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Title Contracts for a third-party beneficiary : a historical and comparative account / edited by Jan Hallebeek, Harry Dondorp.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 171 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Legal history library ; v. 1. Studies in the history of private law, 1874-1793 ; v. 1
Legal history library ; v. 1.
Legal history library. Studies in the history of private law ; v. 1.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-163) and indexes.
Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- Roman Law -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Justinian's Institutes: alteri stipulari nemo potest -- 1.3 Classical Roman law: alteri stipulari dari nemo potest -- 1.4 Later developments -- 1.5 The stipulator has an interest himself -- 1.6 Mandatum alteri and pacts in favour of a third party -- 1.7 Per extraneam personam nihil adquiri posse -- 1.8 Acquisition of remedies through slaves and children under paternal control and similar cases -- 1.9 Exceptional cases where a third-party benefi ciary has an action -- 1.10 Conclusions -- Chapter Two -- Medieval Legal Scholarship -- 2.1 Alteri stipulari nemo potest; the medieval approach in general -- 2.2 The example of Canon law -- 2.3 The example of Castile -- 2.4 Developments in civilian legal scholarship -- 2.5 Conclusions -- Harry Dondorp -- Chapter Three -- The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Influence 13;of the Canon law of contract -- 3.3 Third-party rights: the Castilian alternative -- 3.4 Natural law -- 3.5 Legal practice -- 3.6 'Ius hodiernum' and legal scholarship -- 3.7 Conclusions -- Chapter Four -- The Nineteenth Century -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Alteri stipulari; the nineteenth century approach in general -- 4.3 Renewed infl uence of Roman law in Germany -- 4.4 Renewed infl uence of Roman law in France -- 4.5 Infl uence of indigenous legal practice in France and Germany -- 4.6 Dogmatic explanations -- 4.7 Life insurance and the stipulation in favour of a third party -- 4.8 From the contractual clause in the benefi t of a third party to the modern third-party benefit contract -- David Ibbetson -- Chapter Five -- English Law before 1900 -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Formal contracts and third-party rights -- 5.3 Informal contracts and third-party rights -- 5.4 Property rights -- 5.5 Privity of contract in the nineteenth century -- Chapter Six -- English Law: Twentieth Century -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Compensatory damages and indirect enforcement -- 6.3 Direct enforcement and commercial practice: complex contracts -- 6.4 Direct enforcement: avoiding the effects of the restriction -- 6.5 Reform of the law -- 6.6 The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 -- 6.7 Common law and Civil law -- Hendrik Verhagen -- Chapter Seven -- Contemporary Law -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Towards a fully emancipated contract in favour of a third party -- 7.3 The intention to confer a right upon the third party -- 7.4 Acceptance, renunciation and confirmation13; -- 7.5 The identification of 13;the third party -- 7.6 Content of the stipulation for a third party -- 7.7 The legal relationships between stipulator, promisor and third party -- 7.8 Dogmatic explanations for acquisition of rights by the third party -- Bibliography -- The Authors of this Volume -- Index of Names -- Index of Sources.
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Subject Contracts -- Europe -- History.
Contracts.
Europe.
History.
Third parties (Law) -- Europe -- History.
Third parties (Law)
Chronological Term Geschichte
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books -- History.
Added Author Hallebeek, Jan, 1954-
Dondorp, Harry.
Other Form: Print version: Contracts for a third-party beneficiary. Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008 9789004169746 (DLC) 2008027617 (OCoLC)231588803
ISBN 9789047440352 (electronic book)
9047440358 (electronic book)
1282601695
9781282601697
9789004169746 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9004169741 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 10.1163/ej.9789004169746.1-179