Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- A fascination with urban development projects -- Projects covered by this study -- Research questions -- Case studies -- Review of the successive chapters -- Urban development projects and the problem of comparing contracts -- Characteristics of the projects -- The need for office space -- Demand for apartments -- Mixed neighbourhoods -- Focus on infrastructure -- Sustainable strategies -- Competitiveness -- Public-private cooperation -- Special project areas -- The concept of an urban development project -- Focal projects -- Special project approach -- Scientific positioning -- Comparing agreements from different legal systems -- Law-as-culture -- Functionalism -- Differences between common law and civil law -- Different mentalities -- Codifications, good faith and consideration -- Weighing up the differences -- Dimensions of a transaction -- Three approaches -- The law and economics approach -- The relational approach -- Transaction costs approach -- Balancing the above three positions -- The place of the contract in the context of the deal -- Conclusion -- Relational contract theory -- Introduction -- Four core propositions -- The definition of contracts -- Common contract norms -- Introduction -- Role integrity -- Mutuality and reciprocity -- Implementation of planning -- Effectuation of consent -- Flexibility -- Contractual solidarity -- The linking norms -- Creation and restraint of power -- Propriety of means -- Harmonisation with the social matrix -- Discrete and relational norms -- The discrete contract and the relational contract -- Three types of contracts-relation with discrete and relational norms -- The discrete and relational norms -- Characteristics of the discrete norm -- Characteristics of relational norms.

Using relational contract theory as a basis for a critique of the law -- The common contract norms in a broader perspective -- Relation between common contract norms and Dutch legal principles -- Unifying principles -- Criticisms of relational contract theory -- The criticism of formalism -- Critique of Macneil's ideas by other relationists -- Case methodology -- Brief summary of relational contract theory -- Methodology -- Development agreements -- Introduction -- Possible approaches to study of the selected agreements -- Nomenclature -- Significance of the term `development agreement' -- Names used to denote the development agreements in the case studies -- Aspects of the development agreement -- Positioning of the development agreement within the project universe -- Main functions of a development agreement -- Exchange -- Project statute -- Planning function -- Instrumental function -- Methodological approach of the case studies -- Introduction -- Description of urban development projects -- Focal projects -- Case study Battery Park City, New York. Plot 16/17 (The River House) and 18b (The Verdesian) in Battery Park City's North Residential Neighbourhood -- The urban development project: Battery Park City, New York -- Introduction -- Description of the area -- Description of the project -- Momentum -- Time frame -- History and background -- Project management -- Project finance -- Land ownership -- Affordable housing -- Environmental sustainability -- Other public facilities -- Involvement of the general public -- Goals of the project -- Delays -- Role of private actors in the project -- Public actors -- Critique -- Conflicts of power: State and City interests -- Focal projects: plots 16/17 (the River House) and plot 18b (the Verdesian) in the North Residential Neighborhood -- Introduction -- Positioning (area) -- Description of the project.

Momentum -- Pre-contractual procedure -- Time frame -- The contracting parties -- Other shareholders and stakeholders -- Involvement of the public -- Payments -- Which conflicts rose with respect to the project? -- How do parties deal with future conflicts? -- Affordable housing -- Environmental sustainability -- Other public facilities -- Goals of the project -- Delays -- Common contract norms -- Introduction: general sketch of the agreements -- Role integrity: equally discrete and relational -- Mutuality and reciprocity: more discrete than relational -- Implementation of planning: equally discrete and relational -- Effectuation of consent: more discrete than relational -- Flexibility: equally discrete and relational -- Contractual solidarity: equally discrete and relational -- The linking norms: restitution, reliance and expectation interests: equally discrete and relational -- Creation and restraint of power: equally discrete and relational -- Propriety of means: more discrete than relational -- Harmonisation with the social matrix: equally discrete and relational -- Balance of discrete and relational norms in the agreements for the Battery Park City projects -- Case Study Hudson Yards, New York. No. 7 subway extension -- The urban development project: Hudson Yards, New York -- Introduction -- Description of the area -- Description of the project -- Momentum -- Time frame -- History and background -- Project Management -- Project finance -- Ownership -- Affordable housing -- Environmental sustainability -- Other public facilities -- Involvement of the general public -- Goals of the project -- Delays -- Role of private actors in the project -- Public actors -- Critique -- Conflicts of power: State and City interests -- Focal project: the No. 7 subway extension -- Introduction -- Positioning (area) -- Description of the project -- Momentum.

Pre-contractual procedure -- Time frame -- The contracting parties -- Other stakeholders -- Involvement of the public -- Payments -- Conflicts that arose during the project -- Future conflicts -- Affordable housing -- Environmental sustainability -- Other public facilities -- Goals of the project -- Delays -- Critique -- Common contract norms in Hudson Yards No. 7 subway extension -- Introduction: General sketch of the agreements -- Role integrity: more relational than discrete -- Mutuality and reciprocity: more discrete than relational -- Implementation of planning: more relational than discrete -- Effectuation of consent: equally discrete and relational -- Flexibility: more relational than discrete -- Contractual solidarity: more relational than discrete -- The linking norms: restitution, reliance and expectation interests: more discrete than relational -- Creation and restraint of power: equally discrete and relational -- Propriety of means: equally discrete and relational -- Harmonisation with the social matrix: relational and discrete -- Balance of discrete and relational norms in the Hudson Yards agreements -- Case Study Amsterdam Zuidas. The Gershwin and Mahler4 projects -- The urban development project: the Amsterdam Zuidas -- Introduction -- Description of the area -- Description of the project -- Momentum -- Time frame -- History and background -- Project management -- Project finance -- Ownership -- Affordable housing -- Environmental sustainability -- Other public facilities -- Involvement of the general public -- Goals of the project -- Delays -- Role of private actors in the project -- Public actors -- Critique -- Conflicts of power: State and City interests -- Focal project: (1) The Zuidschans project within the Gershwin project area -- Introduction -- Positioning (area) -- Description of the project -- Momentum.

Pre-contractual procedure -- Time frame -- The contracting parties -- Other share- and stakeholders -- Involvement of the public -- Payments -- Which Conflicts arose with respect to the project? -- How do parties deal with future conflicts? -- Affordable housing -- Environmental sustainability -- Other public facilities -- Goals of the project -- Delays -- Focal project: (2) Mahler4 -- Introduction -- Positioning (area) -- Description of the project -- Momentum -- Pre-contractual procedure -- Time frame -- The contracting parties -- Other share- and stakeholders -- Involvement of the public -- Payments -- Conflicts -- Which conflicts rose with regard to the project? -- How do parties deal with future conflicts? -- Affordable housing -- Environmental sustainability -- Other public facilities -- Goals of the project -- Delays -- Common contract norms in the Gershwin (Zuidschans) contract -- Introduction: general sketch of the agreements -- The common contract norms on a discrete-relational scale -- Role integrity: more relational than discrete -- Mutuality and reciprocity: more relational than discrete -- Implementation of planning: equally relational and discrete -- Effectuation of consent: equally discrete and relational -- Flexibility: more relational than discrete -- Contractual solidarity: more relational than discrete -- The linking norms: restitution, reliance and expectation interests: more relational than discrete -- Creation and restraint of power: more relational than discrete -- Propriety of means: equally relational and discrete -- Harmonisation with the social matrix: more relational than discrete -- Balance of discrete and relational norms in the Gershwin contract -- Common contract norms in the Mahler4 contract -- Introduction -- Role integrity: more relational than discrete -- Mutuality and reciprocity: equally relational and discrete.

Implementation of planning: more relational than discrete.