Studies in the Contract Laws of Asia: Remedies for Breach of Contract

Author: Mindy Chen-Wishart; Burton Ong
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198757221
Published In: February 2016
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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Studies in the Contract Laws of Asia provides an authoritative account of the contract law regimes of selected Asian jurisdictions, including the major centres of commerce where until now, limited critical commentaries have been available in the English language.

In this new six part series of scholarly essays from leading scholars and commentators, each volume will offer an insider's perspective into specific areas of contract law, including: remedies, formation, parties, contents, vitiating factors, change of circumstances, illegality, and public policy, and will explore how these diverse jurisdictions address common problems encountered in contractual disputes. Concluding each volume will be a closing discussion of the convergences and divergences throughout eachacross the jurisdictions, and comparisons with European jurisdictions from which Asians well as an overview of the common themes found throughout each jurisdiction .contract law derive.

Volume I of this series examines the remedies for breach of contract in the laws of China, India, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Korea, and Thailand. Specifically, it addresses the readiness of each legal system in their action to insist that parties perform their obligations; the methods of enforcing the parties' agreed remedies for breach; and the ways in which monetary compensation are awarded. Each jurisdiction is discussed over two chapters; the first chapter will examine the performance remedies and agreed remedies, while the second explores the monetary remedies. A concluding chapter offers a comparative overview.

1. Introduction
2. China: Performance Remedies
3. China: Money Remedies
4. India: Performance Remedies
5. India: Money Remedies
6. Japan: Performance and Money Remedies
7. Korea: Performance Remedies
8. Korea: Money Remedies
9. Singapore: Performance Remedies
10. Singapore: Money Remedies
11. Hong Kong: Performance Remedies
12. Hong Kong: Money Remedies
13. Taiwan: Performance Remedies
14. Taiwan: Money Remedies
15. Malaysia: Performance and Money Remedies
16. Thailand: Performance and Money Remedies
17. Conclusion: The Protection of the Performance Interest in Remedies for Breach of Contract