Comparative Contract Law
British and American Perspectives
Edited by Larry DiMatteo and Martin Hogg
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: American, Anglo and Scottish Contract Law, Martin Hogg and Larry A. DiMatteo
Part I: Contract Theory and Structure
2. The Death of Consent?, Peter Alces
3. Saying With Me Mean: Fundamental Structure Language in Contract Law, Martin Hogg
4. The Nature and Timing of Contract Formation, Shawn J. Bayern
5. Contract Formation Between Distant Parties: The Scottish Experience, Hector L. MacQueen
6. Quality of Consent and Distributive Fairness: A Comparative Perspective, Jeffrey L. Harrison
Part II: Policing of Contracts
8. Inequality of Bargaining Power and 'Cure' by Information Provision, Elizabeth Macdonald
9. Reassessing Assent-Based Critiques: Adhesion Contracts, Daniel D. Barnhizer
10. Good Faith in the Performance of a Contract in English Law, Ewan McKendrick
11. History and Theory of Good Faith Performance in the United States, Steven J. Burton
Part III: Interpretation
12. Interpreting Commercial Contracts: The Policing Role of Context in English Law, Catherine E. Mitchell
13. Contractual Interpretation in the Commercial Context, Black D. Morant
14. Can Judges Use Business Common Sense in Interpreting Contracts?, Lord Hodge
Part IV: Damages
15. Market Damages and the Invisible Hand, David Campbell
16. The Rights to Perfrom After Repudiation and Recover the Contract Price in Anglo-American Law, Mark P. Gergen
Part V: Specialty Contracts
17. Three Sales Laws and the Common Law of Contracts, Larry A. DiMatteo
18. Defining Agency and its Scope, Deborah DeMott
19. Defining Agency and its Scope, Laura Macgregor
Part VI: Legal Reform
20. Standard Terms in Consumer Contracts: The Challenges of Law Reform in English Law, Christan Twigg-Flessner
21. At the Limits of Adjudication: Standard Terms in Consumer Contracts, Aditi Bagchi