Contract governance combines insights from governance research and contract theory, covering diverse issues of governance in contract law and practice. This book introduces and develops contract governance as a new approach to contract theory, setting an international and interdisciplinary research agenda for modern contract law.

PART I: THE OVERALL ARCHITECTURE OF CONTRACT GOVERNANCE; PART II: THIRD PARTY IMPACT AND CONTRACT GOVERNANCE PROBLEMS IN HERD BEHAVIOUR; PART III: GOVERNANCE OF NETWORKS OF CONTRACTS; PART IV: GOVERNANCE IN LONG-TERM CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS; PART V: CONTRACT GOVERNANCE AND RULE SETTING; PART VI: CONTRACT GOVERNANCE AND POLITICAL DIMENSIONS

As an academic discipline, governance research is certainly multi-faceted and the value of this book, (which does cite an enormous amount of research) is that, as a discipline, it should be explored from a number of differing standpoints, engendering much debate, perhaps even controversy, which is all to the good. As a work of scholarship, this book makes an important contribution to further study and analysis within this important area of law and is a great credit to the current OUP titles.

Opens up a fresh perspective on Contract Law by linking Governance Theory and Contract Law Theory Provides a broad perspective on national and European legislation, and also public and private regulation Explains the various regulatory levels of Contract Law Considers the internal and external perspectives of contracting parties within the contractual relationship, as well as within the market

Stefan Grundmann is Professor of Law at the European University Institute, Florence, where he teaches transnational private law, business law, and legal theory. He also holds a professorship at Humboldt University, Berlin, for private and business law, and has held several international fellowships, currently as Hauser Global Law Professor at New York University. His areas of research interest include general contract law, company law, business law, corporate governance, legal theory, and European Private Law. Born in 1958 in Germany, Stefan Grundmann graduated from the Faculty of Law of Ludwig-Maximilian-University of Munich in 1983, where he also received his two doctorates in Law and in Philosophy. In 1989 he was awarded a Master of Laws (LL.M.) at the University of California (Berkeley). In Halle-Wittenberg he created the first interdisciplinary University curriculum/degree in law and economics. He is co-founder and president of the steering committee of the European Law School. Florian Möslein is Professor of Law at the Philipps University Marburg, where he teaches Contract Law, Company Law, and Capital Markets Law. In addition, he is Schumpeter Fellow at the Munich Centre on Governance (MCG) at Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich. He previously held positions as Professor at the University of Bremen and as Associate Professor at the University of St. Gallen. He has also held several international fellowships, currently at Stanford Law School. His areas of research interest include Corporate Governance, Takeovers and Mergers, and European Private Law. Florian Möslein graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich in 1998, after having received the degree licence en droit at the University of Paris in 1996. He has also studied business administration and graduated in 1997 with the degree Diplom-Kaufmann. In 1999 he was awarded with the LL.M. in International Business Law at the University of London. Professor Karl Riesenhuber is holder of the Chair for Civil Law, German and European Commercial and Economic Law at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. He previously held positions as Professor at Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder) and as assistant lecturer at Cambridge University Faculty of Law. Professor Riesenhuber was Feodor-Lynen Fellow of Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation (1999-2001) and Official Fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge (2000/2001). He practised law as attorney (Rechtsanwalt) in Berlin at Dr Bezzenberger Law Office from 1995 to 2002. Professor Riesenhuber earned his law degree (Staatsexamen/Referendarexamen) from Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg i.B. (1990) and a degree of Master of Comparative Jurisprudence from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law (1991). He passed the Assessorexamen in Berlin in 1994.

Opens up a fresh perspective on Contract Law by linking Governance Theory and Contract Law Theory Provides a broad perspective on national and European legislation, and also public and private regulation Explains the various regulatory levels of Contract Law Considers the internal and external perspectives of contracting parties within the contractual relationship, as well as within the market