Contract law

Execution of the International Public Contract during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Perspective

Online article looking at the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on contracts and legal agreements written by Mohamed Gomaa who is a Pre-Trial Judge at the State Commissioner Authority at the Egyptian Council of State and Arushi Bhagotra who is a law student at the National Law Institute University, Bhopal, India. The article was published in 2022 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.

United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: guide to research and literature

An online bibliographic guide prepared by Claire Germain of Cornell law library made freely available on the Cornell Law School website. The guide provides explanatory notes, bibliographic details and links to internet resources related to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (also known as the Vienna Convention and CISG). There is historical information on the Convention, guidance on research issues, references to commentaries and major texts and to judicial and arbitral decisions interpreting the Convention

Restitution and Unjust Enrichment legal resources

Collection of resources developed by Steve Hedley of University College Cork. Restitution is a branch of the private law of obligations. The website offers an introduction to the concept of restitution and unjust enrichment, with postings on journal articles, books, cases, courses at law faculties, and a discussion group. There are links to journal articles (full-text or abstract) on restitution and contracts, and restitution and mistaken or compelled payment, restitution and family relationships, and subrogation.

Common Core of Private European Law

The Common Core of Private European Law is a project based at the University of Trento in Italy, involving academics from Europe and the United States. The aim of the project is to analyse the private law of EU member states in order to establish the common elements. The site explains the background and methodology of the project and includes copies of the survey questionnaires used in its work. Relevant books by members of the project are listed.

Contracting and Organizations Research Institute

Website of the Contracting and Organizations Research Institute (CORI) which is based at the University of Missouri-Columbia. CORI is concerned with the "study of the organization and structure of economic enterprise and of the effects of legal, political, social, and economic institutions on the structure and performance of economic organizations". The site provides a selection of CORI working papers which are freely available as PDF documents.

A Legal Analysis of the Impacts of Administrative Court Decisions on the Validity of Private Law Contracts in Turkish Law

Online article looking at the effects of cancellation decisions made by administrative courts on the validity of private law contracts, written by Vedat Buz, Associate Professor of Civil Law at the Law Faculty of the University of Ankara, and çagdas Evrim Ergün, an associate with Turkish law firm çakmak and a PhD candidate at the University of Ankara. The article was published in the features section of LLRX.com in March 2007.

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