Comparative Law in Practice: Contract Law in a Mid-Channel Jurisdiction

Preface
Contents
1. Introduction
	I. The Importance of Comparing
	II. Scope of the Study
2. A Mid-Channel Jurisdiction-Jersey 
as a Mixed Legal System
	I. Introduction
	II. Historical Background
	III. Sources of Law in Jersey: The Particular Position of Jersey Contract Law
	IV. The Mindset or Mentalit\xe9 
of a Channel Island Lawyer
3. Basic Principles of Contract Law 
from a Comparative Perspective
	I. Introduction
	II. La Convention Fait la Loi des Parties
	III. Centrality of Consent
	IV. Subjective and Objective Approaches 
to Contract Law
	V. Reciprocity in a Contractual Context
	VI. Good Faith: Preferring a Civil 
or Common Law Approach?
4. The Formation of a Contract
	I. Introduction
	II. Capacity
	III. Consent: The Requirement 
of a Fundamental Meeting of Minds
	IV. Offer and Acceptance
	V. Contractual Objet
	VI. Rejecting Consideration: 
The Notion of Cause
5. Undermining a Contract: 
Vices de Consentement
	I. Introduction
	II. Vices de Consentement-Defects in Consent
	III. Violence/Physical or Psychological Threats
	IV. Dol: Fraud as a Ground 
for Avoiding a Contract
	V. Erreur
	VI. General Conclusion on Vices de 
Consentement and Reform Options
	VII. Lesion or Deception d'Outre 
Moitie du Juste Prix
6. Effects of Contracts
	I. Nature of Obligations between the Parties
	II. The Effects of Contracts beyond the Parties
	III. Terms and Interpretation
	IV. Warranties: The Case of Vices Caches
	V. Exceptions to la Convention Fait la Loi des Parties: Intervening to Modify Contractual Terms
7. Comparing Remedies
	I. Introduction
	II. Remedies and the Law of Obligations: 
Comparative Perspectives
	III. Mid-Channel Remedies
	IV. Consequences of a Contract Vitiated by a Vice de Consentement: Null or Void?
	V. Remedies for Non-Performance
	VI. General Conclusion on Remedies
8. Comparative Law Lessons 
and Reform Issues
	I. Comparative Law Themes
	II. Reforming the Jersey Law of Contract
Index