European Contract Law

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Reiner Schulze; Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Fryderyk Zoll

doi:10.5771/9783845287850

Summary

European contract law is not only a core aspect of European private law but also plays a highly important role in the development of contract law at national level. However, European contract law’s contribution and significance are often overlooked and its content, methods and objectives not fully understood.

This revised and updated second edition unlocks European contract law by providing fundamental information about the central EU legislation, court decisions, and academic projects in order to show how a system arises from the dialogue between the different sources. Moreover, this second edition takes into account the legislative proposals and challenges resulting from the ‘Digital Revolution’ and the development of a 21st century contract law.

Reiner Schulze is former Professor of German and European Civil Law at the University of Münster. Fryderyk Zoll is Professor of Polish and European Private Law at the University of Osnabrück.

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Copyright year: 2018
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-4532-6
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-8785-0
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Kooperationswerke Beck - Hart – Nomos
Language: English
Pages: 312
Product type: Comment

Titelei/InhaltsverzeichnisPages I - XXIV Download chapter (PDF)
1. 1. 1. European contract law No access
  2. 2. Aim and structure of this book No access
  3. 1. a) Sources No access
    2. b) Literature No access
2. 1. 1. a) Overview No access
    2. b) Variations No access
  2. 1. a) Origins No access
    2. b) Independence of the supranational legal order No access
    3. c) Interdependency between national and supranational law No access
3. 1. 1. Types of rules No access
  2. 2. Primary law No access
  3. 1. a) Development No access
    2. b) Fragmentation No access
    3. c) Minimum and full harmonization No access
  4. 1. a) Consumer protection No access
    2. b) Small and medium-sized enterprises No access
    3. c) E-Commerce No access
    4. d) Payment services No access
    5. e) Non-discrimination No access
    6. f) Insurance contracts No access
    7. g) Others No access
4. 1. 1. a) Principles of European Contract Law No access
    2. b) Pavia Draft No access
    3. c) General contract law and commercial law No access
    4. d) Acquis Principles No access
  2. 1. a) ‘Basic sources’ No access
    2. b) Draft Common Frame of Reference No access
  3. 1. a) Concept No access
    2. b) Preparation No access
    3. c) Structure and scope of application No access
    4. d) Codification character No access
    5. e) Legislative process and withdrawal No access
  4. 4. Focus on the Digital Single Market No access
1. 1. 1. Contract and juridical act No access
  2. 1. a) Contract and inertia selling No access
    2. b) Complex process of conclusion of contract No access
  3. 3. Contract and notice No access
2. 1. 1. a) Commercial agency No access
    2. b) Timeshare No access
    3. c) Consumer sales No access
    4. d) Consumer credit No access
  2. 1. a) Framework contract No access
    2. b) Advisory services No access
    3. c) Service contracts No access
    4. d) Contract types under the CESL No access
    5. e) Contracts for the Supply of Digital Content No access
3. III. Mixed Contracts No access
4. 1. 1. Overview No access
  2. 2. Non-mandatory and mandatory law No access
  3. 3. Limitations on contract drafting by controlling contract terms No access
  4. 4. Good faith No access
  5. 1. a) Foundation No access
    2. b) Discrimination due to a personal characteristic No access
    3. c) Discrimination as an obstacle to the internal market No access
  6. 6. Party status No access
5. 1. 1. Overview No access
  2. 2. Notion of the consumer in the acquis communautaire No access
  3. 3. Other protected parties No access
1. 1. 1. Overview No access
  2. 2. Comparative perspectives No access
  3. 3. Pre-contractual duties and good faith in the acquis communautaire No access
  4. 4. Pre-contractual duties and good faith in the CESL No access
  5. 5. Pre-contractual duties and good faith in the DCFR No access
  6. 6. Liability under the Acquis Principles No access
  7. 7. Information duties in the acquis communautaire No access
  8. 8. Between pre-contractual information duties and fair trading No access
  9. 9. Standardized performance No access
  10. 10. Pre-contractual information duties in the CESL No access
  11. 11. Pre-contractual information duties in the Acquis Principles and DCFR No access
  12. 12. Consequences of breach No access
2. 1. 1. a) Introduction No access
    2. b) Acquis communautaire No access
    3. c) Academic and legislative drafts No access
  2. 1. a) Principle No access
    2. b) Requirements No access
    3. c) Additional requirements? No access
  3. 1. a) Offer and acceptance No access
    2. b) Conclusion without offer and acceptance No access
    3. c) Conclusion via distance means of communication No access
  4. 1. a) Party to the contract No access
    2. b) Third parties No access
  5. 1. a) Binding effect No access
    2. b) Protecting the offeror No access
  6. 1. a) Principle No access
    2. b) Functions No access
    3. c) Requirements No access
    4. d) Legal effects No access
  7. 1. a) An alternative concept for protecting against flawed decisions? No access
    2. b) Defects in consent in the acquis communautaire No access
    3. c) Mistake and protection against unfair commercial practices No access
    4. d) Defects in consent in the CESL No access
3. 1. 1. a) Introduction No access
    2. b) Emergence of a general part No access
  2. 1. a) Protection No access
    2. b) Creating confidence No access
    3. c) Scope No access
  3. 1. a) Formative right No access
    2. b) Distinction from revocation and termination rights No access
    3. c) Mandatory nature No access
  4. 1. a) Notice No access
    2. b) Dispatch principle No access
    3. c) Information on the right of withdrawal No access
  5. 1. a) Restitution No access
    2. b) Termination No access
    3. c) Obligations of the parties No access
    4. d) Service contracts No access
    5. e) Ancillary contracts No access
1. 1. 1. Unfair terms law as a core area of contract law No access
  2. 1. a) Structure No access
    2. b) Standard under the general clause No access
    3. c) Relationship to German law No access
    4. d) Approaches to further development No access
  3. 3. Unfair Terms in the Acquis Principles and DCFR No access
  4. 4. Unfair Terms in the CESL No access
2. 1. 1. Development in German law No access
  2. 2. Control of terms under the French system No access
  3. 3. English and Scandinavian Systems No access
3. III. Unfair Terms Directive as a Compromise No access
4. IV. General Clause and the List of Unfair Terms No access
5. V. Late Payment Directive No access
6. VI. Acquis Principles No access
7. VII. DCFR No access
8. VIII. Reform No access
9. IX. The Exclusion of Unfair Terms from the Consumer Rights Directive No access
10. X. CESL No access
1. 1. 1. Acquis communautaire No access
  2. 1. a) Typical performance obligations No access
    2. b) Counter-performance No access
    3. c) Further areas of regulation under the CESL-D No access
    4. d) Emergence of a general conceptual basis No access
2. 1. 1. Overview No access
  2. 2. Place and type of performance No access
  3. 3. Time No access
3. 1. 1. Basic features No access
  2. 2. Consumer contracts No access
  3. 3. Commercial contracts No access
4. 1. 1. a) Types No access
    2. b) Acquis communautaire No access
    3. c) Supply of digital content No access
  2. 2. Performance and non-performance No access
  3. 3. Termination No access
1. 1. 1. Innovative approaches in the acquis communautaire No access
  2. 1. a) Acquis communautaire No access
    2. b) CESL No access
    3. c) Services No access
2. 1. 1. Overview No access
  2. 2. Requirement in the acquis communautaire No access
  3. 3. Types of non-performance in the acquis communautaire No access
  4. 4. Requirement in the CESL No access
3. 1. 1. Acquis communautaire No access
  2. 2. DCFR No access
  3. 3. CESL No access
4. 1. 1. a) Overview No access
    2. b) Requirements and exclusion No access
    3. c) Subsequent performance No access
  2. 1. a) Overview No access
    2. b) Requirements No access
    3. c) Consequence No access
  3. 1. a) Overview No access
    2. b) Requirements No access
    3. c) Notice of termination No access
    4. d) Examination and notification duties No access
    5. e) Consequences No access
  4. 1. a) Overview No access
    2. b) Requirements and exclusion No access
    3. c) Consequences No access
  5. 1. a) Overview No access
    2. b) Damages in the CESL No access
    3. c) Interest No access
  6. 6. Restitution No access
1. I. Acquis Communautaire No access
2. II. Proposal for Comprehensive European Rules No access
3. III. Conclusions No access
Chapter 8 Outlook No access Pages 303 - 306
Index No access Pages 307 - 312