A Comparative Study of the Formation of Contracts in Japanese, English, and German Law

• Main Author: Suzuki-Klasen, Anna Katharina (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Baden-Baden Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG 2022
• Series: Recht in Ostasien Band 18
• Subjects: LAM,LNB; Angebot und Annahme, BGB, BGB Allgemeiner Teil, Bindungswille, Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, Contracts in English Law, Contracts in German Law, Contracts in Japanese Law, Contracts in the Digital Economy, Japanese Law of Obligations, Law of Contract, Online Transactions, Real Estates, Schuldrecht, Types of Contract, Vertragsschluss, Willenserklärung, legal practice, contract formalities, contract form, signing, sealing, legal consciousness, legal history, German contract law, English contract law, Japanese contract law, comparative contract law, Contract formation
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The basic elements of a contract, namely, offer and acceptance, the intention to be bound, and consideration, and requirements of form found in English, German, and Japanese law are compared against the background of their historical development, the legal consciousness and practices existing in the...