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PART I HISTORY OF CHINESE CONTRACT LAW |
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1 | (26) |
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1 History of Chinese Contract Law |
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3 | (24) |
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3 | (3) |
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1.2 Sources of Chinese Contract Law |
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6 | (1) |
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1.3 Role of Legislature, Courts and Government |
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7 | (5) |
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7 | (1) |
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8 | (2) |
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10 | (2) |
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1.4 Contracts versus Administrative Law |
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12 | (1) |
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1.5 Contracts versus Procedural Law |
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13 | (1) |
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1.6 Perspectives on Chinese Contract Law: General Principles |
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14 | (4) |
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1.6.1 PRC Meta-principles: Socialist Modernization and Freedom of Contract |
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14 | (2) |
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1.6.2 Western Meta-principles and the PRC: Good Faith and Freedom of Contract |
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16 | (2) |
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1.7 Perspectives on Chinese Contract Law as a Body of Substantive Rules |
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18 | (3) |
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1.8 Comparative Law Analysis: Better Rules for the Chinese Civil Code |
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21 | (6) |
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PART II GENERAL PRINCIPLES |
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27 | (108) |
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2 General Principles under the CCL |
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29 | (15) |
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29 | (1) |
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2.2 Systematic Structure of the General Principles |
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30 | (1) |
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2.3 Norm-Functions of the General Principles |
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31 | (7) |
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2.3.1 Interpretative Function |
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32 | (3) |
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2.3.2 Supplementing Function |
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35 | (1) |
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2.3.3 Restrictive Function |
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36 | (2) |
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2.4 Relevant Developments in Legal Practice in China |
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38 | (5) |
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2.4.1 General Principles versus Specific Rules |
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38 | (2) |
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2.4.2 Conflicting General Principles |
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40 | (3) |
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43 | (1) |
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3 General Principles of Chinese Contract Law: An English Common Law Perspective |
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44 | (28) |
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44 | (1) |
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3.2 General Principles of Chinese Contract Law |
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45 | (1) |
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3.3 General Principles in the English Common Law of Contract |
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46 | (24) |
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3.3.1 General Attitude Towards General Principles |
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49 | (3) |
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3.3.2 Scope of Freedom of Contract |
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52 | (2) |
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3.3.3 Limitations to "Freedom of Contract" |
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54 | (1) |
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3.3.3.1 Vitiating Factors |
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54 | (1) |
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3.3.3.1.1 Misrepresentation |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (1) |
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3.3.3.1.3 Undue Influence |
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57 | (1) |
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3.3.4 Common Law Controls over Substance |
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58 | (1) |
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3.3.4.1 Implication of Terms |
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58 | (1) |
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3.3.4.2 Controls over Penalty Clauses |
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59 | (2) |
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3.3.4.3 Controls over Contractual Discretion |
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61 | (2) |
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3.3.4.4 Illegality and Public Policy |
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63 | (1) |
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3.3.4.5 Statutory Controls |
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64 | (1) |
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3.3.4.6 Restriction on Freedom not to Conclude a Contract |
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65 | (1) |
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3.3.4.7 Good Faith and Fairness |
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65 | (4) |
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3.3.5 Equality between Parties |
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69 | (1) |
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70 | (2) |
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4 Good Faith in Contract Performance in the Chinese and Common Laws |
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72 | (40) |
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72 | (2) |
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4.2 Civil and Common Laws |
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74 | (1) |
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4.3 Good Faith in Chinese Contract Law |
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75 | (7) |
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4.4 Good Faith in English Contract Law |
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82 | (3) |
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4.5 Comparative Case Studies |
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85 | (24) |
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4.5.1 Manner of Performance |
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85 | (1) |
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4.5.1.1 Scenario A: Time of Delivery |
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86 | (1) |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (1) |
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4.5.1.2 Scenario B: Reward Offer |
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88 | (1) |
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88 | (2) |
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90 | (1) |
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4.5.1.2.3 Comparative Observations |
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91 | (1) |
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92 | (1) |
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4.5.2.1 Scenario C: Belated Mail Delivery |
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92 | (1) |
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93 | (1) |
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94 | (1) |
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4.5.2.2 Scenario D: The Expired Insurance Contract |
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95 | (1) |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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4.5.2.2.3 Comparative Observations |
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97 | (1) |
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4.5.3 Contractual Discretion |
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97 | (1) |
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4.5.3.1 Scenario E: Satisfaction Clause |
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98 | (1) |
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98 | (2) |
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100 | (1) |
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4.5.3.1.3 Comparative Observations |
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100 | (1) |
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4.5.4 Discontinuance of Contract |
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101 | (1) |
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4.5.4.1 Scenario F: Converting a Shopping Mall |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (1) |
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4.5.4.1.3 Comparative Observations |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (1) |
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4.5.5.1 Scenario G: Long-Term Contracts |
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105 | (1) |
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105 | (3) |
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108 | (1) |
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4.5.5.1.3 Comparative Observations |
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109 | (1) |
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109 | (3) |
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5 General Principles of Chinese Contract Law: A Scottish Perspective |
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112 | (23) |
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112 | (2) |
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5.2 Comparative Observations on the General Provisions of the CCL |
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114 | (17) |
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5.2.1 `Maintaining Social and Economic Order and Promoting Socialist Modernisation' |
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114 | (2) |
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5.2.2 Equality of Parties |
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116 | (2) |
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118 | (3) |
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5.2.4 Freedom of Contract |
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121 | (2) |
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123 | (1) |
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124 | (3) |
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127 | (2) |
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5.2.8 Pacta Sunt Servanda |
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129 | (2) |
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5.3 Conclusion: Overall Character of the General Principles of the CCL |
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131 | (4) |
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PART III CONTRACT FORMATION |
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135 | (78) |
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6 Liability Prior to Contract Formation in Chinese Contract Law |
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137 | (23) |
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137 | (1) |
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6.2 Liabilities under Pre-contract and Pre-contractual Liabilities |
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138 | (2) |
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6.3 Judicial Difficulty in Interpreting Commercial Practices |
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140 | (1) |
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6.4 Liability in the Pre-contract Stage and CCL Article 42 |
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141 | (7) |
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6.4.1 Overview of Article 42 |
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141 | (2) |
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6.4.2 General Obligation of Good Faith |
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143 | (1) |
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6.4.3 Legal Test for Article 42 Good Faith |
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144 | (1) |
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6.4.4 Judicial Practice and the 2012 SPC Interpretation |
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145 | (1) |
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6.4.4.1 Article 2 of the 2012 SPC Interpretation |
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145 | (1) |
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6.4.4.2 Chinese Courts' Practice |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (1) |
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6.5 Liability under Pre-contract -- a Common Law Approach |
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148 | (4) |
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6.5.1 General Position under Common Law |
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148 | (2) |
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6.5.2 Summary of Common Law Position |
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150 | (1) |
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150 | (2) |
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6.6 "Quantifying" Liability -- All-or-Nothing Approach versus Partial Enforcement |
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152 | (6) |
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6.6.1 All-or-Nothing Approach |
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152 | (1) |
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6.6.1.1 Criticism of All-or-Nothing Approach |
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152 | (2) |
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6.6.1.2 Rethinking All-or-Nothing and Partial Enforcement |
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154 | (2) |
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6.6.1.3 Law and Economics Analysis of Partial Enforcement Rule |
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156 | (2) |
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158 | (2) |
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7 Pre-contractual Liability from a Civil Lawyer's Perspective |
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160 | (30) |
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160 | (1) |
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7.2 Classical Common--Civil Law Divide |
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161 | (3) |
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7.3 Culpa in Contrahendo in Chinese Contract Law |
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164 | (26) |
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7.3.1 Comment to CCL Article 42 |
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166 | (1) |
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7.3.1.1 Articles 42(1) and (3) Main Influences: The PICC and PECL |
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166 | (1) |
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7.3.1.2 Article 42(2) Main Influence: Italian Civil Code |
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167 | (3) |
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7.3.1.3 Synopsis of CCL Article 42 |
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170 | (1) |
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7.3.1.4 Chinese Case Law Relating to CCL Article 42 |
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171 | (6) |
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7.3.1.5 Alternatives to Reformulate CCL Article 42 -- Eliminating Gaps and Inconsistences |
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177 | (1) |
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7.3.1.5.1 Civil and Common Laws' Converging Solutions |
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177 | (2) |
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7.3.1.5.2 DCFR and ACQP: Seriousness, Transparency and Exchange of Relevant Information |
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179 | (6) |
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7.3.1.5.3 Existing EU Law: Consumer Rights Directive |
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185 | (1) |
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7.3.2 Comment to CCL Article 43 |
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186 | (1) |
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7.3.2.1 Article 43 Main Influences: The PICC and PECL |
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186 | (1) |
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7.3.2.2 Chinese Case Law Related to Article 43 |
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187 | (1) |
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7.3.2.3 Alternatives to Reformulate Article 43 -- Eliminating Gaps and Inconsistences |
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188 | (2) |
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8 Pre-contractual Liability through the Looking Glass of the Common Law |
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190 | (23) |
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190 | (1) |
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8.2 Freedom from Contract and the Line between an Offer and an Invitation to Treat |
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191 | (2) |
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8.3 `Subject to Contract': `No Contract until We Say So' |
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193 | (1) |
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8.4 Obligation to Negotiate in Good Faith |
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194 | (5) |
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8.5 Techniques for Ensuring Fairness in the Pre-contractual Phase |
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199 | (11) |
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8.5.1 Finding the Existence of a Related Agreement |
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199 | (3) |
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8.5.2 Action for Misrepresentation |
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202 | (3) |
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8.5.3 Diverse Varieties of Estoppel |
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205 | (3) |
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8.5.4 Other Doctrines Addressing the Failure to Negotiate in Good Faith |
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208 | (2) |
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8.6 Mapping Functionality: Equivalent Doctrines in Chinese Law |
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210 | (1) |
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8.7 Further Reflections on CCL Article 42 |
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211 | (2) |
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213 | (86) |
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9 Prospect of Validity in Chinese Contract Law |
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215 | (24) |
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215 | (1) |
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9.2 Validity of Contract in Chinese Law |
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216 | (5) |
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216 | (1) |
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9.2.2 Genuine Declaration of Intent |
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217 | (1) |
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9.2.2.1 Nonconformity of Actor's Intent and Declaration |
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217 | (1) |
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9.2.2.1.1 Reservation of Intent |
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217 | (1) |
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9.2.2.1.2 Fictitious Declaration |
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217 | (1) |
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9.2.2.1.3 Sham Declaration |
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218 | (1) |
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219 | (1) |
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9.2.2.1.5 Incorrect Transmission |
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219 | (1) |
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9.2.2.2 Restricted Declaration of Intent |
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219 | (1) |
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219 | (1) |
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220 | (1) |
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9.2.2.3 Exploitation of the Other Party's Unfavorable Position |
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221 | (1) |
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9.2.3 No Violation of Laws, Administrative Regulations or Public Interests |
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221 | (1) |
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221 | (4) |
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9.3.1 Contracts Severely Violating the Law |
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222 | (1) |
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9.3.2 Contracts Violating the Interests of the State and Public |
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223 | (1) |
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9.3.2.1 Damaging Public Interests through Malicious Collusion |
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224 | (1) |
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9.3.2.2 Damaging Public Interests through Other Circumstances |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (3) |
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9.4.1 Contracts with Significant Misconception |
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225 | (1) |
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9.4.2 Obviously Unfair Contracts |
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225 | (1) |
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9.4.3 Contracts Concluded through the Use of Fraud, Coercion or Exploitation |
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226 | (2) |
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9.5 Validity in Suspended Contracts |
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228 | (9) |
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9.5.1 Contracts Performed by Persons with Limited Capacity |
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228 | (1) |
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9.5.1.1 Contracts Timely Adopted by Accredited Representatives Shall Be Valid |
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228 | (1) |
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9.5.1.2 Bona Fide Party Exercises Revocation Right Before the Contract Is Ratified |
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229 | (1) |
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9.5.1.3 Contracts Disposing Property by a Person with No Right of Disposal |
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229 | (1) |
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9.5.2 Unauthorized Agency Contracts |
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230 | (1) |
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9.5.2.1 Principal Ratifies Contract |
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231 | (1) |
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9.5.2.2 Third Party Exercises Right of Cancellation Before Principal Ratifies |
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231 | (1) |
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9.5.2.3 Unauthorized Representation Contracts |
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231 | (1) |
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9.5.3 Recognition of Incompletely Valid Contracts as Independent Contracts |
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232 | (2) |
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9.5.4 Recognition of Invalid Contracts Relative to a Specific Third Party as Independent Contracts |
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234 | (3) |
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9.6 Legal Effects of Invalid Contracts |
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237 | (2) |
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237 | (1) |
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9.6.2 Compensation for Losses |
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237 | (1) |
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9.6.3 Other Legal Effects |
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238 | (1) |
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10 Invalidity of Contract in Chinese and English Contract Law |
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239 | (40) |
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239 | (1) |
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10.2 Effects of Invalidity |
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240 | (11) |
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10.2.1 Types of Contractual Invalidity |
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240 | (1) |
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10.2.1.1 Invalid Contracts |
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240 | (1) |
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10.2.1.2 Revocable Contracts |
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241 | (1) |
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10.2.1.2.1 Rescission by the Court or by the Complainant |
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241 | (2) |
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10.2.1.2.2 Who Can Rescind? |
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243 | (1) |
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10.2.1.2.3 Loss of the Right to Rescind |
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243 | (2) |
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10.2.1.3 Other Categories of Invalidity in Chinese Law |
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245 | (1) |
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10.2.1.3.1 Contracts Subject to Alteration |
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245 | (2) |
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10.2.1.3.2 Valid in Suspense Contracts |
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247 | (1) |
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10.2.1.3.3 Incompletely Valid Contracts |
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248 | (1) |
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10.2.1.3.4 Invalid Contracts Relative to a Third Party |
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248 | (1) |
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10.2.2 Other Consequences of Invalid or Revoked Contracts |
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249 | (1) |
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249 | (1) |
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249 | (2) |
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10.2.2.3 Dispute Settlement Clauses |
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251 | (1) |
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10.2.2.4 Confiscation of Property |
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251 | (1) |
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10.3 Grounds of Invalidity |
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251 | (28) |
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251 | (1) |
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251 | (1) |
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10.3.1.2 Limited Capacity |
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252 | (1) |
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10.3.1.2.1 Beneficial Contracts |
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252 | (1) |
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10.3.1.2.2 Appropriate Contracts |
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252 | (2) |
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10.3.1.2.3 Ratified Contracts |
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254 | (1) |
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10.3.1.3 The Effects of Incapacity |
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255 | (1) |
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10.3.2 Lack of Genuine Intention |
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255 | (1) |
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256 | (1) |
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10.3.2.1.1 Scope of Fraud |
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257 | (1) |
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10.3.2.1.2 Wider Relief for Non-fraudulent Misrepresentation in English Law |
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257 | (1) |
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10.3.2.1.3 Non-disclosure |
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258 | (1) |
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10.3.2.1.4 Third-Party Misrepresentation |
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259 | (1) |
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10.3.2.1.5 Effects of Fraud |
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260 | (1) |
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261 | (1) |
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10.3.2.2.1 Scope of Invalidity |
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261 | (2) |
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10.3.2.2.2 The Effects of Coercion |
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263 | (1) |
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10.3.2.3 Exploitation and Unfairness |
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264 | (1) |
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264 | (3) |
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10.3.2.3.2 Effects of Exploitation, Unfairness or Unconscionability |
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267 | (1) |
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267 | (1) |
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10.3.2.4 Substantial Misunderstanding |
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268 | (1) |
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10.3.2.4.1 Types of Operative Mistake |
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269 | (4) |
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10.3.2.4.2 Risk Allocation and Fault |
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273 | (1) |
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10.3.2.4.3 Serious Damage |
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273 | (1) |
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10.3.2.4.4 Effects of Mistake |
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273 | (1) |
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10.3.2.4.5 Three-Party Cases |
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274 | (1) |
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10.3.2.5 Illegality, the State and Public Policy |
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274 | (1) |
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274 | (2) |
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10.3.2.5.2 Effects of Illegality |
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276 | (2) |
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10.3.2.6 What about Undue Influence? |
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278 | (1) |
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11 Impossibility of Performance and Contract Validity: A German Law Perspective |
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279 | (20) |
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279 | (1) |
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280 | (9) |
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280 | (1) |
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11.2.2 Situation before the Reform of the German Law of Obligations |
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281 | (1) |
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281 | (1) |
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11.2.2.2 Impossibility before Contract Formation |
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282 | (1) |
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(1) Objective Impossibility |
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282 | (1) |
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(2) Subjective Impossibility |
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283 | (2) |
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11.2.2.3 Impossibility after Contract Formation |
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285 | (1) |
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(1) Objective Impossibility |
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285 | (1) |
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(2) Subjective Impossibility |
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286 | (1) |
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11.2.3 Situation after the Reform of the German Law of Obligations |
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286 | (1) |
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286 | (1) |
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11.2.3.2 Impossibility before Contract Formation |
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287 | (2) |
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11.2.3.3 Impossibility after Contract Formation |
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289 | (1) |
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11.3 Chinese Contract Law |
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289 | (3) |
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289 | (1) |
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11.3.2 Situation before the Entering into Force of the CCL |
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290 | (1) |
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11.3.3 Situation under the CCL |
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290 | (2) |
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11.4 Comparative Analysis |
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292 | (6) |
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292 | (1) |
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11.4.2 Comparing German and Chinese Contract Law: Performance Impossibility |
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293 | (1) |
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11.4.3 Should There Be Valid Contracts without Principal Obligations? |
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294 | (4) |
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298 | (1) |
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PART V PERFORMANCE AND BREACH |
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299 | (76) |
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12 Perspectives on Chinese Contract Law: Performance and Breach |
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301 | (22) |
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301 | (1) |
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12.2 Contracts in Favor of Third Parties |
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302 | (6) |
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302 | (1) |
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12.2.2 CCL Article 64 and Contracts in Favor of Third Parties |
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302 | (2) |
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12.2.3 Contracts Conferring Rights to Third Parties |
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304 | (2) |
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12.2.4 Should Contracts in Favor of Third Parties Be Recognized? |
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306 | (2) |
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12.3 Anticipatory Breach and Defense of Insecurity |
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308 | (6) |
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12.3.1 Anticipatory Breach |
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308 | (1) |
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308 | (1) |
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12.3.1.2 Scope of Anticipatory Breach |
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308 | (2) |
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12.3.1.3 Legal Consequences of Anticipatory Breach |
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310 | (1) |
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12.3.2 Defense of Insecurity |
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311 | (1) |
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311 | (1) |
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12.3.2.2 Circumstances of Insecurity |
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311 | (2) |
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12.3.2.3 Right of Termination |
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313 | (1) |
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12.3.2.4 Functions of Defense of Insecurity |
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314 | (1) |
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12.4 Anticipatory Breach and Defense of Insecurity |
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314 | (3) |
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12.4.1 Defense of Insecurity and Assurance of Performance |
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314 | (2) |
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12.4.2 Anticipatory Breach and Defense of Insecurity |
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316 | (1) |
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12.5 Doctrine of Change of Circumstances |
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317 | (5) |
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317 | (1) |
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12.5.2 Change of Circumstances |
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318 | (3) |
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12.5.3 Legal Consequences of Change of Circumstances |
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321 | (1) |
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322 | (1) |
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13 Anticipatory Breach, Change of Circumstances, and Third-Party Rights: A Civil Law Perspective |
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323 | (28) |
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323 | (2) |
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13.2 Contracts in Favour of Third Parties |
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325 | (10) |
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13.2.1 Relevant Law in Civil Law Jurisdictions and International Instruments |
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325 | (2) |
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13.2.2 Contracts in Favour of Third Parties in Civil Law Jurisdictions |
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327 | (1) |
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13.2.3 Conferral of Rights on Third Parties: Tripartite Contracts and Bilateral Contracts with Right to Reject |
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328 | (1) |
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13.2.3.1 Tripartite Contract Approach |
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328 | (1) |
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13.2.3.2 Bilateral Contract with Right-to-Reject Approach |
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329 | (2) |
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13.2.3.3 Creditor's Continuing Right to Compel Performance |
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331 | (1) |
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13.2.4 Modification and Performance of Contracts in Favour of Third Parties |
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331 | (1) |
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331 | (1) |
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332 | (1) |
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13.2.5 Should Contracts in Favour of Third Parties Be Recognised under the CCL? |
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333 | (1) |
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333 | (1) |
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13.2.5.2 Conformity with General Principles of Contract Law |
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334 | (1) |
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335 | (1) |
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13.3 Anticipatory Breach and Defence of Insecurity |
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335 | (8) |
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13.3.1 Anticipatory Breach |
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335 | (1) |
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13.3.1.1 Relevant Law in Civil Law Jurisdictions and International Instruments |
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335 | (2) |
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13.3.1.2 Scope of Anticipatory Breach |
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337 | (1) |
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13.3.1.3 Legal Consequences of Anticipatory Breach |
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338 | (1) |
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13.3.2 Defence of Insecurity |
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339 | (1) |
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13.3.2.1 Relevant Law in Civil Law Jurisdictions and International Instruments |
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339 | (2) |
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13.3.2.2 Circumstances of Insecurity |
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341 | (1) |
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13.3.2.3 Right of Termination |
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342 | (1) |
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13.4 Doctrine of Change of Circumstances |
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343 | (7) |
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13.4.1 Relevant Law in Civil Law Jurisdictions and International Instruments |
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343 | (2) |
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13.4.2 Change of Circumstances |
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345 | (1) |
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13.4.2.1 Exclusion of Commercial Risk |
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346 | (1) |
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13.4.2.2 Exclusion of Results of Force Majeure |
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346 | (2) |
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13.4.3 Legal Consequences of a Change of Circumstances |
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348 | (2) |
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350 | (1) |
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14 Common Law Perspectives on Performance and Breach |
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351 | (24) |
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351 | (1) |
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14.2 Contracts in Favour of Third Parties |
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351 | (9) |
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351 | (1) |
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352 | (2) |
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14.2.3 Specific Performance |
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354 | (1) |
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355 | (1) |
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14.2.5 Constructive Trust |
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356 | (1) |
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357 | (1) |
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357 | (1) |
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14.2.8 Collateral Contract, Bailment and Vicarious Immunity |
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357 | (1) |
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358 | (1) |
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358 | (1) |
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14.2.11 Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 |
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359 | (1) |
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14.2.12 Contracts Imposing Obligations on Third Parties |
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360 | (1) |
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14.3 Anticipatory Breach and Defence of Insecurity |
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360 | (6) |
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14.3.1 Relevant Law: Anticipatory Breach |
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360 | (3) |
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14.3.2 Scope of Anticipatory Breach |
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363 | (1) |
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14.3.3 Legal Consequences of Anticipatory Breach |
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363 | (2) |
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14.3.4 Relevant Law: Defence of Insecurity |
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365 | (1) |
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14.4 Doctrine of Change of Circumstances |
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366 | (7) |
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366 | (3) |
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14.4.2 Change of Circumstances |
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369 | (2) |
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14.4.3 Legal Consequences of a Change of Circumstances |
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371 | (2) |
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373 | (2) |
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PART VI REMEDIES AND DAMAGES |
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375 | (70) |
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15 Damages and Specific Performance in Chinese Contract Law |
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377 | (27) |
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377 | (2) |
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379 | (3) |
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15.2.1 Fundamental Breach and Its Consequences |
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379 | (2) |
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15.2.2 Fault or Strict Liability |
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381 | (1) |
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382 | (6) |
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15.3.1 Purposes of Damages |
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382 | (2) |
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15.3.2 Recovery of Non-pecuniary Loss |
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384 | (2) |
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15.3.3 Calculation of Damages |
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386 | (2) |
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15.4 Restrictions on the Recovery of Damages |
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388 | (5) |
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15.4.1 Foreseeability or Remoteness |
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388 | (2) |
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390 | (1) |
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15.4.3 Contributory Negligence |
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391 | (2) |
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15.4.4 Loss to Be Reduced by Gains of Non-breaching Party |
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393 | (1) |
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15.5 Liquidated Damages or Penalties? |
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393 | (4) |
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15.6 Specific Performance: A Routine Remedy |
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397 | (6) |
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15.6.1 General Availability |
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397 | (1) |
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15.6.2 Statutory Restrictions |
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398 | (1) |
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15.6.3 Extra-statutory Restricting Factors |
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399 | (2) |
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15.6.4 Specific Performance: A Rarely Sought Remedy |
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401 | (2) |
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403 | (1) |
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16 Chinese Contract Law on Remedies and Damages: A Civil Law Perspective |
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404 | (19) |
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404 | (2) |
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16.2 Remedies for Nonperformance |
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406 | (15) |
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407 | (1) |
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16.2.1.1 Termination Clauses |
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408 | (1) |
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16.2.1.2 Termination upon Notice |
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408 | (1) |
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16.2.1.3 Termination by Judiciary Proceeding |
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409 | (1) |
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16.2.1.4 Effects of Termination |
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410 | (1) |
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16.2.2 Specific and Enforced Performance |
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410 | (3) |
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16.2.3 Defense of Nonperformance (Suspension of Performance) |
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413 | (1) |
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16.2.4 Anticipatory Breach |
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414 | (1) |
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16.2.5 Reduction of Price |
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415 | (1) |
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16.2.6 Contractual Liability and Damages |
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416 | (3) |
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16.2.7 Penalties and Liquidated Damages Clauses |
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419 | (1) |
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16.2.8 Circumstances Limiting and Excluding Liability |
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420 | (1) |
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16.2.9 Duty to Mitigate Loss |
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421 | (1) |
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421 | (2) |
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17 Debt Instead of Damages in the Common Law |
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423 | (22) |
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423 | (3) |
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17.1.1 Debt and Specific Performance: CISG versus English Common Law |
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424 | (2) |
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426 | (8) |
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17.2.1 White and Carter: Irrelevancy of Mitigation Defence in Debt |
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426 | (4) |
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17.2.2 Debt Claims in Shipping Cases |
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430 | (4) |
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434 | (10) |
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17.3.1 Section 49 of the Sale of Goods Act |
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434 | (5) |
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17.3.2 Sui Generis Supply Contracts |
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439 | (3) |
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17.3.3 UCC Article 2 and Canadian Law Commissions |
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442 | (2) |
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444 | (1) |
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PART VII THE CCL AND INTERNATIONAL LAW INSTRUMENTS |
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445 | (56) |
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18 The CCL and UNIDROIT Principles |
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447 | (19) |
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447 | (1) |
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18.2 The PICC in a Nutshell |
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447 | (2) |
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18.3 Influence of the PICC on the Drafting of the CCL |
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449 | (7) |
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18.3.1 The PICC and the CCL's Drafting History |
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449 | (1) |
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18.3.2 Reasons for the Chinese Legislators to Reference the PICC |
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450 | (1) |
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18.3.3 General Techniques of the Chinese Legislators |
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451 | (1) |
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18.3.4 Common Ground between the PICC and the CCL |
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451 | (1) |
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18.3.4.1 Scope of Application |
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452 | (1) |
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18.3.4.2 General Principles |
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452 | (1) |
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18.3.4.3 Offer and Acceptance |
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453 | (1) |
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454 | (1) |
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18.3.4.5 Negotiations in Bad Faith |
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454 | (1) |
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18.3.4.6 Interpretation of Contract and Omitted Terms |
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455 | (1) |
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18.3.4.7 Performance of Implied Obligations |
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455 | (1) |
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18.3.4.8 Liability for Breach of Contract |
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455 | (1) |
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18.4 Deviations between the CCL and the PICC |
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456 | (3) |
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18.4.1 Social-Economic Reasons: `Chinese Characteristics' |
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456 | (1) |
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456 | (1) |
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18.4.1.2 Reasons for and Practical Relevance of the `Chinese Characteristics' |
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457 | (1) |
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18.4.2 Supplementation of the CCL Due to Different Legal Convictions |
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458 | (1) |
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18.4.3 Omission of Transplantation Due to Different Legal Convictions |
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458 | (1) |
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458 | (1) |
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18.4.3.2 Compensation for Loss |
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459 | (1) |
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18.5 The Continuing Influence of the PICC on the CCL: The PICC as a Supplement |
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459 | (5) |
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18.5.1 Incorporation of the PICC into the Contract as Contract Terms |
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460 | (1) |
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18.5.2 The PICC as Trade Usage |
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460 | (4) |
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18.6 The Influence of the PICC on the CCL: The PICC as an Interpretation Tool |
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464 | (1) |
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464 | (2) |
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19 CCL and CISG: A Comparative Analysis of Formation, Performance, and Breach |
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466 | (35) |
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466 | (1) |
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19.2 Formation of Contract |
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467 | (15) |
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19.2.1 Formal Requirements |
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469 | (1) |
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19.2.2 Offer and Acceptance Rules |
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470 | (8) |
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19.2.3 Agreement and Filling in Gaps in Content |
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478 | (3) |
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19.2.4 Incorporating Standard Terms |
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481 | (1) |
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482 | (7) |
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19.3.1 Seller's Obligations |
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482 | (1) |
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19.3.1.1 Place of Delivery |
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482 | (1) |
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19.3.1.2 Time of Delivery |
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483 | (1) |
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19.3.1.3 Handing over of Documents |
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484 | (1) |
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19.3.1.4 Conformity of Goods and Third-Party Rights |
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485 | (2) |
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19.3.2 Buyer's Obligations |
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487 | (1) |
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19.3.2.1 Payment of Price |
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487 | (1) |
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19.3.2.2 Notice of Non-conformity and Third-Party Rights |
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488 | (1) |
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19.3.2.3 Preservation of Goods |
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489 | (1) |
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489 | (11) |
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19.4.1 Fundamental Breach |
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490 | (2) |
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19.4.2 Anticipatory Breach and Defense of Insecurity |
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492 | (2) |
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19.4.2.1 Shortcomings of the Dual System: Anticipatory Breach and Defense of Insecurity |
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494 | (2) |
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19.4.3 Excuse for Nonperformance |
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496 | (4) |
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500 | (1) |
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