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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813383703321

Titolo

Unexpected circumstances in European contract law / / edited by Ewoud Hondius and Hans Christoph Grigoleit [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-139-03635-1

1-107-22075-0

1-283-05507-4

9786613055071

1-139-04181-9

1-139-04258-0

1-139-04522-9

1-139-03867-2

0-511-76333-6

1-139-04104-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 692 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

The common core of European private law

Disciplina

346.402

Soggetti

Impossibility of performance - Europe

Rebus sic stantibus clause - Europe

Vis major (Civil law) - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : an approach to the issues and doctrines relating to unexpected circumstances / Ewoud Hondius and Hans Christoph Grigoleit -- Legal history / Andreas Thier -- Law and economics : the comparative law and economics of frustration in contracts / Marta Cenini, Barbara Luppi, Francesco Parisi -- Overview : concepts dealing with unexpected circumstances -- Questionnaire -- The case studies -- General comparative remarks : converging tendencies, remaining differences and the unsolved mystery of adjustment / Ewoud Hondius and Hans Christoph Grigoleit.

Sommario/riassunto

The recent financial crisis has questioned whether existing contracts may be adapted, terminated or renegotiated as a result of unexpected



circumstances. The question is not a new one. In medieval times the notion of clausula rebus sic stantibus was developed to cope with such situations, and Germany introduced the theory of Wegfall der Geschäftsgrundlage. In England, the Coronation cases provided one possible answer. This comparative study explores the possibility of classifying jurisdictions as 'open' or 'closed' in this regard.