title: The Indian Contract Act — background and case law
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metadata.value: Acquarone, Lorenza
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2024-06-04T21:17:36Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2024-06-04T21:17:36Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2024-03
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metadata.value: Acquarone L. 2024. The Indian Contract Act — background and case law. Pravovedenie 68 (1): 26–36. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu25.2024.102
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu25.2024.102
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/45531
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metadata.value: This article aims to illustrate the background and the case law of the Indian Contract Act, enacted
  in 1872. It also tries to provide a comparison between the law introduced in India and
  the model which is the English Common Law of Contract based on the English law of the time.
  Indeed, the provisions contained in the Indian Contract Act are more advanced and more organically
  conceived than the English Common Law of Contract. Pillars of the Common Law of
  Contract such as the doctrine of consideration, the doctrine of frustration and the doctrine of
  economic duress are found in the Indian act in an improved version. Indian courts applied them
  consistently in the majority of cases. Even today, in a few exceptional cases, the Indian courts
  appear to be influenced by English case law to such an extent that they do not comply with
  the innovative aspects of the Indian Contract Act. Recently the pandemic of Covid-19 causing
  hindrance to the performance of many contracts raised questions such as the existence of
  force majeure able to nullify the contract and in certain cases it triggered the applicability of the
  doctrine of frustration. Such situations are codified by the Indian Contract Act and case law is
  available. New needs have arisen in the field of marriage law such as prenuptial agreements,
  which may apparently be deemed valid if they pass the test of public order as stated in the Indian
  Contract Act.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Pravovedenie;Volume 68; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Indian law
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Common Law
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Indian Contract Act
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: contract law
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: marriage law
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Indian Contract Act — background and case law
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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