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III. General Limits on the Use of Contract
(32,630 words)

Volume VII: Contracts in General | Chapter 1 (1982): A General View of Contract

Completed in February 1980

Arthur von Mehren

30. Introduction. – As the preceding discussion suggests, all legal orders place limits to autonomous ordering through contract. Some of these limits are set because of the commitment of the legal order to either the planning principle or the principle of priva…

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Arthur von Mehren, “III. General Limits on the Use of Contract”, in: International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law Online, Edited by: U. Drobnig, R. David, H. H. Egawa, R. Graveson, V. Knapp, A. T. Von Mehren, Y. Noda, S. Rozmaryn, V. M. Tschchikvadze, H. Valladão, H. Yntema, K. Zweigert. Consulted online on 29 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2589-4021_IECO_COM_070103>
First published online: 2018



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