Chinese Contract Law: Civil and Common Law Perspectives

Description

This book is the product of a unique collaboration between mainland Chinese scholars and scholars from the civil, common, and mixed jurisdiction legal traditions. It begins by placing the current Chinese contract law (CCL) in the context of an evolutionary process accelerated during China's transition to a market economy. It is structured around the core areas of contract law, anticipatory repudiation (common law) and defense of security (German law); and remedies and damages, with a focus on the availability of specific performance in Chinese law. The book also offers a useful comparison between the CCL and the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, as well as the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. The analysis in the book is undertaken at two levels - practical application of the CCL and scholarly commentary.

Larry A. DiMatteo is Huber Hurst Professor of Contract Law at the University of Florida. He is the author or editor of over 100 articles and chapters and eleven books. He has been the University of Florida's Teacher-Scholar of the Year, Editor-in-Chief of the American Business Law Journal, Fulbright Professor, and Leverhulme Trust Grant Professor (UK). Lei Chen is Associate Professor and Associate Dean in the School of Law of the City University of Hong Kong. His fields of research include property theory, Chinese contract law, Hong Kong land law, Chinese legal history and comparative law. He is an elected member of the International Academy of Comparative Law and a fellow of the European Law Institute.