Agreed sums payable upon breach of an obligation : rethinking penalty and liquidated damages clauses / Pascal Hachem.

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Hachem, Pascal, 1981-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: International commerce and arbitration ; v. 7.Publisher: The Hague, The Netherlands : Eleven International Pub., [2011]Distributor: Portland, Or. : Sold and distributed in the USA and Canada [by] International Specialized Book ServicesCopyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (217 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789460944338
9460944337

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Agreed sums payable upon breach of an obligationDDC classification:

346.022 23

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K845.P44 .H33 2011eb

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Contents:

Introduction -- History and comparative overview -- Functions of agreed sums -- Protection of the debtor -- Relationship to other remedies -- The situation under CISG -- Concluding remarks and results.

Summary: Unique in its breadth, this book undertakes a comparative analysis of the ways in which legal systems in all regions of the world deal with agreed sums payable upon breach of an obligation. The book shows divergences and convergences and indicates trends as to the future development of the law. It also deals with the treatment of agreed sums under the 1980 UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG), offering the first comprehensive solution to this issue based on comparative analysis. For practitioners as well as researchers, this book is a valuable source of informa.

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Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität Basel, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-201).

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Unique in its breadth, this book undertakes a comparative analysis of the ways in which legal systems in all regions of the world deal with agreed sums payable upon breach of an obligation. The book shows divergences and convergences and indicates trends as to the future development of the law. It also deals with the treatment of agreed sums under the 1980 UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG), offering the first comprehensive solution to this issue based on comparative analysis. For practitioners as well as researchers, this book is a valuable source of informa.

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