Unconscionable conduct in commercial transactions : global perspectives and applications /: global perspectives and applications. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Garth Wooler.
• Authors: Wooler, Garth
• Contents: Intro; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Abstract; Acknowledgements; Chapter One; Section A. Legal Issue and Investigative Approaches; 1.0. Research Question; 2.0. Hypothesis; 3.0. Rationale; Section B. Research Contribution, Assumptions and Methodology; 1.0. Contribution to the Body of Knowledge; 2.0. Caveat Regarding Reader's Prior Knowledge; 3.0. Methodology; Section C. Terminology, Syntax and Vocabulary; 1.0. Usage in This Document; 2.0. Independent Instrument Naming Conventions; 3.0. The 'Contractual' Nature of Independent Instruments 4.0. Referencing, Punctuation and GrammarSection D. The Argument for Independent Instrument Unconscionability; Section E. Chapter Summary; Chapter Two; Section A. The Independence Principle; 1.0. The Independence Principle in Context; 2.0. Nomenclature of 'Independence' and 'Autonomy'; 3.0. Theoretical Foundations for the Independence Principle; 4.0. Legal Regimes Grounding the Independence Principle; 5.0. The Independence Principle in Documentary Credit Rule Sets; 6.0. Case Law on Independent Instrument Inde; 7.0. Risk Allocation; Section B. Exceptions to Independence: Fraud and Illegality 1.0. Fraud in Brief2.0. Illegality in Brief; Section C. Summary of the Independence Principle and Exceptions; Chapter Three; Section A. Introduction to Unconscionable Conduct; Section B . Theoretical Foundations of Unconscionable Conduct; 1.0. Equity and the Development of Unconscionability; 2.0. Australian Statutory Unconscionability; 3.0. Procedural and Substantive Unconscionability; 4.0. Framing the Doctrine of Unconscionable C; 5.0. Categorising Unconscionable Conduct; 6.0. Independent Instruments and Unconscionability Law; 7.0. Findings on Unconscionability Section C. Theoretical Foundations of the Unconscionability Exception1.0. Analysis of the Exception; Chapter Four; Section A. The Unconscionability Exception in Singapore; 1.0. Introduction; Section B. The Unconscionability Exception in Singapore's Courts; 1.0. Case Analyses-Singapore; 2.0. Conclusion to Singaporean Case Analyses; Chapter Five; Section A. The Unconscionability Exception in Australia; 1.0. Introduction and Context; 2.0. Case Analyses-Australia; 3.0. Conclusion to Australian Case Analyses; Chapter Six; Section A. A New Category of Unconscionable Conduct 1.0. Theoretical Rationale for Independent Instrument Unconscionability2.0. Independent Instrument Unconscionability; 3.0. Elements of Independent Instrument Unconscionability; 4.0. Summary of the Characteristics of Independent Instrument Unconscionability; Bibliography
• Publisher Details: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 279 pages)
• Subjects: 346.029; International economic & trade law; Unconscionable contracts; Unconscionable contracts; LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; Banking law; Private international law & conflict of laws; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781527520905; 1527520900
• Related ISBNs: 1527515788; 9781527515789
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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