Contract Law: Ius Commune Casebooks for the Common Law of Europe

This is the second book in the Casebooks for the Common Law of Europe series, developed for use throughout Europe and aimed at those who teach, learn or practice law with a comparative or European perspective. The book contains leading cases, legislation and other materials from the legal traditions within Europe, with a focus on English, French and German law as the main representatives of those traditions. Contract Law contains the basic texts and contrasting cases as well as extracts from the various international restatements. Materials are chosen and ordered so as to foster comparative study, and complemented with annotations and comparative overviews prepared by a multinational team. The principal subjects covered in this book include: General; Formation; Validity; Interpretation and Contents; Supervening Events; Remedies; Third Parties; The Tort/Contract Divide; Causation; Remedies; Fault and Unlawfulness; Liability for Others; and Liability not based on fault as well as defenses.