Formation of Contract
A Comparative Study Under English, French,
Islamic and Iranian Law
by Parviz Owsia
This major reference work compares the formation of contract in the legal systems of England, France, Iran and other
Islamic systems. The Preliminary Part gives a historical
sketch and describes the sources of law of the four legal systems. It then describes the development and general theory
of contract law in the four systems. Part One then analyses in
detail the basic notions of formation of contract including the
range of psychological elements and their means of expression. The author then goes on to describe and compare the
function and determination of offer and acceptance in the
four legal systems. Part Two analyses the mechanism of formation and import of a contract in respect of both offer and
acceptance. The book has been extensively researched and
includes references to Roman law and other modern legal
systems. The work has been meticulously indexed and crossreferenced.
Contents
Preliminary Part: Generalia. Section I: Historical Sketch of
the Four Legal Systems. I: Outline of Each Legal System's
History. II: Comparitive Observations on the Historical Developments of the Four Legal Systems Section II: Sources of
the Law under the Four Legal Systems. I: Sources under
Each Legal System. II: Summary, Assessment and Comparison on Sources under the Four Legal Systems Section III:
Initiation to Contracts); Development and General Traits.
I: Genesis and Evolution of the Law of Contract(s). II: Law of
Contracts and General Theory of Contract. Ill: Purview of the
Law of Contract(s); and Related Conceptualisation, Terminology and Classification Part One: Basic Notions Relating to
the Formation of Contract(s) Section I: Legal Notion of
Psychological Elements. I: Range of Psychological Elements. II: Exteriorisation of Psychological Elements; Objectivity versus Subjectivity. Ill: Means of Expression of Psychological Elements. IV: Silence; Question of Efficacy. Section II:
Function and Determination of Offer and Acceptance. I:
Offer and Acceptance in French and English Law. II: Offer and
Acceptance in Islamic (Shi'ah) Law. Ill: Offer and Acceptance
in Iranian Law. IV: Summary and Comparison of the Doctrine
of Offer and Acceptance under the Four Legal Systems Part
Two: Mechanism of Formation and Import of a Contract
Section I: Offer. I: Definiteness and Communication of Offer.
II: Duration and the Question of Revocation of Offer. Ill: Termination of Offer Section II: Acceptance. I: Certainty and
Conformity of Acceptance. II: Correlation of Acceptance with
the Offer, III: Communication of Acceptance; French and
English Law Compared. IV: Communication of Acceptance
under Islamic Law; Contrasted. V: Communication of Acceptance under Iranian Law; Compared with French and Islamic
Law. VI: The Time and the Place of Acceptance and of Contract; Comparatively Treated Section III: Import of a Contract. I: Minimum Terms Required. II: Interpretation. Appendices. Index.
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