Global order beyond law : how information and communication technologies facilitate relational contracting in international trade /

The aim of this work is to shed light on the governance of complex cross-border contracts by developing a comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding the relevance of both formal and informal institutions.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dietz, Thomas (Professor for Politics and Law) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2014.
Series:International studies in the theory of private law ; 11.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Contract enforcement institutions
  • State-enforced contract law and the development of modern market economies
  • Does globalisation lead to a decline of state contract law?
  • Research design
  • Scenario 1 : how German companies enforce contracts when buying software products in Asia and Eastern Europe
  • How Bulgarian and Romanian firms enforce contracts when selling software products to OECD countries
  • How Indian firms enforce contracts when selling software products to OECD countries
  • How contracts between German buyers and suppliers from Bulgaria and Romania are enforced after Bulgaria and Romania entered the EU
  • Overall results
  • Economic globalisation and the decline of state contract law
  • The limits of international commercial arbitration
  • ICT and the rise of informal contract enforcement institutions in global markets.