This book provides a comprehensive comparative overview of the impact of pre-contractual declarations and agreements, as well as informal post-contractual changes, on written contracts. It analyses in detail the respective case law and scientific drafting of four different jurisdictions (United States, England, Germany and Switzerland) and five uniform instruments (CISG, PICC, PECL, DCFR and CESL) and shows the similarities and differences. The topics covered are comparative contract law, amendments to (written) contracts, the Parol rule of proof, merger clauses, full contractual clauses, integration clauses, clauses without oral amendment, the presumption of the accuracy and completeness of a written contract, the integrative effect of a written agreement. The book provides guidance on the design of written contracts and is of interest to practitioners and researchers interested in comparative contract law. Please select if you want other users in your profile to be able to see that this library is one of your favorites. A comparative analysis of the Parol Rule of Evidence, merger clauses and no oral amendment clauses in US, English, German and Swiss law and international instruments (CISG, PICC, PECL, DCFR and CESL). Andreas Müller, admitted to the Bar in Switzerland and New York, has conducted extensive research in the field of comparative and international contract law. He received his Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ingeborg Schwenzer at the University of Basel, Switzerland, and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, Cambridge MA.

He currently works in the corporate and M&A team of a leading business law firm in Zurich. Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Formal requirements related to the conclusion of a contract; 3. Legal and judicial protection of the integrity of a written agreement against previous and simultaneous agreements; 4. Contractual instruments to protect the integrity of a written agreement in relation to previous and simultaneous agreements: merger clauses; 5. Legal protection of the integrity of a written agreement against subsequent amendments; 6. Contractual protection of the integrity of a written agreement against subsequent amendments: no oral amendment clauses; 7.

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