Universiteit van Amsterdam Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid Anglo-American Contract and Tort law Interpretation of contracts ‘’ To what extend does the interpretation of Dutch contracts differ from English contracts. ’’ Naam: A.N.Y. van der Looij Studentnummer: 5610303 Begeleider: Professor H. Beale Amsterdam‚ 14th of June 2013 Table of contents Chapter 1 Preface 3 1.1 Neccessity of interpretation 3 1.2 ‘’Objective’’ and ‘’Subjective’’ interpretation 3
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Contract Disputes Vanessa Bray Lee Strayer University BUS501-044 December 9‚ 2011 Dr. William Hadyn Roberts “CONTRACT DISPUTES REACH 15-YEAR HIGH”‚ was the heading of an article published‚ December 1‚ 2010 in the Government Executive. The heading in itself tells us that the government is doing more and more business by contract and as a result contractors who are lobbying for government business have become more aware of their rights to file disputes when it involves a loss of potential
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DURESS 1. Generally If one party pressures the contractual consent of another by duress the contract is voidable by that other party (See Also s 52A TPA and s 39 FTA). The common law has long recognised that duress‚ in the form of coercion of the plaintiff’s will through illegitimate pressure or threats to the plaintiff’s interests‚ render a contract voidable (Barton v Armstrong). Traditionally‚ the common law concept of duress was limited to actual or threatened violence to the person of
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Administrative Law Essay Topic: Freedom of contract in English Contract law Written by 10 Ю-3 group student Buzhak A.S. Under supervision of Popova T. P. PhD‚ docent Nizhniy Novgorod‚ 2013 Contract law is designed to protect not only the contractor‚ but also the consumer. Freedom to contract is the freedom of individuals and corporations to form contracts without government restrictions. Without the freedom to contract‚ the government can regulate and bring restrictions
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Nationalisation of Banks Despite the provisions‚ control and regulations of Reserve Bank of India‚ banks in India except the State Bank of India or SBI‚ continued to be owned and operated by private persons. By the 1960s‚ the Indian banking industry had become an important tool to facilitate the development of the Indian economy. At the same time‚ it had emerged as a large employer‚ and a debate had ensued about the nationalization of the banking industry. Indira Gandhi‚ then Prime Minister of India
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for example. The parties often plan for the contract to come into existence in two steps: the signature date and the date of coming into force. The date of coming into force is not usually a calendar date‚ but the date on which the last precondition is met. Common preconditions are: + Receipt of import and/ or export approval + Receipt of foreign exchange approval from a central bank + Issuance of a letter of credit or bank guarantee. + Making of a down-payment
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Issue. Pp. 71 – 88 Performance Appraisal of Indian Public Sector Banks Parvesh Kumar Aspal * and Naresh Malhotra** The strength of economy of any country basically hinges on the strength and efficiency of financial system‚ which‚ in turn‚ depends upon a sound banking system. The regulators have recommended bank’s supervision through CAMEL rating model to assess the performance of banks‚ which is better than the earlier systems. The prime objective of CAMEL model of rating banking institutions
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In Business‚ contracts can be considered as the heart of dealings and have to be taken with utter most consideration of the acceptance‚ however in order to understand in depth a binding agreement‚ we must first discuss‚ what determines a contract or binding agreement. These can be defined as “an agreement which the law will enforce” as well as a “promise or set of promises which the court will enforce”. To facilitate a binding agreement‚ an acceptance must occur and must be absolutely unconditional
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The Big Four were the men known in building the Central Pacific Railroad‚ the western portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States. The four men were Leland Stanford who was the President‚ Collis P. Huntington who was the Vice President‚ Mark Hopkins who was the Treasurer‚ and Charles Crocker who was the Construction Supervisor. Leland Stanford was born in the year of 1824 in Watervliet‚ New York‚ and was raised on family farms. Stanford began law school around the year 1848
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Journal of International Development: Vol. 4‚ No. 6‚ 567-581 (1992) THE APPROPRIATE ROLE OF AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES PETER B. R.HAZELL* Agriculture and Rural Development Department‚ The World Bank Abstract: Multiple-risk crop insurance programmes have proven expensive to governments but have not lived up to their expectations. Many agricultural risks cannot be insured on a financially sound basis‚ but there is scope for increased insurance of farm assets‚ of the
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