Remedies for Breach of Contract: A Comparative Analysis of the Protection of Performance

A thought-provoking analysis of remedies for breach of contract, this book examines the commitment of English law to the protection of contractual performance. It considers specific remedies, termination, compensatory damages, gain-based monetary awards, punitive damages, and contractually
negotiated remedies. It also looks forward by considering how the protection of performance could be strengthened in the future.

The book approaches English law remedies for breach of contract through the comparative study of French law, which offers significant scope for informative contrast. It sheds new light on contractual remedies in both jurisdictions and challenges fundamental aspects of English law in this area.

With coverage of lively academic debates and recent developments in the case law on both sides of the Channel, the book discusses topical issues. There is also commentary on aspects of two recent far-reaching reform projects relating to the French Civil code and of the Draft Common Frame of
Reference.

Indispensable reading for private lawyers from common and civil law backgrounds with an interest in remedies for breach of contract, whether comparatists or not, the book should prove to be an invaluable resource for students, academics and practitioners on the current state and future reform of the
law in this area.


Author: Solene Rowan
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 03/24/2012
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780199606603

About the Author

Dr Solène Rowan is a Fellow and College Lecturer in Law at Queens' College, University of Cambridge. She has previously been a visiting lecturer at the universities of Oxford, Paris II (Panthéon-Assas) and Osaka Gakuin. She studied law at King's College, London, Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) and the
University of Cambridge, and is a non-practicing solicitor.

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