Agreed sums payable upon breach of an obligation : rethinking penalty and liquidated damages clauses /
Hachem, Pascal, 1981-
Agreed sums payable upon breach of an obligation : rethinking penalty and liquidated damages clauses / Pascal Hachem. - 1 online resource (217 pages) - International commerce and arbitration ; volume 7 . - International commerce and arbitration ; v. 7. .
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität Basel, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-201).
History and comparative overview -- Functions of agreed sums -- Protection of the debtor -- Relationship to other remedies -- The situation under CISG -- Introduction -- Concluding remarks and results.
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.
9789460944338 (electronic bk.) 9460944337 (electronic bk.)
9786613274762
327476 MIL
Liquidated damages.
Dommages-intérêts liquidés.
LAW--Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Liquidated damages.
Electronic books.
K845.P44 / .H33 2011eb
346.022
Agreed sums payable upon breach of an obligation : rethinking penalty and liquidated damages clauses / Pascal Hachem. - 1 online resource (217 pages) - International commerce and arbitration ; volume 7 . - International commerce and arbitration ; v. 7. .
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität Basel, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-201).
History and comparative overview -- Functions of agreed sums -- Protection of the debtor -- Relationship to other remedies -- The situation under CISG -- Introduction -- Concluding remarks and results.
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.
9789460944338 (electronic bk.) 9460944337 (electronic bk.)
9786613274762
327476 MIL
Liquidated damages.
Dommages-intérêts liquidés.
LAW--Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Liquidated damages.
Electronic books.
K845.P44 / .H33 2011eb
346.022