TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hachem,Pascal
TI  - Agreed sums payable upon breach of an obligation: rethinking penalty and liquidated damages clauses 
T2  - International commerce and arbitration
SN  - 9789460944338
AV  - K845.P44 .H33 2011eb
U1  - 346.022 23
PY  - 2011///]
CY  - The Hague, The Netherlands
PB  - Eleven International Pub.
KW  - Liquidated damages
KW  - Dommages-intérêts liquidés
KW  - LAW
KW  - Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität Basel, 2009; Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-201); 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
N2  - 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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