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Author Zhang, Mo

Title Chinese Contract Law - Theory and Practice : Second Edition
Edition 2nd ed
Published Boston : BRILL, 2019
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Description 1 online resource (495 pages)
Contents Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Mao's "Plain Paper" Theory and Legal Nihilism in China -- 2 Post-Mao Reconstruction of the Legal System -- 3 Contract Law Legislation -- 3.1 Enactment of the General Principles of Civil Law -- 3.2 Adoption of the Unified Contract Law -- 3.3 The 2017 General Provisions of Civil Law -- 3.4 The 2019 Foreign Investment Law -- 4 Judicial Interpretation and Guiding Cases -- 5 The Ideology of "Governing the Country by Law" -- 6 Unsolved Issue: Judicial Independence
Chapter 1 Contract Law in the Chinese Tradition -- 1 Concept of Contract -- 1.1 Chinese Tradition -- 1.2 Civil Law Influence -- 1.3 Theories of Contract Law -- 1.3.1 Economic Means Theory -- 1.3.2 Civil Act Theory -- 1.3.3 Agreement Theory -- 1.3.4 Exchange Theory -- 1.4 Definition of Contract -- 2 Contract Classification -- 2.1 Named and Unnamed Contracts -- 2.2 Formal and Informal Contracts -- 2.3 Consensual and Real Contracts -- 2.4 Onerous and Gratuitous Contracts -- 2.5 Unilateral and Bilateral Contracts -- 3 Application of the Contract Law -- 4 Contract and the Socialist Market Economy
5 Contracts and the State Plan -- Chapter 2 Freedom of Contract in China -- 1 Conception of Freedom -- 2 Right of Parties to a Contract -- 3 Limitations on Party Autonomy -- 3.1 Legal Compliance -- 3.2 State Plan Mandate -- 3.3 Administrative Supervision -- 3.4 Government Approval and Other Special Requirements -- Chapter 3 Enforceability of Contracts -- 1 Obligatio and Contract Obligations -- 2 Governing Principles of Contracts -- 2.1 Equality and Voluntariness -- 2.2 Fairness and Good Faith -- 2.3 Legality and Public Interests -- 2.4 Observance of Contract -- 3 Pre-Contractual Liabilities
Chapter 4 Formation of Contracts -- 1 Offer -- 1.1 Offer and Invitation for Offer -- 1.2 Legal Effect of Offers -- 1.3 Termination of an Offer -- 1.3.1 Withdrawal of Offer -- 1.3.2 Revocation of Offer -- 1.3.3 Void Offers -- 2 Acceptance -- 2.1 Requirements for Acceptance -- 2.2 Withdrawal of Acceptance -- 2.3 Late Acceptance -- 2.4 Late Arrival of Acceptance -- 2.5 Acceptance and Conclusion of Contract -- 3 Conclusion and Effectiveness of Contracts -- 4 Formality of Contracts -- 5 Incorporation of the State Plan and Government Approval -- Chapter 5 Terms of Contracts
1 Terms Generally Included in a Contract -- 2 Interpretation of a Contract -- 2.1 Contract Interpretation Approaches -- 2.2 Contract Interpretation Theories -- 2.3 Contract Interpretation under the Contract Law -- 3 Supplementary Agreement for Uncertain or Missing Terms -- 4 Proof of the Terms of a Contract -- 5 Standard Terms -- 6 Disclaimers -- Chapter 6 Contract Defenses-Validity Issues -- 1 Issues at Stake -- 2 Capacity of the Parties-Effect-to-be-Determined Contract -- 2.1 Contract by a Person with Limited Capacity for Civil Conduct -- 2.2 Contract by an Agent without Due Authorization
Summary "The modern Chinese law and legal system, though bearing strong resemblance to the civil law heritage, are in fact in an evolving stage without a definite model of tradition. After the fall of the last emperor in 1911, China experienced nearly forty years of warlord chaos, the anti- Japanese war, and then civil law".-- Provided by publisher
Notes 2.3 Right to Request Ratification and to Rescind a Contract
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject International law.
International law
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004414785
9004414789