title: Contract with open terms in Scotland: A comparative legal perspective
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metadata.value: Khuzziatov, Arthur A.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2023-08-24T10:46:31Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2023-08-24T10:46:31Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023-06
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metadata.value: Khuzziatov, Arthur A. 2023. Contract with open terms in Scotland: A comparative legal perspective. Pravovedenie 67 (2): 174–202. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu25.2023.203 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu25.2023.203
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/43869
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article focuses on contracts with open terms, that is, contracts in which the parties deliberately
  leave one or more terms open for future negotiations or unilateral supplementation by one
  of the parties (or a third party). In our paper, we refer to contracts with open terms in which an
  open term is subject to negotiations. Such contracts are not recognised by most jurisdictions
  (including as being too vague), but the Scottish legal system is sometimes argued to be an
  exception. In attempting to confirm this claim, it is found that the device called “a contract with
  open terms” is unknown to Scottish law, so a special comparative legal method is proposed to
  find an analogue on the Scottish “legal map”. This approach reveals that contracts with open
  terms in Scotland are concealed under several different names (most notably “agreement to
  agree”). It shows that although there is no uniform and consistent approach to such contracts,
  there are three tests which the courts use to answer the central question about such contracts,
  namely whether a contract with open terms is enforceable: the test for the essentiality of an
  open term, the test for whether an open term can be objectively implemented and the test for
  whether the parties have an intention to create legal relations. This analysis is accompanied by
  a comparative commentary describing how similar issues are dealt with in the UNIDROIT Principles
  and in another (besides Scotland) jurisdiction to which recognition of contracts with open
  terms is attributed, namely Russia. On the basis of the research carried out, a preferred order
  of application of the tests is proposed. The study of the topic is also preceded by a reference to
  the history and general characteristics of the Scottish legal system. In the course of this topic,
  we show that Scotland cannot be defined precisely enough through its generic characteristics
  as a mixed jurisdiction. In turning to the study of Scotland as an individual jurisdiction, it is noted
  that this system over time has begun to exhibit fewer and fewer of the attributes of a continental
  European family country.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Pravovedenie;Volume 67; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: contract with open terms
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: framework contract
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: agreement to agree
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Scotland
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: UNIDROIT
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Contract with open terms in Scotland: A comparative legal perspective
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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