1st Edition

Commercial Contract Law Exemption, Frustration, and Force Majeure

By Ndubuisi Augustine Nwafor Copyright 2027
280 Pages
by Routledge

This book offers a critical and comparative analysis of exemption, frustration, and force majeure within the framework of three pivotal legal instruments: the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG), the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, (UPICC) and English contract law. Rooted in principles of fairness and legal predictability,... Read more

1.  General Introduction

2. Elements of Exemption/Force Majeure/Frustration          

3. Risk and Exemption/Force Majeure/Frustration   

4. Relationship Between Avoidance/Termination with Exemption/Force Majeure/ Frustration         

5. Hardship And Exemption/Force Majeure/Frustration      

6. Relationships Between Mistake and Exemption/ Force Majeure/ Frustration     

7. Application Of Shared Liability and Remedies Under Exemption/Force Majeure/Frustration          

8. Conclusion 

 

Biography

Ndubuisi Augustine Nwafor is a Lecturer and active member of the Research in Public International Law (RIPIL) Group at Bristol Law School, University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, UK. He was formerly an Associate Professor at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. His teaching and research interests include international commercial law and plastic pollution governance. He has received several prestigious fellowships, including the International Ocean Institute (IOI) Canada Fellowship in 2018 and the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Blue Charter Fellowship in 2020 and 2021.