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A critique of contractual relationships in the aerospace industry: collaboration v conflict

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2006

Penny-Anne Cullen ,
Bob Butcher ,
Richard Hickman  and
John Keast
Penny-Anne Cullen
Affiliation:
University of Warwick
Bob Butcher
Affiliation:
University of Warwick
Richard Hickman
Affiliation:
University of Warwick
John Keast
Affiliation:
University of Warwick
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Abstract

This paper draws on an analysis of case studies from the line of research that examines contractual and working relationships in the aerospace industry (Cullen, Keast and Simpson, 2002; Cullen, Hickman, 2001; Cullen, 2005). These studies found a divergence between the parties’ intended working relationship and the agenda prescribed by formal contracts. The paper proposes that the ramifications of the contractual arrangements engender strains between the dynamic nature of collaborative transactions and the laissez-faire presumption of conflictual relations that underpins western commercial contract law, which in turn influences contractual relations and formal agreements.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Journal of Law in Context , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , December 2005 , pp. 397 - 410
Copyright
(2006) Cambridge University Press

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