Book Review: The Long-Term Contract: Contract Law and Contracting

Public‐private‐partnership projects are long term, complex and very challenging contractual arrangements and relationships. They bring new roles for public sector and also for private sector in terms of construction and services. This paper will go through some features of the Finnish PPPs. Proactive law focuses in practical views as regards contract law and contractual issues. The main target is to prevent problems instead of confronting them. This paper will clarify what proactive law is about in terms of contract law and contracting especially in PPPs. For instance, 20–40 years’ partnership relation with PPPs brings up also dozens of different risks into the picture. This paper will discuss the risks and risk management in terms of proactive law and after that, focus on PPPs in Finland. Santruka Viešojo ir privataus sektoriu partnerystes (VPP) projektai ‐ tai ilgalaikiai, sude tin gi ir itin daug pastangu reikalaujantys sutartiniai susitarimai ir santykiai. Ne tik viešajame, bet ir privačiajame sektoriuje jie sukuria naujus, su statyba ir paslaugomis susijusius, vaidmenis. Šiame darbe apžvelgiami kai kurie Suomijos VPP bruožai. Iniciatyvi teise glaudžiai susijusi su prak ti nemis pažiūromis, sutarčiu teise ir pan. Pagrindinis tikslas ‐ išvengti problemu užuot jas sprendus. Šiame darbe paaiškinama iniciatyvios teises esme sudarant sutartis, ypač VPP. Pavyzdžiui, kai VPP trunka 20–40 metu, susiduriama su daugybe ivairiu rizikos rūšiu. Todel straipsnyje pirmiausia aptariamos rizikos rūšys ir rizikos valdymo būdai taikant iniciatyvia teise, o po to ‐ Suomijos VPP.

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Book Review: Long-Term Hemodialysis

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine ◽

10.1177/003591576806100663 ◽

1968 ◽

Vol 61 (6) ◽

pp. 638-638

Author(s):

H E De Wardener

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Book Review: Floating Collections: A Collection Development Model for Long-Term Success

Library Resources and Technical Services ◽

10.5860/lrts.59n1.55a ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 59 (1) ◽

pp. 55

Author(s):

Amy Lewontin

Keyword(s):

Public Library ◽

Development Model ◽

Collection Development ◽

Outside The Box

In these uncertain economic times, library administrators are often faced with tough budget decisions. They are encouraged to “think outside the box” for creative strategies to help cut costs while not diminishing services to library patrons. Wendy Bartlett’s Floating Collections: A Collection Development Model for Long-Term Success offers one such creative and thought-provoking strategy, particularly for public library systems.

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GOOD FAITH IN FRANCHISE CONTRACT

International Journal of Law, Government and Communication ◽

10.35631/ijlgc.519009 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (19) ◽

pp. 118-127

Author(s):

Nurli Yaacob ◽

Nasri Naiimi

Keyword(s):

Common Law ◽

Good Faith ◽

Relational Contracts ◽

Law System ◽

Freedom Of Contract ◽

Term Contract ◽

The Common ◽

Definition Of ◽

The Right

Good faith has been defined as justice, fairness, reasonableness, decency, taking no chances, and so on. The concept of good faith has long been rooted in contract law under the jurisdiction of Civil law, although the definition of it is still debated until today. However, the view of the Common Law tradition does not recognize the concept of good faith as long as the contract is entered into with the freedom of contract and both parties abide by the terms of the contract. Given that a franchise contract involves a long-term contract and always been developed, it is impossible to define both rights and responsibilities base on express terms only. As such, the franchise contract gives the franchisor the right to exercise its discretion in executing the contract. It is in this context that the element of good faith is very important to ensure that the franchisor does not take advantage of the franchisee and that the business continues to prosper. Therefore, the objective of this article is to discuss the concept of good faith in a franchise contract. The findings show that the common law system that initially rejected the application of the concept of good faith also changed its approach and began to recognize the concept of good faith as it is very important for relational contracts such as franchise contracts.

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Consequences of the Public Contract Law for Purchase of Scientific Appliances in the Czech Republic

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis ◽

10.11118/actaun201563020675 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 63 (2) ◽

pp. 675-681

Author(s):

Martin Vyklický

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Contract Law ◽

Public Funds ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

The Public ◽

Flow Of Funds ◽

Science And Research ◽

Research Equipment ◽

Public Contract

This article essentially covers in more detail the consequences of the present wording of the Public Contract Law for purchase of scientific appliances in the Czech Republic. The beginning of the article deals with increasing public expenses in research; then, the problem is defined concerning unsuitable wording of certain provisions of the Public Contract Law; while subsequently, the solution for the problem is searched together with the final comments. Investing of public funds into science and research is probably the most efficient in a long-term horizon. However, the flow of funds for acquisition of scientific and research equipment should be supported by appropriate legislation with such wording and form not to prevent purchases of that equipment. Availability of public funds for something which in fact cannot be, due to wrongly set legislation, acquired by a contracting authority is the problem which must be eliminated through timely implementation of the above proposed changes in the Public Contract Law.

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