Sustainability clauses in international business contracts
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hague :
Eleven international Publishing
[2015]
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Dovenschmidt monographs ; 3. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39260057*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I Research topic and design; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Hypothesis development; 1.2.1 Lack of transnational governmental regulation for sustainable development; 1.2.2 Deficiencies of transnational private regulation; 1.2.3 Growing regulatory power of multinational enterprises; 1.2.4 Widespread use of sustainability contractual clauses; 1.2.5 Enforceability of international supply contracts through existing framework of international contract law; 1.3 Key concepts; 1.3.1 Sustainability, sustainable development, and CSR.
- 1.3.2 International and transnational law1.3.3 Regulation and governance; 1.3.4 International supply chain contracts; 1.3.5 Effectiveness; 1.4 Relevance; 1.5 Delimitations; 2 Research design; 2.1 Theoretical approach; 2.1.1 Research attitude: Critical thinking; 2.1.2 Jurisprudence: New legal realism; 2.1.3 Theorizing the global legal system: Legal pluralism; 2.1.3.1 Public/private divide; 2.1.3.2 Soft/hard law; 2.1.3.3 Conclusion on legal pluralism; 2.2 Sources of law; 2.2.1 Public; 2.2.1.1 International treaties with direct effects on private subjects; 2.2.1.2 International soft law.
- 2.2.1.3 National and supranational legislation with extraterritorial effects2.2.1.4 National and supranational soft law; 2.2.2 Public-private; 2.2.2.1 Public-private agreements; 2.2.2.2 Public-private initiatives (standardization, certification); 2.2.3 Private; 2.2.3.1 Industrial codes of conduct; 2.2.3.2 Business-driven cross-sector initiatives; 2.2.3.3 International Framework Agreements; 2.2.3.4 Corporate codes of conduct; 2.3 Methodology; 2.3.1 Theoretical research; 2.3.2 Empirical research; 2.3.2.1 Exploratory study; 2.3.2.2 Law in action; Part II Sustainability Contractual Clauses.
- 3 SCCs' definition3.1 Examples; 3.2 Defining features; 3.3 Distinction from other contractual content; 3.3.1 Active and passive clauses; 3.3.2 Placement within contractual text; 3.3.2.1 Case study; 3.3.3 Discussion; 4 Do sustainability clauses fit the contract paradigm?; 4.1 General theories of contract; 4.1.1 Will (promise) theories; 4.1.2 Reliance theories; 4.1.3 Transfer theories; 4.1.4 Law and economics; 4.2 Contract paradigm shift and modern contract law theories; 4.2.1 Relational contracts; 4.2.2 Hybridization of contracts; 4.2.3 Regulatory contracts; 4.3 Conclusion on contract theories.
- 5 Literature review5.1 Overview of fundamental literature; 5.1.1 Legal and contractual aspects of codes of conduct; 5.1.2 Contract law perspective; 5.1.3 Functional approach; 5.1.4 Best practice; 5.1.5 Juridical tool; 5.2 Some reflections on the literature review; Part III Regulation of Sustainability Contractual Clauses; 6 Legal framework; 6.1 Contract law; 6.1.1 The 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods; 6.1.2 UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts; 6.1.3 Principles of European Contract Law; 6.1.4 Common European Sales Law.
