Contracts for a Third-Party Beneficiary: A Historical and Comparative Account - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004169741 ISBN 13 : 9789004169746

Editeur : Martinus Nijhoff, 2008

Synopsis

Through recent changes in Dutch (1992) and English (1999) private law, contracts for a third-party beneficiary are, in Western Europe, nowadays considered to be effective and enforceable. This concept is, however, incompatible with both the civilian tradition on the continent and the traditional parties-only rule of English common law. The purpose of this study is to show how the problem of the third-party beneficiary was dealt with during the various periods of Western legal thought and to discuss the subject from the perspective of present-day comparative law. The book is of interest not only to legal historians, but also to all who are engaged with present-day private law - scholars, practitioners and advanced students.

Contributors include David Ibbetson, Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Cambridge, and Hendrik Verhagen, Professor of Private International Law, Comparative Law and Civil Law at the Radboud University Nijmegen, attorney at the firm Clifford Chance Amsterdam, and deputy justice at the Court of Appeal, 's-Hertogenbosch.

Studies in the History of Private Law, vol. 1

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jan Hallebeek (1954) is Professor of European Legal History at the VU University Amsterdam and deputy justice at the Court of Appeal 's Hertogenbosch.

Harry Dondorp (1956) is senior lecturer in European Legal History at the VU University Amsterdam.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Martinus Nijhoff
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004169741
• ISBN 13: 9789004169746
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 172
• Éditeur: Hallebeek Jan J., Dondorp Harry
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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