If They Could Only Understand Us

If They Could Only Understand Us...

Micky is a Siamese cat. His owners left him behind in Moscow when they went on a long business trip to New York City, taking with them their son and a pet dog whom Micky loved so much he nearly died missing them. After Russian customs officer twice refused to allow him leave the country to join his family, he decided to get there on his own. Running away from home, he went to the local train station to learn how to get to New York and from that moment, his adventure began. During his journey he met many different people, cats, and dogs. From those encounters, he came to the conclusion that people could solve, or even avoid, a lot of their problems if they could understand animals.

The Cambridge Review

Comparative Contract Law

Bringing together leading commercial and contract law scholars from the United Kingdom and United States, Comparative Contract Law: British and American Perspectives offers an insightful and comprehensive assessment of the commonalities and divergences in the contract law of these two jurisdictions. Approaching the subject area from a variety of perspectives - doctrinal analysis, behavioural analysis, law and economics, and theoretical - the book examines familiar areas of contract law as practiced in the UK and US. Topics include contract theory and structure; contract formation and defects of consent; policing contracts and the duty of good faith; contract interpretation; damages; speciality contracts; and legal reform. The volume provides a thorough assessment of the current state of commercial contract law in the UK and US, and addresses the strengths and weaknesses of the national and European approaches to many issues of contract law. In particular it focuses on how commercial contract law should be improved, and whether harmonization of the different contract law regimes is a suitable, and appropriate, solution.