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Commercial Hardship And The Discharge Of Contractual Obligations Under American And British Law, John J. Gorman
Commercial Hardship And The Discharge Of Contractual Obligations Under American And British Law, John J. Gorman
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
There are several doctrines under which contractual obligations have been judicially discharged. This Note will examine the United States doctrine of commercial impracticability or commercial impossibility and the English doctrine of frustration of contract or frustration of the commercial objective. The focus of this Note therefore is on those situations in which discharge from contractual obligations is sought because of supervening economic hardship. Part II provides a brief historical account of the development of the English common law doctrine of impossibility. Part III traces the development of the United States concept of commercial impossibility and commercial impracticability from the early …
Plan And Contract In The Domestic And Foreign Trade Of The U.S.S.R., Isaak I. Dore
Plan And Contract In The Domestic And Foreign Trade Of The U.S.S.R., Isaak I. Dore
Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce
The purpose of this article is to inquire into the nature and function of contract law in a centrally planned economy. The economy chosen here is that of the Soviet Union. This study has been divided into two parts; the first part deals with the role of plan and contract in domestic trade, the second part deals with the place of contract and plan in the foreign trade of the Soviet Union.