European Contract Law

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

doi:10.5771/9783845265100

Summary

European contract law is not only a key 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 is often an unfamiliar subject as its content, methods and objectives are overshadowed by national laws. This book therefore provides fundamental information about the content, methods and objectives of European legislation in the field of contract law and explains the interaction between the legislator, judges and academics during the creation of European contract law. It attempts to show how a system arises from the dialogue between the different sources. It therefore focusses not only on current EU legislation but also the extensive preparatory works in which the authors of this book were actively involved. Reiner Schulze is 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: 2015
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-2194-8
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-6510-0
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Kooperationswerke Beck - Hart – Nomos
Language: German
Pages: 296
Product type: Comment

Titelei/InhaltsverzeichnisPages I - XVIII 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) Variety of concepts 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) Acquis Principles No access
  2. 1. a) ‘Basic sources’ No access
    2. b) Draft Common Frame of Reference No access
5. 1. 1. a) Concept No access
    2. b) Preparation No access
  2. 1. a) Scope of application No access
    2. b) Structure No access
  3. 3. Legal basis and legislative process 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) Typification of contracts under the CESL No access
3. III. Mixed Contracts and Contract Groups No access
4. 1. 1. Non-mandatory and mandatory law No access
  2. 2. Limitiations on contract drafting by controlling contract terms No access
  3. 1. a) Territorial scope No access
    2. b) Material scope No access
    3. c) Personal scope No access
  4. 4. Good faith 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
  4. 4. Non-discrimination No access
  5. 5. Party status No access
6. 1. 1. Acquis communautaire No access
  2. 2. DCFR No access
  3. 3. The interpretation of contracts under the CESL No access
1. 1. 1. a) Introduction No access
    2. b) Acquis communautaire No access
    3. c) Academic drafts No access
    4. d) CESL 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 formal offer and acceptance No access
    3. c) Specific media 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
2. 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. Pre-contractual information duties in the Member States No access
  8. 8. Information duties in the acquis communautaire No access
  9. 9. Between pre-contractual information duties and fair trading No access
  10. 10. Standardized performance No access
  11. 11. Pre-contractual information duties in the CESL No access
  12. 12. Pre-contractual information duties in the Acquis Principles and DCFR No access
  13. 13. Consequences of breach No access
3. 1. 1. An alternative concept for protecting correct decisions? No access
  2. 2. Defects in consent in the acquis communautaire No access
  3. 3. Mistake and protection against unfair commercial practices No access
  4. 1. a) Overview No access
    2. b) Mistake No access
    3. c) Fraud No access
    4. d) Mistake caused by a third party No access
    5. e) Threat No access
    6. f) Unfair exploitation No access
4. 1. 1. a) Introduction No access
    2. b) Functions No access
    3. c) General part No access
  2. 2. Legal nature and position in the legal system No access
  3. 3. Scope 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 Directive No access
  2. 2. Unfair Terms in the Acquis Principles and DCFR No access
  3. 3. 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. 1. 1. Compromise No access
  2. 2. General clause and the list of unfair terms No access
4. IV. Late Payment Directive No access
5. V. Acquis Principles No access
6. VI. DCFR No access
7. VII. Reform No access
8. VIII. The Exclusion of Unfair Terms from the Consumer Rights Directive No access
9. IX. CESL No access
1. 1. 1. a) Overview No access
    2. b) Consumer contracts No access
  2. 1. a) Overview No access
    2. b) Main obligations No access
    3. c) Service contracts No access
  3. 1. a) Overview No access
    2. b) Place and form of performance No access
    3. c) Time No access
2. II. Risk 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
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. 1. a) Non-performance No access
    2. b) Excused non-performance No access
    3. c) Change of circumstances 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 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) Requirements No access
    3. c) Reimbursable loss No access
    4. d) Type and scope of damages No access
    5. e) Interest No access
  6. 6. Restitution No access
1. I. Acquis Communautaire No access
2. II. Proposal for Comprehensive European Rules No access
Chapter 8 Outlook No access Pages 285 - 296