A Comparison of Australian and Chinese Contract Law (International and Comparative Law in the Asia Pacific)

The book focuses on the new Chinese Civil Code. It will be a great promotion of the Chinese Civil Code and enhance its understanding at the international level.It will also promote the understanding of Chinese law in the context of the One Belt One Road Initiative.Since the Chinese Civil Code came into force in 2021, it is still at an early stage of comparing Australian contract law and contract law principles in the Chinese Civil Code.To date, there are few systematic studies on the comparison of contract law in Australia and in China.The existing literature on the comparison is much more based on the old Chinese contract law of 1999.In addition, the existing literature on Australian contract law generally lacks a comparative dimension, particularly with China.The standard Australian contract law books and articles contain little reference to what similar problems might be conceived of or dealt with in a civil law jurisdiction like China.In the case of the Chinese Civil Code, although