Formation of contract : a comparative study under English, French, Islamic, and Iranian law /

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Author / Creator:Owsia, Parviz, 1932-
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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ISBN:1853332631
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxix-xlvii) and index.
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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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