Landmarks in the Development of the Contractual System

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1. The main purpose of the book is to summarize the theoretical quintessence of the principal phases in the evolutionary process of the contractual system.
The following salient points are considered by the author to be of relevance for this discussion:
a) elaboration of the essential elements of the fundamental types of contract, and of the idea of typification, in Roman law,
b) general legal recognition and sanctioning of contract (at different periods and in different manners under the common law and in the continental civil law systems);
c) impacts of the industrial revolution, the scientific-technological revolution, and the modem forces of production in general {standardized contracts, self-regulating agreements, etc.);
d) implications of the changes in social relationships, primarily of the socialization of the means of production.
2. Given its subject and objectives, the study embraces a large body of historical material, yet it cannot be regarded as a history of... Tovább

Fülszöveg

1. The main purpose of the book is to summarize the theoretical quintessence of the principal phases in the evolutionary process of the contractual system.
The following salient points are considered by the author to be of relevance for this discussion:
a) elaboration of the essential elements of the fundamental types of contract, and of the idea of typification, in Roman law,
b) general legal recognition and sanctioning of contract (at different periods and in different manners under the common law and in the continental civil law systems);
c) impacts of the industrial revolution, the scientific-technological revolution, and the modem forces of production in general {standardized contracts, self-regulating agreements, etc.);
d) implications of the changes in social relationships, primarily of the socialization of the means of production.
2. Given its subject and objectives, the study embraces a large body of historical material, yet it cannot be regarded as a history of institutions because it is concerned with pointing out the theoretical landmarks of historical change and laying bare the underlying general laws presently still in motion.
3. Comparison of laws plays an important role in the discussion. In addition to evaluating the principal approaches and solutions in the socialist countries of Europe, considerable attention has been devoted to the development of the major western laws and to the patterns emerging from them. Vissza