When and by whom contracts should be rebalanced in unpredictable times

Activity: Talk or presentation / Performance / Speeches › Performance, Talk or Presentation - not at conference › Professional

Description

– Some observations about the originally rather strict approach in continental codes and judicial practice (focusing on France and Germany) towards upholding contracts – even unbalanced ones

– The possible economic rationale of this approach, using insights from law and economics

– The current French and German approach towards rebalancing contracts in unpredictable times

– Whether unbalanced commercial contracts will and should be upheld when such contractual imbalance results from the current pandemi
Period8 Oct 2020
Event titleRebalancing unbalanced contracts in COVID times: how do legal systems approach the challenge?
Event typeSeminar
LocationLondon, United KingdomShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • Law and economics
  • Private Law

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