| Application of Mandatory Rules in the Private International Law of Contracts: A Critical Analysis of Approaches in Selected Continental and Common Law Contributor(s): Schäfer, Kerstin Ann Susann (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631551762 ISBN-13: 9783631551769 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $104.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Business & Financial - Law | Comparative - Law | International |
| Dewey: 340.9 |
| LCCN: 2011288169 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.97 lbs) 368 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The application of mandatory rules in private international law of contracts is a controversial topic of growing international concern. Legislatures are increasingly intervening in private contracts in order to protect the economic interests of state, or the interests of vulnerable groups, such as consumers or employees. This thesis addresses two major contexts in which the application of mandatory rules arises, namely the restriction of party autonomy by the application of certain mandatory rules of a law, other than the chosen law, and the application of internationally mandatory rules of the forum, the proper law and, most controversially, of a third country. Approaches of academic writing, case law, legislature, and treaties in England, Germany and Switzerland are compared and critically analysed. Paying also attention to the legal situation in South Africa, the analysis results to provide guidelines for the application of mandatory rules in private international law of contracts. |