In the past decade a comparative law and economics literature has emerged that is largely organized around an effort to explain differences in country economic performance in terms of differences between common law and civil code systems. Assumptions about differences between common law and...

The new comparative economics is largely organized around an effort to explain differences in country economic performance in terms of differences between common law and civil code systems. Assumptions about differences between common law and civil code regimes and the correspondence between...

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Contract Law -- Chapter 2: General Principles of Common Law and Civil Law Jurisdictions -- Chapter 3: Contract Formation -- Chapter 4: Terms of a Contract -- Chapter 5: Defeating Contractual Liability -- Chapter 6: Discharge of...