Comparative contract law :
Kadner Graziano, Thomas, 1961-
Comparative contract law : cases, materials and exercises / Thomas Kadner Graziano ; tranlations by Eleanor Grant. - London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. - xxiv, 510 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical reference.
Pt. A. Introduction.
1. Contract Law in the 21st Century – the purpose of this book.
2. Restructuring the International Legal Landscape: a brief introduction to the comparative methodology used in this book.
3. Principles of Contract Law: the needs to which they respond and the purposes for which they are designed --
Pt. B. Case studies.
1. Formation of Contracts.
Case 1: Offer or invitation to treat (invitatio ad offerendum)?
Case 2: Conditions for the formation of a contract – agreement or more? (cause and consideration)
Case 3: Obligation to maintain an offer or freedom to revoke an offer?
Case 4: Modification of contracts – the free will of the parties or limits on the freedom to contract (‘consideration’ revisited).
2. Performance of contracts
Case 5: Right to receive performance of a contract or just a right to receive damages?
Case 6: Damages and the role of the fault of the seller in the event of delivery of goods not in conformity with the contract
Case 7: Change of Circumstances
Case 8: Contracts and the transfer of ownership of property in European private law.
3. The law applicable to cross-border contracts and the future of European contract law.
Case 9: The law applicable to cross-border contracts (introduction)
Case 10: The future of European contract law.
A guide to the principles of European private law enhanced by a practical approach designed to promote learning by doing. Students are introduced to comparative methodology by working through a series of scenarios to be solved, rigorously underpinned with helpful references to relevant cases and materials, in their original language.
9780230579798
Contracts--Europe
Contracts--European Union countries
346.402
Comparative contract law : cases, materials and exercises / Thomas Kadner Graziano ; tranlations by Eleanor Grant. - London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. - xxiv, 510 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical reference.
Pt. A. Introduction.
1. Contract Law in the 21st Century – the purpose of this book.
2. Restructuring the International Legal Landscape: a brief introduction to the comparative methodology used in this book.
3. Principles of Contract Law: the needs to which they respond and the purposes for which they are designed --
Pt. B. Case studies.
1. Formation of Contracts.
Case 1: Offer or invitation to treat (invitatio ad offerendum)?
Case 2: Conditions for the formation of a contract – agreement or more? (cause and consideration)
Case 3: Obligation to maintain an offer or freedom to revoke an offer?
Case 4: Modification of contracts – the free will of the parties or limits on the freedom to contract (‘consideration’ revisited).
2. Performance of contracts
Case 5: Right to receive performance of a contract or just a right to receive damages?
Case 6: Damages and the role of the fault of the seller in the event of delivery of goods not in conformity with the contract
Case 7: Change of Circumstances
Case 8: Contracts and the transfer of ownership of property in European private law.
3. The law applicable to cross-border contracts and the future of European contract law.
Case 9: The law applicable to cross-border contracts (introduction)
Case 10: The future of European contract law.
A guide to the principles of European private law enhanced by a practical approach designed to promote learning by doing. Students are introduced to comparative methodology by working through a series of scenarios to be solved, rigorously underpinned with helpful references to relevant cases and materials, in their original language.
9780230579798
Contracts--Europe
Contracts--European Union countries
346.402