Elements of securities law are also found in the general law governing contracts, trusts, and torts.

The PECL do not play a significant role in drafting of international sales contracts, or as a law governing such contracts.

The problem, they say, is the system of peacetime regulations governing routine federal contracts that is being applied in the chaos facing the reconstruction efforts.

Critics have also noted that the contract was awarded without competitive bidding, a break with the tight rules that govern public contracts in India.

No solution proposed by the charter commission is likely to retain the board, which governs land use, contracts and franchises and shares power over the budget.

Instead, the contracts refer only to laws governing public contracts generally.

The NCA does not apply in respect of lease of immovable property; the common-law rules governing such contracts have been left intact.

It comprises provisions governing ownership, intellectual property rights, contracts, torts, obligations, inheritance law, and the definition of legal entities.

Henley says the group seeks to change the fundamental rules that govern most recording contracts, including copyright ownership, long-term control of intellectual property and unfair accounting practices.

One of Roman law's greatest achievements, Innis writes, lay in the development of civil laws governing families, property and contracts.