Contracts for a third-party beneficiary : a historical and comparative account /

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Through modifications of Dutch and English private law, contracts for a third-party beneficiary are in Western Europe considered to be effective. This study aims shows that the way in which the problem of the third-party beneficiary was dealt with, and to discuss the subject from the perspective of...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hallebeek, Jan, 1954-, Dondorp, Harry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008.
Colección:Legal history library ; v. 1.
Legal history library. Studies in the history of private law ; v. 1.
Temas:
Geschichte.
Contracts > Europe > History.
Third parties (Law) > Europe > History.
Contrats > Europe > Histoire.
Tiers (Droit) > Europe > Histoire.
LAW > Liability.
LAW > Contracts.
Contracts.
Third parties (Law)
Dritter
Privatrecht
Vertragsrecht
Europe.
Europa
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One
  • Roman Law
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Justinian's Institutes: alteri stipulari nemo potest
  • 1.3 Classical Roman law: alteri stipulari dari nemo potest
  • 1.4 Later developments
  • 1.5 The stipulator has an interest himself
  • 1.6 Mandatum alteri and pacts in favour of a third party
  • 1.7 Per extraneam personam nihil adquiri posse
  • 1.8 Acquisition of remedies through slaves and children under paternal control and similar cases
  • 1.9 Exceptional cases where a third-party benefi ciary has an action
  • 1.10 Conclusions
  • Chapter Two
  • Medieval Legal Scholarship
  • 2.1 Alteri stipulari nemo potest; the medieval approach in general
  • 2.2 The example of Canon law
  • 2.3 The example of Castile
  • 2.4 Developments in civilian legal scholarship
  • 2.5 Conclusions
  • Harry Dondorp
  • Chapter Three
  • The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Influence 13;of the Canon law of contract
  • 3.3 Third-party rights: the Castilian alternative
  • 3.4 Natural law
  • 3.5 Legal practice
  • 3.6 'Ius hodiernum' and legal scholarship
  • 3.7 Conclusions
  • Chapter Four
  • The Nineteenth Century
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Alteri stipulari; the nineteenth century approach in general
  • 4.3 Renewed infl uence of Roman law in Germany
  • 4.4 Renewed infl uence of Roman law in France
  • 4.5 Infl uence of indigenous legal practice in France and Germany
  • 4.6 Dogmatic explanations
  • 4.7 Life insurance and the stipulation in favour of a third party
  • 4.8 From the contractual clause in the benefi t of a third party to the modern third-party benefit contract
  • David Ibbetson
  • Chapter Five
  • English Law before 1900
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Formal contracts and third-party rights
  • 5.3 Informal contracts and third-party rights
  • 5.4 Property rights
  • 5.5 Privity of contract in the nineteenth century
  • Chapter Six
  • English Law: Twentieth Century
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Compensatory damages and indirect enforcement
  • 6.3 Direct enforcement and commercial practice: complex contracts
  • 6.4 Direct enforcement: avoiding the effects of the restriction
  • 6.5 Reform of the law
  • 6.6 The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
  • 6.7 Common law and Civil law
  • Hendrik Verhagen
  • Chapter Seven
  • Contemporary Law
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Towards a fully emancipated contract in favour of a third party
  • 7.3 The intention to confer a right upon the third party
  • 7.4 Acceptance, renunciation and confirmation13;
  • 7.5 The identification of 13;the third party
  • 7.6 Content of the stipulation for a third party
  • 7.7 The legal relationships between stipulator, promisor and third party
  • 7.8 Dogmatic explanations for acquisition of rights by the third party
  • Bibliography
  • The Authors of this Volume
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Sources.

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