Towards a European Civil Code

<ol>Preface. Contents. Abbreviations.<b>Part 1 General Issues</b><li>Towards a European Civil Code. Ewoud Hondius<li>Roman Law and the Harmonisation of Private Law in Europe. Reinhard Zimmermann<li>European Private Law; Lex Mercatoria and Globalisation. Klaus Peter Berger<li>The American Experience: Restatements, the UCC, Uniform Laws, and Transnational Coordination. Richard Hyland<li> EC Directives as a Means of Private Law Unification. Peter-Christian Müller-Graff<li>The ECJ Case-law as a Means of Unification of Private Law?. Walter van Gerven<li> Principles of Contract Law. Arthur S. Hartkamp. Chapter 8. Procedural Implications of Civil Law Unification. Konstantinos D. Kerameus<li>The Legitimacy of Europeanising Private Law: Considerations on a Law of Justi(ce)-fication (Justum Facere) for the Multi-level System. Christian Joerges<li>The Challenge of Market Integration for European Conflicts Theory. Horatia Muir Watt<li>The Constitutional Basis of a European Private Law. Vincenzo Zeno-Zencovich & Noah Vardi<li>The Foreseeability Limitation on Liability in Contract. James Gordley<li> E-Commerce. Christina Romberg<li> A Diabolical Idea. Pierre Legrand<li>The ¿Social¿ Side of Contract Law and the New Principle of Regard and Fairness. Brigitta Lurger<li>Basics First Please! A Critique of Some Recent Priorities shown by the Commission¿s Action Plan. Ugo Mattei

<b> Part 2 ¿ Substantive Law. A ¿ Family law and law of succession</b><li>Is Unification of Family Law Feasible or even Desirable? Dieter Martiny<li>Harmonisation of the Law of Succession in Europe. Alain Verbeke & Yves-Henry Leleu.<b>B ¿ Contract Law ¿ General Issues</b>. Chapter<li>Formation of Contracts. Rodolfo Sacco. Chapter<li>The Pre-Contractual Stage.Sjef van Erp. Chapter<li>Agency. Michael Joachim Bonell<li> Defects on Consent in Contract Law. Muriel Fabre-Magnan & Ruth Sefton-Green<li>Illegality and Immorality in Contracts: Towards European principles. Hector MacQueen<li>Standard Form Conditions. Thomas Wilhelmsson<li>Interpretation of Contracts.Claus-Wilhelm Canaris & Hans Christoph Grigoleot<li>The Concept of Good Faith. Martijn W. Hesselink<li>Hardship. Denis Tallon<li>Non-Performance (Breach) of Contracts. Ole Lando<li> Limitation Periods. Michael Joachim Bonell. <b>C ¿ Contract Law ¿ Specific Contracts</b><li>Towards principles of European Sales law. Viola Heutger & Christoph Jeloschek<li>The Case for a European Insurance Contract Code. Jürgen Basedow<li> Service Contracts. Marco B. M. Loos. <b>D ¿ Restitution</b><li> Unjustified Enrichment. Eric Clive.<b> E ¿ Tort</b><li>The General Conditions of Unlawfulness.David Howarth<li>Product Liability ¿ A History of Harmonization. Geraint Howells<li>Economical Analysis of Tort Law and the European Civil Code. Michael Faure<li>Environmental Liability and the Private Enforcement of Community Law. Gerrit Betlem<li>The Frontier between Contractual and Tortious Liability in Europe: Insights from the Case of Compensation for Pure Economic Loss. Mauro Bussani & Vernon Valentine Palmer.<b> F ¿ Property</b><li>Transfer of Property. Ulrich Drobnig. Chapter 40. Security Rights in Movables. Ulrich Drobnig<li>The Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment. Roy Goode<li> Real Security regarding Immovable Objects ¿ Reflections on a Euro-Mortgage. Hans. G. Webren. <b>G ¿Trust</b><li>Trust and Fiducie. Michael Grimaldi & François Barrière. <b>H ¿ Company Law</b><li>Corporate and Business law in the European Union: Status and Perspectives 2004. Peter Hommelhoff & Christoph Teichmann & Carl-Heinz Witt. Index. About the Authors.

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