The Nordic contracts act : essays in celebration of its one hundredth anniversary / Torgny Håstad (ed.).
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Title
The Nordic contracts act : essays in celebration of its one hundredth anniversary / Torgny Håstad (ed.).
Published
Copenhagen : DJØF Publishing, 2015.
Call Number
KJC1720 .N67 2015
Edition
1st edition.
ISBN
9788757433227 (hbk.)
8757433224 (hbk.)
9788757498196 (eISBN)
9788757434088 (Komplet)
8757434085 (Komplet)
8757433224 (hbk.)
9788757498196 (eISBN)
9788757434088 (Komplet)
8757434085 (Komplet)
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295 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)909328495
Note
"Volume 2"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-287) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
11
ch. 1
Overview of Nordic Contract Law
15
1.
Structural characteristics / Mads Bryde Andersen, Eric Runesson
15
1.1.
Nordic Contract Law between Common Law and Civil Law / Mads Bryde Andersen, Eric Runesson
15
1.2.
History of the Nordic Contract Acts / Mads Bryde Andersen, Eric Runesson
17
1.3.
Contract Law Legislation and related Legislative Areas / Mads Bryde Andersen, Eric Runesson
19
1.4.
Role of the EU in Nordic Contract Law / Mads Bryde Andersen, Eric Runesson
22
2.
Legal sources / Mads Bryde Andersen, Eric Runesson
23
2.1.
Contract / Mads Bryde Andersen, Eric Runesson
23
2.2.
Statutory Background Rules / Mads Bryde Andersen, Eric Runesson
24
2.3.
Court Practice / Mads Bryde Andersen, Eric Runesson
25
2.4.
Legal Doctrine / Mads Bryde Andersen, Eric Runesson
29
2.5.
Pragmatism in Nordic Contract Law / Mads Bryde Andersen, Eric Runesson
30
3.
Nordic Contracts Acts in Overview / Mads Bryde Andersen, Eric Runesson
31
3.1.
Contract formation under NCA / Mads Bryde Andersen, Eric Runesson
31
3.2.
Main concepts / Mads Bryde Andersen, Eric Runesson
32
3.3.
'offer principle' / Mads Bryde Andersen, Eric Runesson
34
3.4.
Invalidity of Promises / Mads Bryde Andersen, Eric Runesson
35
4.
Legal Reasoning in Nordic Contract Law / Mads Bryde Andersen, Eric Runesson
39
4.1.
Overview / Mads Bryde Andersen, Eric Runesson
39
4.2.
intention argument / Mads Bryde Andersen, Eric Runesson
39
4.3.
reliance argument / Mads Bryde Andersen, Eric Runesson
40
4.4.
Public interest argument / Mads Bryde Andersen, Eric Runesson
40
5.
Is Nordic Contract Law a Reliable Legal Framework for International Transactions? / Mads Bryde Andersen, Eric Runesson
41
ch. 2
Passivity Rules in the Nordic Contracts Act and Practice / Mads Bryde Andersen, Eric Runesson
43
1.
Provisions in the Contracts Act / Erika P. Bjorkdahl Torgny Heistad
43
2.
Application outside the provisions / Erika P. Bjorkdahl Torgny Heistad
48
3.
Passivity in case law / Erika P. Bjorkdahl Torgny Heistad
50
3.1.
Passivity after an invitation to offer and similar actions / Erika P. Bjorkdahl Torgny Heistad
50
3.2.
Passivity in relation to an order confirmation / Erika P. Bjorkdahl Torgny Heistad
54
3.3.
Total lack of activity on the side of the passive party / Erika P. Bjorkdahl Torgny Heistad
57
4.
Summary / Erika P. Bjorkdahl Torgny Heistad
58
ch. 3
Changed Circumstances / Erika P. Bjorkdahl Torgny Heistad
59
1.
Introduction / Herman Bruserud
59
2.
Historical background / Herman Bruserud
60
3.
Placing changed circumstances in the contractual regulatory landscape / Herman Bruserud
63
4.
doctrine of frustrated assumptions and section 36 of the Contracts Act / Herman Bruserud
64
4.1.
Introduction / Herman Bruserud
64
4.2.
doctrine of frustrated assumptions / Herman Bruserud
65
4.3.
Section 36 of the Contracts Act / Herman Bruserud
68
4.4.
relationship between the doctrine of frustrated assumptions and section 36 of the Contracts Act / Herman Bruserud
75
5.
Examples on case law on changed circumstances / Herman Bruserud
79
6.
Conclusion / Herman Bruserud
82
ch. 4
Protection of the Weaker Party in B2B Relations in Nordic Contract Law / Herman Bruserud
83
1.
General remarks / Johan Barlund
83
2.
Rules and principles / Johan Barlund
85
3.
Protection of the weaker party as a legal principle / Johan Barlund
90
3.1.
How to find traces of a general principle? / Johan Barlund
90
3.2.
principle of protecting the weaker party in Finnish B2B contract law / Johan Barlund
91
3.3.
principle of protecting the weaker party in Swedish B2B contract law / Johan Barlund
97
3.4.
principle of protecting the weaker party in Norwegian B2B contract law / Johan Barlund
101
3.5.
principle of protecting the weaker party in Danish B2B contract law / Johan Barlund
103
4.
Discussion / Johan Barlund
105
ch. 5
Doctrine of Precontractual Liability / Johan Barlund
107
1.
General background / Boel Flodgren
107
2.
Scope of the study / Boel Flodgren
109
3.
Soft law rules on precontractual liability / Boel Flodgren
110
4.
legal grounds for precontractual liability / Boel Flodgren
111
5.
Damages for the negative interest only / Boel Flodgren
116
6.
Swedish case law / Boel Flodgren
117
7.
importance of preliminary instruments / Boel Flodgren
126
8.
'Subject to' clauses / Boel Flodgren
127
9.
Duty to Disclose / Boel Flodgren
128
10.
Precontractual liability in the public procurement procedure / Boel Flodgren
130
11.
Summary / Boel Flodgren
132
ch. 6
Agency in Scandinavian Law with Particular Reference to Authority Implied by Position / Boel Flodgren
133
1.
Some observations on agency in Scandinavian law - general background / Lars Gorton
133
2.
Chapter 2 of the Contracts Act - the general provisions related to agency / Lars Gorton
139
3.
Representation and authority in DCFR / Lars Gorton
142
4.
Authority as a consequence of employment/position - implied authority / Lars Gorton
142
4.1.
Some general points / Lars Gorton
142
4.2.
Employees as agents (power of position) / Lars Gorton
144
4.3.
Prerequisites for authority as a consequence of employment/position / Lars Gorton
146
4.4.
Usage as basis for power of position / Lars Gorton
147
4.5.
evolution of tolerance authority and combination authority / Lars Gorton
147
5.
Case law during the last decades / Lars Gorton
149
6.
Some concluding remarks / Lars Gorton
154
ch. 7
Unfair Contract Terms in Nordic Contract Law / Lars Gorton
157
1.
Introduction / Hilde Hauge
157
2.
Procedural fairness and substantive fairness / Hilde Hauge
158
3.
Different models of approaching unfairness in contracts / Hilde Hauge
159
4.
Principles of inclusion of onerous, unexpected or surprising standard contract terms or conditions in the individual contract / Hilde Hauge
160
5.
Interpretation of the contract / Hilde Hauge
161
6.
general clause in the Contract Act Section 36 / Hilde Hauge
162
6.1.
wording / Hilde Hauge
162
6.2.
Background and purpose / Hilde Hauge
163
6.3.
relationship between the Contract Act section 36 and the consumer directive on unfair terms in consumer contracts / Hilde Hauge
164
6.4.
reasonableness test - a closer inspection / Hilde Hauge
168
ch. 8
DCFR Rules in the Swedish Supreme Court / Hilde Hauge
179
1.
Introduction / Torgny Hastad
179
2.
Cases / Torgny Hastad
179
3.
Conclusion / Torgny Hastad
183
ch. 9
CISG Part II in Nordic Context / Torgny Hastad
185
1.
General Introduction and Overview / Joseph Lookofsky
185
2.
Rise and Fall of the Scandinavian Article 92 Declarations / Joseph Lookofsky
186
3.
When Does CISG Part II Apply? / Joseph Lookofsky
188
4.
CISG Part II / Joseph Lookofsky
190
4.1.
Introduction / Joseph Lookofsky
190
4.2.
Offer and Acceptance under CISG Part II / Joseph Lookofsky
190
4.3.
Problem of the Open Price Term / Joseph Lookofsky
191
4.4.
Revocation (Article 16) and Rejection (Article 17) / Joseph Lookofsky
192
4.5.
Acceptance / Joseph Lookofsky
194
4.6.
Rejection and Counter-Offer / Joseph Lookofsky
195
4.7.
Battle of Forms / Joseph Lookofsky
196
4.8.
Sales Contract Validity and Defenses to Contract Enforcement / Joseph Lookofsky
199
5.
Formation of E-Commerce Contracts / Joseph Lookofsky
200
6.
Conclusion / Joseph Lookofsky
201
ch. 10
Contractual Duty of Loyalty: Good Faith in the Performance and Enforcement of Contracts / Joseph Lookofsky
203
1.
Introduction / Joni Munukka
203
2.
Concept of Duty of Loyalty / Joni Munukka
204
2.1.
Outline of the Concept / Joni Munukka
204
2.2.
Duty of Loyalty and Neighbouring Concepts / Joni Munukka
205
3.
Duty of Loyalty in Various Types of Contracts / Joni Munukka
209
3.1.
Employment and Fiduciary Relations / Joni Munukka
209
3.2.
Consumer Contracts / Joni Munukka
210
3.3.
Commercial Contracts / Joni Munukka
211
3.4.
Possible Exceptions / Joni Munukka
213
4.
Closing Remarks / Joni Munukka
213
ch. 11
Construction of Commercial Contracts in Nordic Law and the Role of Prudence / Joni Munukka
217
ch. 12
Privity of Contract and Direct Claims / Eric Runesson
229
1.
Privity of contract / Laila Zackariasson
229
2.
Direct claims under consumer protective legislation / Laila Zackariasson
234
3.
Direct claims under transportation law / Laila Zackariasson
237
4.
Direct claims and subcontractors in general / Laila Zackariasson
240
5.
Direct claims under insurance law / Laila Zackariasson
244
6.
Closing remarks / Laila Zackariasson
246
Appendix 1. The Nordic Contracts Acts / Laila Zackariasson
249
Notes on contributors / Laila Zackariasson
275
Select bibliography / Laila Zackariasson
279
Table of Nordic cases / Laila Zackariasson
289
Index / Laila Zackariasson
293