Download This PaperA Comparative Perspective on Commercial Contracts and the Impact of Covid-19 - Change of Circumstances, Force Majeure, or What?
Pistor, Katharina, "Law in the Time of COVID-19" (2020). Books. 240.
10 Pages Posted: 24 Apr 2020
Date Written: April 22, 2020
Abstract
This paper sets ouf the role of force majeure clauses and legal rules on post-formation unforeseen circumstances in the specific context of the COVID-19 pandemic, from a comparative and international commercial law perspective.
Keywords: force majeure, hardship, frustration, COVID-19, pandemic, contracts
JEL Classification: K12
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Twigg-Flesner, Christian, A Comparative Perspective on Commercial Contracts and the Impact of Covid-19 - Change of Circumstances, Force Majeure, or What? (April 22, 2020). Pistor, Katharina, "Law in the Time of COVID-19" (2020). Books. 240.
, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3582482
Christian Twigg-Flesner (Contact Author)
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