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.
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