Standard contract terms in cross-border business transactions : a comparative study from the perspective of European Union law

Collection:
Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Knyga / Book
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Standard contract terms in cross-border business transactions: a comparative study from the perspective of European Union law
Authors:
Šulija, Gintautas
Publication Data:
Frankfurt am Main : P. Lang, 2011.
Pages:
XXXIV, 262 p
Series:
Studien zum europäischen Privat- und Prozessrecht; 14
Contents:
Introduction: Relevance; Purposes; Comparative methodology — Regulation of standard form contracts in the jurisdictions of selected European Union member states — Rationale for controlling standard form contracts — Myths and reality about the freedom of contract — Regulating fairness in business-to-business contracts — Provisional assessment — Regulating standard form contracts in selected jurisdictions: Germany, France, England, and Lithuania — Geopolitical dimensions to the regulation of standard form contracts — Contemporary reforms of English and German law in the context of European integration — Special statutory interventions: the English UCTA 1978 and the German BGB 1977 in brief — Hidden regulation of unfair contract terms under the French code civil — The main amendments to the new Lithuanian civil code — Assessment — Regulation of exclusion clauses in standard form contracts — Preliminary observation — The German approach to the exclusion of contractual liabilities — The enforceability of exclusion and limitation clauses under English law — The French approach — The Lithuanian approach to the exclusion of liability in contractual relations — Assessment — Regulation of standard contracts in the international business transactions — Regulation of standard form international contracts — Choice of law in international business dealings — Assessment — The interaction of Union law and national regulations on standard contract terms — Elimination of trade obstacles to intra-Union trade — Impact of the market freedoms on intra-Union trade — Difficulties in assessing the nature of a restriction: 'before and after Keck' — Conclusion — The legitimacy of regulations on standard form contracts in Union law — Removal of trade distortions in intra-Union business transactions — The legitimacy of national regulations on standard form contract as a trade barrier —Justification for national regulations on standard form contract — Conclusion — Overcoming inter-state trade distortions in the internal market — Mutual recognition in international trade — Positive elimination of the distortions in intra-Union trade — An interim solution: purposive interpretation of divergent national rules — Conclusion — Final remarks.
Keywords:
LT
Jungtinė Karalystė (Didžioji Britanija; Great Britain; United Kingdom, UK, GB); Prancūzija (France); Lietuva (Lithuania); Civilinė teisė / Civil law; Verslas / Business.
Summary / Abstract:

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Tarptautiniai kontraktai; ES; Civilinė teisė; Verslo kontraktai; Vokietija (Germany); Prancūzija (France); Anglija; Cross-border contracts; EU; Civil law; Business contracts; Germany; France; England; Lithuania.

ENThis book presents an overview of regulation of standard form contracts in the selected jurisdictions of the European Union. Generally, the term ‘regulation of standard form contracts’ refers to the techniques and procedures that are established by the government and case law to control the fairness and reasonableness of contracting or contractual arrangements. The necessity of regulating standard form contracts is explained by arguing that absolute freedom of contract does not contribute enough to the welfare of society, even if we assume that such freedom exists in reality. Four jurisdictions of the European Union – Germany, France, England, and Lithuania – have been selected for closer examination in order to build up a comprehensive view in the three major jurisdictions of the Union as well as in the ‘new Europe’. Moreover, the study elucidates the links between national contract laws and the European Union law. In view of the obstacles a trader may face in abiding by unknown foreign regulations, the national regulations of standard form contract are assessed in the light of so-called ‘indistinctly applicable measures’ that are prohibited under the European Union law. Thus different options aimed at eliminating trade restrictions created by foreign regulations on standard form contracts are contemplated in this book.

ISBN:
9783631603437
Subject:
Teisė / Law
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Sutarties laisvės principas ir jo taikymo ribos : analizė tarptautinių aviacijos sandorių pavyzdžiu / Gintautas Šulija. Teisės problemos. 2012, Nr. 4 (78), p. 25-48.
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