Formation of contract : a comparative study under English, French, Islamic, and Iranian law /
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Author / Creator: | Owsia, Parviz, 1932- |
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Imprint: | London ; Boston : Graham & Trotman ; Norwell, MA : Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, c1994. |
Description: | lix, 621 p. ; 25 cm. |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Contracts Contracts -- Great Britain Contracts -- France Contracts -- Iran Contracts (Islamic law) Contracts. Contracts (Islamic law) France. Great Britain. Iran. Contracts. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1571087 |
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245 | 1 | 0 | |a Formation of contract : |b a comparative study under English, French, Islamic, and Iranian law / |c Parviz Owsia. |
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504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxix-xlvii) and index. | ||
505 | 2 | 0 | |g Sect. 1. |t Historical Sketch of the Four Legal Systems. |g Ch. 1. |t Outline of Each Legal System's History. |g I. |t English Law. |g II. |t French Law. |g III. |t Islamic Law. |g IV. |t Iranian Law. |g Ch. 2. |t Comparative Observations on the Historical Developments of the Four Legal Systems. |g I. |t Dialectical Process. |g II. |t Divinity and Reality. |g III. |t Immutability and Change. |g IV. |t Equity and Justice in Practice -- |g Sect. 2. |t Sources of the Law under the Four Legal Systems. |g Ch. 1. |t Sources under Each Legal System. |g I. |t English Law. |g II. |t French Law. |g III. |t Islamic Law. |g IV. |t Iranian Law. |g Ch. 2. |t Summary, Assessment and Comparison of Sources under the Four Legal Systems. |g I. |t Summary of Sources under the Four Legal Systems. |g II. |t Assessment of the Relative Contribution of Formal Sources to the Development of the Law. |g III. |t Technical Means of Development of the Law. |g IV. |t Conclusion and Comparison -- |g Sect. 3. |t Initiation to the Law of Contract(s) Evolution and General Traits. |g Ch. 1. |t Genesis and Evolution of the Law of Contract(s). |g I. |t Roman Law. |g II. |t English Law. |g III. |t Islamic Law. |g IV. |t Concluding Comparison. |g Ch. 2. |t Law of Contracts and General Theory of Contract. |g I. |t Roman and Islamic Law of Contracts; Compared. |g II. |t French and English Law of Contract; Compared. |g III. |t Iranian Law; Comparatively Treated and Internationally Viewed. |g Ch. 3. |t Purview of the Law of Contract(s) Related Conceptualization and Terminology and Classification. |g I. |t The Status of Contract and 'Essential Conditions' of Formation. |g II. |t Definition of a Contract. |g III. |t Classification of Contract. |g IV. |t Contract in Theory and in Practice. |g V. |t Treatment and Presentation of the Work -- |g Sect. 1. |t Legal Function of Psychological Elements. |g Ch. 1. |t Range of Psychological Elements. |g I. |t English Law: 'Intention to Create Legal Relations', 'Consent' and 'Mutual Assent' or 'Consensus ad idem'. |g II. |t French Law: Volonte (Will) and Consentement (Consent). |g III. |t Islamic Law; Qasd (Intention), Rida (Consent), Iradah (Will) and Ikhtivar (Freedom of Choice). |g IV. |t Iranian Law: Qasd (Intention) and Rida (Consent). |g Ch. 2. |t Exteriorization of Psychological Elements: 'Objectivity' Versus 'Subjectivity'. |g I. |t French, German and English Law. |g II. |t Islamic Law. |g III. |t Iranian Law. |g Ch. 3. |t Means of Expression of Psychological Elements. |g I. |t Classification of the Means of Expression. |g II. |t Means of Expression under Islamic Law. |g III. |t Means of Expression under Iranian Law. |g Ch. 4. |t Silence: Question of Efficacy. |g I. |t General Principle: Silence Not Effective. |g II. |t Efficacy of Silence an Exception in Making Acceptance. |g III. |t Exceptional Efficacy of Silence as an Offer. |g IV. |t Critique and Comparison -- |g Sect. 2. |t Determination and Function of Offer and Acceptance. |g Ch. 1. |t The Doctrine of Offer and Acceptance under French and English Law. |t Introductory Note: Basic Similarity of Approaches. |g I. |t French Law. |g II. |t English Law. |g III. |t Note on Comparison. |g Ch. 2. |t The Doctrine of Offer and Acceptance in Islamic (Shi'ah) Law. |g I. |t Views of Shi'ah Jurists. |g II. |t Author's Analysis of Shi'ah Classical View of Offer and Acceptance. |g Ch. 3. |t Doctrine of Offer and Acceptance in Iranian Law. |g I. |t Arguments for the Reception of the Shi'ah Notion in the CCI. |g II. |t Arguments Against the Reception of the Shi'ah Notion in the CCI. |g III. |t Summary Conclusion: Practical Aspects and Consequences. |g Ch. 4. |t Summary and Comparison of the Doctrine of Offer and Acceptance under the Four Legal Systems -- |g Sect. 1. |t Offer. |g Ch. 1. |t Attributes of Offer and Distinction from Invitation to Make an Offer. |g I. |t Formalistic Approach; Shi'ah Law. |g II. |t 'Consensualistic' Approach: English, French and Iranian Law. |g Ch. 2. |t Variety and Communication of Offers. |g I. |t Variety of Offers. |g II. |t Communication of the Offer. |g Ch. 3. |t Duration and the Question of Revocation of an Offer. |g I. |t Legal Systems with Tendency for Revocability of Offer. |g II. |t Legal Systems with Tendency for Irrevocability of Offer. |g III. |t Ambiguity under Iranian Law. |g Ch. 4. |t Termination of Offer. |g I. |t Passage of Time. |g II. |t Supervening Death or Incapacity -- |g Sect. 2. |t Acceptance. |g Ch. 1. |t Certainty of Acceptance. |g I. |t Principle of Definiteness. |g II. |t Definiteness Inferred. |g Ch. 2. |t Conformity of Acceptance to the Offer. |g I. |t Statement of Principle. |g II. |t Question of Variance. |g III. |t Effects of a Material Variance. |g Ch. 3. |t Correlation of Acceptance with the Offer. |g I. |t Question of Acceptance by the Addressee of the Offer. |g II. |t Problem of Acceptance in Identical Cross-Offers. |g Ch. 4. |t Communication of Acceptance Under French and English Law. |g I. |t English Law. |g II. |t French Law. |g III. |t English and French Law Compared. |g Ch. 5. |t Communication of Acceptance under Islamic Law: Contrasted. |g I. |t Contracts inter praesentes: Actual Communication Required. |g II. |t Contracts inter absentes: Question of Validity. |g Ch. 6. |t Communication of Acceptance under Iranian Law: as Compared with French and Islamic Law. |g II. |t 'Instantaneity' and 'Sequence'. |g III. |t Communication in Contracts inter absentes. |g Ch. 7. |t The Time and the Place of Acceptance and of Contract: Comparatively Treated. |g I. |t Parties' Determination. |g II. |t Parties' Intention Not Known. |g III. |t Consequences of Determining the Time and the Place of Acceptance and of Contract. |g IV. |t Comparative Summary -- |t Epilogue on Communication of Acceptance. |
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