Skip to main content

Asia-Pacific Contract Law, Volume 1

The Digital World in Context

Asia-Pacific Contract Law, Volume 1 cover

Asia-Pacific Contract Law, Volume 1

The Digital World in Context

Quantity
Pre-order. Available 17 Sep 2026
$151.20 RRP $189.00 Website price saving $37.80 (20%)

Payment for this pre-order will be taken when the item becomes available

Description

The Asia-Pacific region is home to some of the world's largest and most dynamic economies. Despite its remarkable diversity of legal traditions and socio-economic contexts, a collaborative region-wide conversation makes it possible to move our understanding of the law beyond isolated national case studies. This first volume in the Asia-Pacific Contract Law series explores how contract law doctrines across the region are being challenged and reshaped by the digital world. It discusses the laws of 12 jurisdictions, namely: Australia, China, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Macao, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam, as well as a private international law perspective.

Accessibility Information

Additional accessibility information

  • EPUB 3.0
  • Conforms with the requirements of EPUB Accessibility Spec v1.1
  • WCAG level AA
  • WCAG v2.2 compliant
  • accessibility@bloomsbury.com

Hazards

The publication contains no hazards

Support for non-visual reading

  • No accessibility features offered by the reading system, device or reading software are disabled or otherwise unusable with the product
  • Has alternative text descriptions for images

Visual adjustments

Appearance of the text and page layout can be modified according to the capabilities of the reading system (font family and size, spaces, as well as color of background and text)

Navigation

  • Page list to go to pages from the print source version
  • Elements such as headings, tables, etc for structured navigation
  • All or substantially all textual matter is arranged in a single logical reading order
  • Content is enhanced with ARIA roles to optimize organization and facilitate navigation
  • Purposes of all links are made clear

Rich content

Language tagging provided

Table of Contents

Part One: General Principles and Doctrinal Foundations
1. Introduction: The Digital World in Context, Ying Khai Liew and Lusina Ho
2. Contract Law in Singapore and the Digital Era: Navigating Familiar Ways and Forging Fresh Paths in a New World, How Khang Lim and Kwan Ho Lau
3. Contract Automation and the Essence of Contract: Perspectives from the Macao SAR, Célia F Matias
4. Chinese Contract Law – Doctrinal and Existential Challenges in the Age of Smart Contracts, Andrew Godwin and Yang Zhang

Part Two: Formation and Mistake
5. The Challenges of Technology for Contract Law in Thailand, Munin Pongsapan and Wiriya Kongsiriwong
6. The Conclusion of E-Contracts in the Boom of E-Commerce in Vietnam, Nguyen Hung Quang and Nguyen Thuy Duong
7. The Legal Status of E-Contracts and E-Commerce in Indonesia, Gary F Bell
8. Smart Contract Law in Taiwan: Constant in a Changing World, Yueh-Ping (Alex) Yang
9. Adapting Contractual Mistake for the Digital World in Malaysian Law, Joshua Teng
10. The Mistake Doctrine in Automated Contracting under South Korean Law: Algorithmic Misplacement of Financial Derivatives, Dongjin Lee

Part Three: Terms, Vitiating Factors, and Substantive Fairness
11. The Evolving Nature of Consent: Juxtaposing Contract Law and Data Privacy in India for Social Media Contracts, Tejaswita Kharel and Shashank Mohan
12. Manipulative Advertising and Vitiating Factors in New Zealand, Joshua Yuvaraj and Jodi Gardner

Part Four: Performance, Remedies, Liability, and Private International Law
13. Liability and Limitation for AI Services: Contract, Statute and the Influence of Soft Law Standards in Australia, Jeannie Marie Paterson
14. Private International Law Aspects of Blockchain Contracts, Richard Garnett

Product details

Published 17 Sep 2026
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Pages 300
ISBN 9781509984237
Imprint Hart Publishing
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Ying Khai Liew

Ying Khai Liew is Professor of Law, Melbourne Law…

Anthology Editor

Lusina Ho

Lusina Ho is Harold Hsiao-Wo Lee Professor in Trus…

Related Titles

Get 30% off in the May sale - for one week only

Environment: Staging