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Contract Codification: Cautionary Lessons from Australia.
- Source :
- Edinburgh Law Review; May2019, Vol. 23 Issue 2, p204-229, 26p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- In March 2012, the Australian Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department published a Discussion Paper which explored the prospect of codifying or otherwise reforming the Australian law of contract. There is little reason to think that the codification of the Australian law of contract is likely to be embarked upon in the foreseeable future. At the same time, recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in codification in Britain. This paper examines the experience of contract codification efforts in Australia with a view to identifying a number of cautionary lessons. It focuses on two challenges inherent in contract codification which have been given too little attention by the proponents of reform in Australia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CODIFICATION of law
CONTRACTS
LAW
LAW reform
CIVIL law
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13649809
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Edinburgh Law Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 136224141
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3366/elr.2019.0549