Contract Law (1)

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Full Citation

H Beale, H Kötz, A Hartkamp, D Tallon (eds.), Cases, Materials and Text on Contract Law (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2002) xciv + 993 pp. (ISBN 1-84113-237-3)

Cover Text

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 (Vienna Sales Convention, UNIDROIT, Principles of European Contract Law and so on). Materials are chosen and ordered so as to foster comparative study, and complemented with annotations and comparative overviews prepared by a multinational team. The whole Casebook is in English. 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; Liability not based on fault as well as defences.

Table of Contents

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• Preface
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Formation
• Chapter 3. Validity
• Chapter 4. Interpretation and Contents
• Chapter 5. Supervening Events in the Life of Contract
• Chapter 6. Remedies for Non-Performance
• Chapter 7. Third Party Consequences
• Table of cases
• Table of legislative instruments
• Table of contents (full version)

Task Force

The list below shows the affiliations of the task force members at the time of writing/publication of the casebook.

General editors

• H Beale (University of Warwick)
• H Kötz (Buccerius Law School)
• A Hartkamp (Advocate General, Hoge Raad, The Hague)
• D Tallon (University of Paris II)

Contributing editors

• H Beale (Chapter 3. Invalidity, Section 2: Fraud, mistake and Misrepresentation; Chapter 6. Remedies)
• H Kötz (Chapter 3. Invalidity, Section 1: Immoral and Illegal Contracts; Chapter 4. Interpretation and Contents; Chapter 7. Third party consequences)
• J Harrington (Chapter 3. Invalidity, Section 2: Fraud, mistake and Misrepresentation; Chapter 6. Remedies)
• M Hesselink (Chapter 2. Formation, Section 2: Pre-contractual Good Faith)
• D Tallon (Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 5. Supervening events)
• R Tjittes (Chapter 3. Invalidity, Section 4: Unfair Terms)
• H Van Kooten (Chapter 3. Invalidity, Section 3: Threats and abuse of Circumstances)
• H Wattendorf (Chapter 2. Formation, Section 1: Offer and acceptance)

Managing Editors

• H Beale
• L Bernardeau
• D Tallon
• R Williams

Book Reviews

• B Fauvarque-Cosson, Revue Internationale de Droit Comparé, 2-2003, 447-450.

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Second edition

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Table of Contents

• Preface
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Formation
• Chapter 3. Validity
• Chapter 4. Interpretation and Contents
• Chapter 5. Supervening Events in the Life of Contract
• Chapter 6. Remedies for Non-Performance
• Chapter 7. Third Party Consequences
• Table of cases (pdf)
• Table of legislative instruments (pdf)
• Table of contents (full version) (pdf)
• Inspection Copies
• Order (pdf)