-1650)
Av Wim Decock
Inbunden, 2012
3792 kr
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The Roman legal tradition is the ancestor of modern contract law but there is no agreement as to how and when a general law of contract emerged. Wim Decock’s thesis is that an important step in this evolution was taken by theologians in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. They transformed the …
Law & Equity
Approaches in Roman Law and Common Law
Inbunden, 2013
2076 kr
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Quite by accident, Roman law and English law share a peculiar dual structure. In both systems, the law (ius civile, Common law) was supported, amended and corrected by a second legal source (ius honorarium, Equity) found in the jurisdiction of particular magistrates. How did this dual structure …
Chinese Cornerstone of Modern Banking
The Canton Guaranty System and the Origins of Bank Deposit Insurance 1780-1933
Inbunden, 2014
2592 kr
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Modern bank insurance is traced to its roots in The Chinese Cornerstone of Modern Banking: The Canton Guaranty System and the Origins of Bank Deposit Insurance 1780-1933. Frederic Delano Grant, Jr. provides new understandings of the Canton System, collective responsibility for debt at Canton, and …
Contributory Negligence
A Historical and Comparative Study
Inbunden, 2014
3216 kr
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Accidents often occur not only through the fault of the wrongdoer but also partly through the conduct of the injured party. This contributory conduct of the injured party and its consequences for the delictual liability of the wrongdoer have been central issues in the study of private law for …
National Socialist Family Law
The Influence of National Socialism on Marriage and Divorce Law in Germany and the Netherlands
Inbunden, 2014
2902 kr
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In National Socialist Family Law, Mariken Lenaerts analyses the possible influence of National Socialism on marriage and divorce law in Germany and the Netherlands. As the family was regarded the germ-cell of the nation, the Nazis made many changes in German and Dutch marriage and divorce law to …
Legal Practice in Eighteenth-Century Scotland
Av John Finlay
Inbunden, 2015
3522 kr
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This book is the first monograph to analyse the workings of Scotland’s legal profession in its early modern European context. It is a comprehensive survey of lawyers working in the local and central courts; investigating how they interacted with their clients and with each other, the legal …
Protectors of Indians in the Royal Audience of Lima
History, Careers and Legal Culture, 1575-1775
Inbunden, 2016
2544 kr
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In The Protectors of Indians in the Royal Audience of Lima: History, Careers and Legal Culture, 1575-1775 Mauricio Novoa offers an account of the institution that developed in the vice-royalty of Peru for the protection of Indians before the high courts of justice. Making use of historical …
Ownership Paradigms in American Civil Law Jurisdictions
Manifestations of the Shifts in the Legislation of Louisiana, Chile, and Argentina (16th-20th Centuries)
Inbunden, 2017
2328 kr
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In Ownership Paradigms in American Civil Law Jurisdictions Agustín Parise assists in identifying the transformations experienced in the legislation dealing with ownership in the Americas, thereby showing that current understandings are not uncontested dogmas. This book is the result of research …
Company in Law and Practice: Did Size Matter? (Middle Ages-Nineteenth Century)
Av Dave De ruysscher, Albrecht Cordes m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
1849 kr
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This volume brings together nine chapters by specialist legal historians that address the topic of the scale and size of companies, in both legal and economic history. The bundled texts cover different periods, from the Middle Ages, the Early Modern Period, to the nineteenth century. They analyse …
Understanding the Sources of Early Modern and Modern Commercial Law
Courts, Statutes, Contracts, and Legal Scholarship
Inbunden, 2018
2826 kr
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The contributions of Understanding the Sources of Early Modern and Modern Commercial Law: Courts, Statutes, Contracts, and Legal Scholarship show the wealth of sources which historians of commercial law use to approach their subject. Depending on the subject, historical research on mercantile law …
Theologians and Contract Law
The Moral Transformation of the Ius Commune (ca. 1500-1650)
Av Wim Decock
Häftad, 2023
1069 kr
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The Roman legal tradition is the ancestor of modern contract law but there is no agreement as to how and when a general law of contract emerged. Wim Decock’s thesis is that an important step in this evolution was taken by theologians in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. They transformed the …
