ISBN:
9789004169746
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (vii, 171 p)
,
25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Online-Ressource Brill Nijhoff E-Books Collections : Human Rights and Humanitarian Law ; International Law 2006-2008 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Legal history library v. 1
Series Statement:
Studies in the history of private law v. 1
Parallel Title:
Print version Contracts for a Third-Party Beneficiary : A Historical and Comparative Account
DDC:
346.02/2
Keywords:
Third parties (Law) History
;
Contracts History
;
Europäische Union
;
Vertragsrecht
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-163) and indexes
Abstract:
Through modifications of Dutch and English private law, contracts for a third-party beneficiary are in Western Europe considered to be effective. This study aims shows that the way in which the problem of the third-party beneficiary was dealt with, and to discuss the subject from the perspective of present-day comparative law
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents ; Introduction; Chapter One Roman Law; Chapter Two Medieval Legal Scholarship; Harry Dondorp; Chapter Three The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; Chapter Four The Nineteenth Century; David Ibbetson; Chapter Five English Law before 1900; Chapter Six English Law: Twentieth Century; Hendrik Verhagen; Chapter Seven Contemporary Law; Bibliography; The Authors of this Volume; Index of Names; Index of Sources
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-163) and indexes
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004169746.1-179
