Published: Institutt for privatretts Skriftserie - Nr. 169, 2007
Commercial contracts, even those governed by Norwegian or other Civil laws, are often written on the basis of English or US models. A research project at the Oslo University analyses typical Common Law clauses and their effect under Civil law. It shows that they often are not, or only in part, capable of exercising their original Common Law function.
This is the first in a publication series resulting from the project. It contains the description of the project and discusses methodological issues on how to approach the phenomenon of English models governed by a Civil Law. The forthcoming publications will be devoted to the analyses of specific clauses.