Full Description
This is the second edition of the widely acclaimed and successful casebook on Contract in the Ius Commune Series, developed to be used throughout Europe and aimed at those who teach, learn or practise law with a comparative or European perspective. The book contains leading cases, legislation and other materials from the legal traditions within Europe, with a focus on English, French and German law as the main representatives of those traditions. The book contains the basic texts and contrasting cases as well as extracts from the various international restatements (the Vienna Sales Convention, the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, the Principles of European Contract Law, the Draft Common Frame of Reference and so on). Materials are chosen and ordered so as to foster comparative study, and complemented with annotations and comparative overviews prepared by a multinational team. The whole Casebook is in English. The principal subjects covered in this book include: General (including the distinctions between Contract and Property, Tort and Restitution); Formation; Validity; Interpretation and Contents; Remedies; Supervening Events; and Third Parties.Please click on the link below to visit the series website: www.casebooks.eu/contractLaw.
Contents
PART ONE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 THE EXTENT AND ROLE OF EUROPEAN CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS: CAUSE, CONSIDERATION AND FORM PART TWO FORMATION CHAPTER 6 TO CREATE LEGAL RELATIONS CHAPTER 9 PRE-CONTRACTUAL NEGOTIATIONS PART THREE FRAUD, ABUSE, IMMORALITY CHAPTER 10 FRAUD, MISTAKE AND IMMORAL AND ILLEGAL CONTRACTS PART FOUR INTERPRETATION AND SUPPLEMENTATION CHAPTER 13 INTERPRETATION CHAPTER 14 THE PARTIES' OBLIGATIONS: SALES AND CHAPTER 16 UNFAIR CLAUSES PART FIVE REMEDIES FOR NON-PERFORMANCE CHAPTER ENFORCEMENT CHAPTER 19 WITHHOLDING PERFORMANCE CHAPTER 20 TERMINATION CHAPTER 21 DAMAGES CHAPTER 22 LIABILITY AND REMEDIES FOR NON-CONFORMING CHAPTER 24 HARDSHIP, IMPREVISION CHAPTER 25 CLAUSES DEALING WITH SUPERVENING EVENTS PART SEVEN THIRD PARTY CONSEQUENCES CHAPTER 26 CONTRACTS FOR THE
