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

Cover Note

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: formation, validity, interpretation and contents, supervening events, remedies and third parties.

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Update

The second revised edition of the Casebook on Contract Law has been published in November 2010.