Ending and Changing Contracts

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-0-19-899581-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 704 Seiten, Format (B × H): 180 mm x 255 mm, Gewicht: 1352 g

This fifth volume in the acclaimed Studies in the Contract Laws of Asia series offers a comprehensive comparative analysis of contract termination and change of circumstances across thirteen key Asian jurisdictions: China, India, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, and Indonesia.

Drawing on four major legal traditions-Napoleonic, German, common law, and the Indian Contracts Act-the volume explores how these Asian systems handle core issues such as withholding performance, termination for breach, impossibility, and adaptation of contracts under unforeseen hardship. While many jurisdictions converge on basic principles, striking differences emerge in how they allocate risk and define fairness, particularly in response to changing circumstances.

From Indonesia's requirement of judicial termination to China's unique approach to court-led contract adaptation, this volume reveals the deep influence of historical legal traditions and modern innovations on current commercial practice. It highlights both the complexity and richness of Asian contract laws, offering valuable insights for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers seeking to understand or harmonize legal approaches in a rapidly evolving economic region.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chen-Wishart, Mindy

Neo, Dora

Vogenauer, Stefan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Mindy CHEN-WISHART, Dora NEO, and Stefan VOGENAUER: Introduction

- 2: Andrew PHANG: On Comparative Analysis as well as Ending and Changing Contracts

- CHINA: CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES

- 3: WANG Lei: Change of Circumstances in China's Civil Legislation and Judicial Practice

- CHINA: ENDING CONTRACTS

- 4: Lei CHEN and Zhicheng WU: Termination of Contract in Chinese Law

- HONG KONG: CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES

- 5: Stephen HALL: Contract Terms in Hong Kong: Changed Circumstances and Variation

- HONG KONG: ENDING CONTRACTS

- 6: Kelvin FK LOW: Termination of Contracts in Hong Kong

- INDIA: CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES

- 7: Chitra NARAYAN and R Yashod VARDHAN: Changes in Circumstances and their Impact on Contractual Obligations in India

- INDIA: ENDING CONTRACTS

- 8: R Yashod VARDHAN and Chitra NARAYAN: Discharge of Performance and Termination of Contracts in India

- INDONESIA: CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES

- 9: Gary F BELL: Change of Circumstances in the Indonesian Law of Obligations

- INDONESIA: ENDING CONTRACTS

- 10: HERLIANA: Termination of Contracts under Indonesian Law

- JAPAN: CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES

- 11: Eriko TAOKA: Ending and Changing Performance under Japanese Law

- JAPAN: ENDING CONTRACTS

- 12: Akira KAMO: Termination of Contracts under Japanese Law

- KOREA: CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES

- 13: KWON Youngjoon: Change of Circumstances: Korea

- KOREA: ENDING CONTRACTS

- 14: AHN Tae-Yong: Termination under Korean Law

- MALAYSIA: CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES

- 15: Yin Harn LEE and May Fong CHEONG: Change of Circumstances: The Position under Malaysian Contract Law

- MALAYSIA: ENDING CONTRACTS

- 16: May Fong CHEONG and Yin Harn LEE: Termination of Contracts: The Position under Malaysian Contract Law

- MYANMAR: CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES AND ENDING CONTRACTS

- 17: Adrian BRIGGS: Myanmar: Change of Circumstances and Termination of Contract for Breach

- PHILIPPINES: CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES

- 18: Ma. Ngina Teresa CHAN-GONZAGA: Revision of Contracts in the Philippines: The Ramifications of a Change of Circumstances

- PHILIPPINES: ENDING CONTRACTS

- 19: Michael Anthony C DIZON: Rescission of Contracts in the Philippines: Ending Performance and Extinguishing Obligations

- SINGAPORE: CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES

- 20: Dora NEO: Contractual Obligations and Change of Circumstances in Singapore

- SINGAPORE: ENDING CONTRACTS

- 21: Chee Ho THAM: Termination under Singapore Law

- TAIWAN: CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES

- 22: Tsung-fu CHEN: The Doctrine of Change of Circumstances in Taiwanese Law

- TAIWAN: ENDING CONTRACTS

- 23: Sheng-Lin JAN: Termination and Rescission under Taiwanese Contract Law

- THAILAND: CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES

- 24: Munin PONGSAPAN: A Change of Circumstances in Thai Law

- THAILAND: ENDING CONTRACTS

- 25: Nadnaphas LEAKPECH: Termination of Contracts in Thai Law

- VIETNAM: CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES

- 26: DO Giang Nam: Change of Circumstances under Vietnamese Contract Law

- VIETNAM: ENDING CONTRACTS

- 27: TRAN Kien: Termination of Contracts under Vietnamese Law

- 28: Hugh BEALE: Ending Contracts and Changing Circumstances in Asia: Comparative Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Mindy Chen-Wishart is Provost's Professor at National University of Singapore. Until 2023, she was Dean, and Professor at Faculty of Law, Oxford University and Fellow of Merton College. She has authored numerous articles on the theory, doctrines and comparative law of contract, including an international prize-winning article. She is an Editor of Chitty on Contracts (36th ed) and Elgar Handbook in the Philosophy of Contract law. She authored Contract Law, 7th ed (OUP). In 2024, she received an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Otago University, and a Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Conference on Contracts (KCON XVII).

Dora Neo is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore. She was the founding Director of the Faculty's Centre for Banking & Finance Law which she led for ten years. She has authored and edited books, chapters and articles on trade finance law, secured transactions law, trade in services, and contract law. She is a graduate of Oxford University and Harvard Law School and is a non-practising member of the Bar in London (Gray's Inn) and in Singapore.

Stefan Vogenauer is Head of the Department 'European and Comparative Legal History' at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, Frankfurt. Prior to his current positions he held the Chair of Comparative Law at the University of Oxford (2003-15), where he also served as Director of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law and Fellow of Brasenose College. He is a graduate of the University of Kiel (Germany) and the University of Oxford.