A unique comparative analysis of Chinese contract law accessible to lawyers from civil, common, and mixed law jurisdictions.

Part I. History of Chinese Contract Law: 1. History of Chinese contract law Chen Lei and Larry A. DiMatteo; Part II. General Principles: 2. General principles under the CCL Han Shiyuan; 3. General principles of Chinese contract law: an English common law perspective Christian Twigg-Flesner; 4. Good faith in contract performance in Chinese and common laws Ewan McKendrick and Qaio Liu; 5. General principles of Chinese contract law: a Scottish perspective Martin Hogg; Part III. Contract Formation: 6. Liability prior to contract formation in Chinese contract law Shen Wei; 7. Pre-contractual liability from a civil lawyer's perspective Barbara Passa; 8. Pre-contractual liability through the looking glass of the common law Alexander Loke; Part IV. Validity: 9. Prospect of validity in Chinese contract law Wang Yi; 10. Invalidity of contract in Chinese and English contract law Mindy Chen-Wishart; 11. Impossibility of performance and contract validity: a German law perspective Lutz-Christian Wolff; Part V. Performance and Breach: 12. Perspectives on Chinese contract law: performance and breach Ding Chunyan; 13. Anticipating breach, change of circumstances, and third party rights: a civil law perspective Ulrich Schroeter; 14. Chinese law of performance and breach: a common law perspective James Devenney and Geraint Howells; Part VI. Remedies and Damages: 15. Damages and specific performance in Chinese contract law Chen Lei; 16. Chinese contract law on remedies and damages: a civil law perspective Michel Cannarsa; 17. Debt instead of damages in the common law Michael Bridge; Part VII. CCL and International Law Instruments: 18. CCL and Unidroit principles André Janssen and Samuel C. K. Chau; 19. CCL and CISG: a comparative analysis of formation, performance, and breach Larry A. DiMatteo and Jingen Wang.