Contract hazards : lawyers and their landmines /
In today's global markets, commercial contracts are the backbone of complex financial and corporate transactions. Yet despite their centrality, these documents are often riddled with flaws-ambiguous terms, outdated provisions, and strategic traps-that persist across deals and markets. Legal the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2026]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In today's global markets, commercial contracts are the backbone of complex financial and corporate transactions. Yet despite their centrality, these documents are often riddled with flaws-ambiguous terms, outdated provisions, and strategic traps-that persist across deals and markets. Legal theory tends to overlook these imperfections, assuming contracts are coherent, intentional, and complete. But the reality of contract production tells a different story. 'Contract Hazards' examines the hidden dangers embedded in standardized contract language. These 'landmines' are not rare mistakes - they are structural features of how contracts are assembled under pressure, often from recycled precedent and boilerplate. Drawing on both qualitative and quantitative research, it explores how flawed terms originate, why they endure, and how they are sometimes exploited by lawyers when deals unravel. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197821770 0197821774 |