Contract law Books

Book SynopsisThe law of torts recognises many defences to liability. While some of these defences have been explored in detail, scant attention has been given to the theoretical foundations of defences generally. In particular, no serious attempt has been made to explain how defences relate to each other or to the torts to which they pertain. The goal of this book is to reduce the size of this substantial gap in our understanding of tort law. The principal way in which it attempts to do so is by developing a taxonomy of defences. The book shows that much can be learned about a given defence from the way in which it is classified. This book has been awarded Joint Second Prize for the 2014 Society of Legal Scholars Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship.Trade Review...a welcome contribution. With its careful analysis and clear prose, the book warrants our serious attention. -- Graeme Austin * New Zealand Law Journal *...this book is a gem. It is beautifully clear in its exposition, and thorough in its examination of the area which has long needed such a look. Academic tort lawyers will love it and practitioners will find it extremely useful in clarifying their approach to arguing defences. It is worth having in your library. -- Prue Vines * Australian Civil Liability *... a highly original and insightful analysis into the law of defences to torts as a whole [that] is certainly worthwhile reading. -- James Plunkett * Australian Law Journal, Volume 88 *... an excellent, thought-provoking and rigorously analytical book, which is clearly written and meticulously researched. -- Paul Mitchell * Sydney Law Review, Volume 36 *...Goudkamp's book is the first scholarly study of tort law defences as a whole, and as such is a major addition to the scholarship of tort law. The range of the author's scholarship is impressive, not only in its scale, in that it has extended over the whole field of the law of torts, but also jurisdictionally, and in the use he makes of criminal law scholarship about defences - which may be a first for torts scholars. There are passages which are heavy on theory...which are particularly telling in showing the author's mastery of such areas. The work as a whole has carved out a new area in tort law research and is a most impressive contribution to the scholarly literature on this subject. -- Peter Handford * Torts Law Journal, Volume 21 *... Tort Law Defences... forces everyone with a serious interest in tort (and more widely in private law) to think harder about the topic. ...this is the first serious study devoted to the subject in the common-law world. That tort law defences have been under-analysed is self-evident: indeed, Goudkamp’s namesake book is the first serious attempt to conceptualise them. This is enough in itself to make it a landmark in tort scholarship. If defences are one day recognised as a coherent field of study, it will be in large part this book’s heritage. ... Tort Law Defences is ... a pioneering work. It challenges us to think harder about doctrines which are extremely important, both on a theoretical and a practical level. -- Eric Descheemaeker * The Modern Law Review, Volume 77(3) *... the book is impeccably researched and readable. -- Peter Fagan * New South Wales Law Society Journal, 2014 *In this very significant and thought-provoking book, James Goudkamp offers a fresh conceptualisation of the law governing tort defences, and does so with a rigour and energy that make the book a chellenging yet highly worthwhile study... It is an invaluable addition to torts scholarship. This fine book makes an ambitious argument that is sustained by rigorous scholarship and expressed with clarity and cogency. It deserves to be read and analysed by all those interested in tort law and the law of obligations. -- Desmond Ryan * Legal Studies, volume 34, number 4 *James Goudkamp’s book can rightly claim to be the first serious attempt to examine tort law defences systematically and it is a very important addition to the private law canon…[his] analysis is consistently thought-provoking…this book will provide the framework for future analysis of all private law defences. -- Graham Virgo * The Cambridge Law Journal *James Goudkamp’s Tort Law Defences fills a startling gap in tort law scholarship, which has not previously made a serious attempt to classify or theorize about defences...Goudkamp’s book provides an impressive foundation for the future study of defences, and will undoubtedly become the standard against which all other works are measured. -- Erika Chamberlain * Canadian Business Law Journal *This book, a revised version of the author's doctoral thesis, is the first sustained attempt in the modern law to explore the theoretical foundations of the defences to liability recognised by the law of tort and their interrelationship...an instant classic. -- Annette Morris and Ken Oliphant * Yearbook of European Tort Law, 2013 *...this book is a pathbreaker in theorising about tort law defences and deserves a space on the shelves of law libraries and tort law academics. -- Kumaralingam Amirthalingam * Singapore Journal of Legal Studies *This ambitious new work is the first concerted attempt to develop a coherent theory of defences in tort. In doing so, it addresses many of the fundamental questions that need to be analysed in order to grasp the deeper nature of defences as a functional, normative instrument in tort law. The light shed on the functionality aspect is very helpful from a comparative perspective...written in a very clear and systematic nature and Goudkamp’s language is impressively precise and readable. His analyses are based on a wide range of very interesting theoretical material, and he is undoubtedly a very knowledgeable scholar in this area...an important stepping stone in both general law theory and general theory about private law. -- Anie Marie Froseth * Journal of European Tort Law *Table of Contents1 Introduction 2 Torts and Defences 3 Denials 4 A Taxonomy of Tort Law Defences 5 Applying the Taxonomy 6 Implications 7 Rival Taxonomies 8 Denials of Responsibility 9 Future Directions

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a contractual framework for the regulation of party autonomy in choice of law. The party autonomy rule is the cornerstone of any modern system of choice of law; embodying as it does the freedom enjoyed by parties to a cross-border legal relationship to agree on the law applicable to it. However, as this study shows, the rule has a major shortcoming because it fails to give due regard to the contractual function of the choice of law agreement. The study examines the existing law on choice of law agreements, by reference to the law of both common and civil law jurisdictions and international instruments. Moreover, it suggests a new coherent approach to party autonomy that integrates both the law of contract and choice of law. This important new study should be read with interest by private international law scholars.Trade ReviewThe range, depth and originality of the analysis of complex and intricate aspects of party autonomy in applicable law make this a must read for anyone engaged in research in this field. -- Paul Beaumont, University of Aberdeen and Jonathan Harris, King’s College, LondonThe book, that is comparative throughout, thus offers a lot to both European private law and PIL experts. -- Jan M Smits * Maastricht European Private Law Institute Blog *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Selection of the Applicable Law by Contract 3. The Scope of Party Autonomy 4. Independence of the Choice of Law Contract 5. Regulating the Choice of Law Contract 6. Agreement to Choose the Applicable Law 7. Formation of the Choice of Law Contract 8. Validity of the Choice of Law Contract 9. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive book offers a thoughtful survey of theories, issues and cases in order to reassess the present vision of contract law. Comparative refers both to the specific kind of methodologies implied and to the polyphonic perspectives collected on the main topics, with the aim of superseding the conventional forms of representation. In this perspective, the work engages a critical search for the fault lines, which crosses traditions of thought and globalized landscapes. Notwithstanding contract's enduring presence and the technicalities devoted to managing clauses and interpretation, the inquiry on the proper nature of contract and its status and collocation within private legal taxonomies continues to be a controversial exercise. Moving from a vast array of dissimilar inclinations, which have historically produced heterogeneous maps of law, this book is built around the genealogies of contractual theoretical thinking; the contentious relationship between private governance and normative regulations; the competing styles used to stage contract law; the concurring opinions expressed within the domain of other disciplines, such as literature and political theory; the tensions between global context and local frames; and the movable thresholds between canonical expressions and heterodox constructions. For its careful analysis and the wide range of references employed, Comparative Contract Law will be a tremendous resource for academics, legal scholars and interdisciplinary experts as well as judges and law practitioners.Contributors include: G. Bellantuono, B.H. Bix, D. Carpi, C.L. Cordasco, C. Costantini, S. Fiorato, J. Gordley, M. Granieri, A. Hutchison, M.R. Marella, G. Marini, P.G. Monateri, F. Monceri, P. Moreno Cruz, H. Muir Watt, F. Parisi, P. Pardolesi, G. SamuelTrade Review'This is a cracking collection of essays, emphasising that comparative law is not simply a matter of comparing jurisdictions, but of tracing history and crossing disciplines too. Comparative Contract Law has something for everybody; the legal theorist, the legal historian, the literary jurist, the international lawyer and the common law contract lawyer. Professor Monateri and his contributors have done the discipline of critical comparative law proud. An essential read for anyone interested in exploring the intellectual parameters of contract law, past and present.' --Ian Ward, Newcastle University, UK'Comparative Contract Law redefines approaches to comparative law by incorporating what might be called ''internal comparative law'', while also exploring transnational law, party autonomy, and the legal environment beyond states and their diverse legal systems. The book is also innovative given its inclusion of comparative studies in law and economics and law and literature, which shows that disciplines that are usually considered to be ''external'' to law are indeed relevant for the assessment and for the reform of law.' --Sebastian McEvoy, University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Defense, FranceTable of ContentsContents: Introduction PART I CONTRACT LAW: THEORIES AND GENEALOGIES 1. Theories of Contract Law Brian H. Bix 2. In Defense of Roman Contract Law James Gordley 3. The Authoritarian Theory of Contract Pier Giuseppe Monateri 4. Contract and the Comparatist: Should We Think About Contract in Terms of ‘Contracticles’? Geoffrey Samuel 5. Critical Comparative Contract Law Giovanni Marini 6. Contract Law and Regulation Giuseppe Bellantuono PART II MARKET VALUES AND THEIR CRITIQUES. PRIVATE GOVERNANCE AND NORMATIVE REGULATIONS 7. Enforcing Bilateral Promises: A Comparative Law and Economics Perspective Francesco Parisi, Marta Cenini and Barbara Luppi 8. Spontaneous Order and Freedom of Contract Carlo Ludovico Cordasco 9. “Party Autonomy” Horatia Muir Watt 10. Who is the Contracting Party? A Trip Around the Transformation of the Legal Subject Maria Rosaria Marella 11. Freedom of Contract and Constitutional Values: Some Exceptional Cases from the Colombian Constitutional Court Pablo Moreno Cruz PART III REPRESENTATIONS AND NARRATIVES 12. The Unburiable Contract. Grant Gilmore’s Discontinuous Parabola and the Literary Construction of American Legal Style Cristina Costantini 13. Queering the Contractual Paradigm between Law and Political Theory Flavia Monceri 14. Contracts in Literature: from Doctor Faustus to Vampires Daniela Carpi 15. Women and contracts in Angela Carter’s Postmodern Revision of the Fairy Tale Sidia Fiorato PART IV GLOBAL CONTEXT AND LOCAL FRAMES 16. The Wrecking Ball. Good Faith, Preemption and US Exceptionalism Peter Goodrich 17. Technological Contracts Massimiliano Granieri 18. Contractual Interpretation: The South African Blend Of Common, Civil And Indigenous Law In Comparative Perspective Andrew Hutchison 19. Promissory Estoppel Paolo Pardolesi 20. Party Autonomy in Global Context: An International Laywer’s Take on the Political Economy of a Self-constituting Regime. Horatia Muir Watt Index

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Book SynopsisComparative Contract Law and Economics provides a deeper understanding of the similarities and differences between the legal systems of France, England, the US and Germany in terms of contract law. The application of the economically inspired optimal model rule as a uniform term of comparison provides valuable insights into the pre-contractual duties of disclosure, the phenomena of unforeseen contingencies and the unilateral termination of contracts. The objective evaluation method enriches traditional comparative contract law by enabling further qualitative assessment. The book offers ample opportunities for further research and for 'better' law making, legislation and jurisprudence. Moreover, it enables comparative contract law to offer clear-cut, objective recommendations on the possible improvements of legal rules or decisions. This well-documented book will appeal to postgraduate students and scholars of law and economics, and comparative law. Judges and law practitioners will also find much to interest them in this pioneering volume.Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Pre-contractual Duty to Disclose Information 3. Unforeseen Contingencies 4. Unilateral Termination 5. Summary and Conclusions References IndexTrade ReviewThis monograph sets a model for what good comparative law and economics scholarship should look like. Solid legal thinking is coupled with sound and accessible economic analysis, with attention to real life legal problems. --Francesco Parisi, University of Minnesota, US and University of Bologna, ItalyThis excellent book shows that comparing legal rules from an economic point of view is extremely valuable for legal scholarship. Comparative Contract Law and Economics allows for a better understanding of contract law and offers opportunities for better law-making. --Ann-Sophie Vandenberghe, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The NetherlandsMitja Kovac is one of the frontrunners in the newest generation of comparative law scholarship - one that does not stay at the surface but digs deeply into economics, both to better explain the differences among legal systems and to show that these differences often do not exist. --Gerrit De Geest, Washington University, School of LawTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Pre-contractual Duty to Disclose Information 3. Unforeseen Contingencies 4. Unilateral Termination 5. Summary and Conclusions Index

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Book SynopsisThis updated edition includes an examination of force majeure in French law, the drafting of force majeure clauses, its usage in shipbuilding contracts, and the application of commercial impracticality under article 2-165 of the Uniform Commercial Code.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction and Interrelationship Chapter 2 The Drafting of Force Majeure Clauses Chapter 3 Frustration, Force Majeure and Shipping Law Chapter 4 Applying the Principles - Industrial Action and Building Contracts Chapter 5 Frustration, Remedies and Re-Appraisal Chapter 6 International and Comparative Aspects

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Book SynopsisThese essays, first delivered at the SPTL/UKNCCL conference in September 1996, offer a scholarly and practical analysis of the consequences of contractual failure. The contributors include many of the UK's leading contract and restitution law scholars, joined by a select number of French and German compartists. The essays range broadly over all aspects of contractual failure, including the issue of loss and gain, remedies for breach, the proprietary consequences, restitution in EU law under Article 85 (EC), the duty to re-negotiate, contractual liability, as well as more general restitutionary issues. Contributors: Malcolm Clarke; Gerhard Dannemann; Brice Dickson; Steve Hedley; Alison Jones; Christian Lapoyade Deschamps; Hector MacQueen; Richard Nolan; Janet O'Sullivan; Edwin Peel; Geoffrey Samuel; Erich Schanze; Eltjo Schrage; John Stevens; Robert Stevens; Felicity Toube; Janet Ulph; Peter Watts; Sarah Worthington.Table of ContentsLoss and gain at greater depth - the implications of the Ruxley decision, Janet O'Sullivan; loss and gain at greater depth - the implications of the Ruxley decision - a comment, Edwin Peel; remedies for breach of contract - specific enforcement and restitution, Richard Nolan; remedies for breach of contract - specific enforcement and restitution - a comment, Peter Watts; the proprietary consequences of contract failure - Sarah Worthington; the proprietary consequences of contract failure - a comment, Janet Ulph; restitution under Article 85(2) of the EC Treaty - can it be done?, Felicity Toube; restitution under Article 85(2) of the EC Treaty - can it be done? a comment, Alison Jones; restitution for termination of contract in German Law, Gerhard Dannemann; failure of long-term contracts and the duty to re-negotiate, Erich Schanze; failure of long-term contracts and the duty to re-negotiate - a comment, Geoffrey Samuel; le mythe de la responsabilite contractuelle en Droit Francais, Christian Lapoyade Deschamps; the myth of contractual liability in French law - a comment, Malcolm Clarke; contract, unjustified enrichment and concurrent liability - a Scots perspective, Hector L. MacQueen; contract, unjustified enrichment and concurrent liability - a Scots perspective - a comment, John Stevens; contract and restitution - a few comparative remarks, Eltjo Schrage; contract and restitution - a few comparative remarks - a comment, Brice Dickson; restitution - contract's twin?, Steve Hedley; restitution - contract's twin? - a comment, Robert Stevens. Appendix: the publications of Sir Guenter Treitel.

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Book SynopsisPart I, gives a full and detailed account of the enforcement of contracts for the sale of land, interests in land and testamentary contracts by specific performance, enforcement of Pallant v Morgan-type arrangements, collateral contracts, and enforcement of contracts by way of estoppel by convention. Part I also deals with the defence mechanism provided by promissory estoppel in actions of enforcement of terms of contracts. Part II, provides a comprehensive account of the concepts and principles at play in actions to set aside contracts on grounds of equitable mistake, misrepresentation, undue influence, non est factum and improvident transactions. Part III deals with principles of summary judgment applied in the enforcement of debts arising from contracts of loan and guarantees relating to them, arguable defences and remittal of issues to plenary hearing, and also contracts with banks. Part IV presents a full and comprehensive account of the court rules and legal principles governing the discovery of documents, interrogatories, interlocutory and mandatory interlocutory injunctions and issues and principles of costs of entire proceedings and costs of interlocutory applications.Table of ContentsPART 1 THE ENFORCEMENT OF CONTRACTS Chapter 1: The Enforcement of Contracts by Specific Performance • Introduction • The Enforcement of Contracts by Specific Performance • Discretionary Enforcement of Contracts • Contracts Incapable of Enforcement by Specific Performance • Damages In Lieu of Specific Performance Chapter 2: The Enforcement of Testamentary and Pre-Testamentary Contracts • Introduction • Testamentary Contracts • Pre-Testamentary Contracts • Commentaries on Testamentary and Pre-Testamentary Contracts Chapter 3: Pallant v Morgan-Type Arrangements and Equity • Introduction • Pallant v Morgan -Type Arrangements and Equity • Alternative Enforcement of Pallant v Morgan –Type Arrangements by Proprietary Estoppel or Remedial Constructive Trust Chapter 4: The Enforcement of Collateral Contracts • Introduction • The Concept of a Collateral Contract • The Enforcement of Collateral Contracts • Procedural Fairness Chapter 5: Estoppel Principles • Introduction • Principle of Promissory Estoppel • Principle of Estoppel by Convention PART II SETTING ASIDE CONTRACTS Chapter 6: Doctrines of Common Mistake and Rectification • Introduction • Doctrines of Common Mistake • Rectifying Mistakes Chapter 7: The Right to Rescind • Introduction • The Right to Rescind • Damages in Lieu of Rescission • Damages for Fraudulent Misrepresentation Chapter 8: Presumptions of Undue Influence • Introduction • Presumptions of Undue Influence • Rebutting Presumptions • Laches • Duress Chapter 9: The Morris and Gilligan Criteria • Introduction • The Morris Criteria and Principle of Non Est Factum • The Gilligan Criteria and Improvident Transactions PART III: THE ENFORCEMENT OF DEBTS AND GUARANTEES BY SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND ARGUABLE DEFENCES Chapter 10: Applications for Summary Judgment for Enforcement of Debts, Guarantees and Account Taken • Introduction • Particulars of a Debt in a Summary Summons • Applications for Summary Judgment • Grounding and Replying Affidavits • Applications for Account Taken Chapter 11: Principles of Summary Judgment and Account Taken • Introduction • Principles of Summary Judgment • Principles of Account Taken Chapter 12: Arguable Defences • Introduction • Principles of Summary Judgment Applicable to Arguable Defences • The Credibility of the Defence • Issues Raised in Arguable Defences • Cross-Claims • Substantiating Issues at Plenary Hearing Chapter 13: Contracts with Banks • Introduction • Bank and Customer Relationships • A Bank’s Duty to Make Enquiries • Arguable Defences by Bank Customers • An Arguable Defence Based on the Superimposition of a Constructive Trust on a Bank’s Duty to Enquire PART IV: DISCOVERY OF DOCUMENTS, DELIVERY OF INTERROGATORIES, INJUNCTIONS AND COSTS Chapter 14: Discovery of Documents • Introduction • Rules and Affidavit of Discovery of Documents • The Clarke Principles of Discovery Chapter 15: Delivery of Interrogatories and Privileged Communications • Introduction • Delivery of Interrogatories • Privileged Communications Chapter 16: Injunctions • Introduction • Interlocutory and Mandatory Interlocutory Injunctions • Adequacy of Damages • Undertaking as to Damages • Mareva Injunctions Chapter 17: The Costs of Proceedings • Introduction • Costs of the Entire Proceedings • Principles of Costs of Entire Proceedings Chapter 18: The Costs of Interlocutory Applications • Introduction • Costs of Interlocutory Applications • Principles of Costs of Interlocutory Applications

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Book SynopsisThis book examines national reports on contract law in each of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) in order to provide a comparative analysis. It then establishes common principles, where possible, as well as a set of general “soft law” principles governing international commercial contracts in these countries. The importance of commercial transactions in the BRICS countries is rapidly growing, yet differences in contract law among these countries can lead to misunderstandings and disputes. The rapid development of the BRICS instruments (and the legal implications of their use) suggests the need to address common legal issues that could harm the continued development of the BRICS economies. Contract law represents one of the core areas in which this process can take place. Addressing the salient legal issues within the BRICS discourse requires a comprehensive, comparative approach that explores the different solutions provided by each member country, in order to identify similarities and convergences. This process may ultimately help to reduce the legal obstacles to, and indirect costs of, cross-border transactions by offering a transparent and predictable legal environment for any future attempt at adopting common legal instruments.Table of ContentsPart I. Setting the Scene.- Chapter 1. The Research Project on the Principles of BRICS Commercial Contracts Law. An Introduction (Mauro Bussani).- Chapter 2. Commercial Contract Law in the BRICS: A Comparative Overview (Marta Infantino).- Part II. Questions and Answers in the Framework of National Jurisdictions.- Chapter 3. The Questionnaire for the Drafting of the National Reports (Jacques Du Plessis).- Chapter 4. Brazilian Report (Umberto Celli Jr.).- Chapter 5. Russian Report (Aleksander Komarov).- Chapter 6. Indian Report (Nilima Bhadbhade).- Chapter 7. Chinese Report (Lihong Zhang).- Chapter 8. South African Report (Jacques Du Plessis).- Part III. On the Way to the Principles of Brics Commercial Contracts Law.- Chapter 9. The Possible Path towards the Principles of BRICS Commercial Contracts Law – A Comparative Analysis of the National Reports (Salvatore Mancuso)

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on an emerging problem in English contract law: what should be done when a party has been unjustly enriched as the result of a breach of contract but there is no measurable loss suffered by said party? Two rulings are at the heart of the book: Wrotham Park Estate v Parkside Homes and Attorney-General v Blake. These two cases can be said to have established gain-based remedies in English contract law. However, the principles that underpin these remedies are not entirely clear and are subject to debate.This book analyses these principles through the lens of compensatory and restitutionary approaches. Moreover, it applies a comparative analysis of these approaches through the lens of the civil law jurisdiction in Poland.Since the term ‘compensation’ is not a universal concept, the book distinguishes between two rationales in the compensatory analysis. The first, reparative compensation, is defined as a form of monetary recompense for loss or damage actually suffered. The second, substitutive compensation, represents a monetary equivalent to a right that a person has been deprived of or denied. Both rationales require the application of a broad notion of loss in order to make gain-based remedies workable in both English and Polish law.In contrast, ‘restitution’ states that a person cannot be permitted to profit from their own wrongdoing. Based on this principle, the book argues that gain-based remedies could be applied under Polish law through the rules of unjust enrichment. However, in order to do so, a broader understanding of the subtraction prerequisite (the enrichment being at the aggrieved party’s expense) would have to be adopted. The book concludes that unjust enrichment is a more natural way of implementing gain-based remedies in civil law jurisdictions.Table of Contents1. Introduction and Methodology.- 2. Gain-based Remedies for Breach of Contract in General.- 3. Finding Gain-based Remedies under the Compensatory Principles.- 4. Finding Gain-Based Remedies under Restitutionary Principles.- 5. Summary and Conclusions.- 6. Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisBlockchains and smart contracts are emerging technologies that pose unique challenges for legal systems. This book outlines the extent to which these new and innovative technologies could have potentially disruptive effects on contract law in Europe. It does so through a comparative, three-part analysis of the recognisability and effects of smart contracts in European legal systems. First of all, in light of the technologies’ transboundary nature, the book employs a comparative approach, considering French law, German law, English law, and Dutch law to analyse the impact on the different systems of contract law. While doing so, it also addresses the formation, interpretation, and vitiation of contracts. Secondly, it analyses the impact of these technologies on European laws regarding unfair terms in consumer contracts and argues that the existing rules should be applied to smart legal agreements in business-to-consumer relations. Lastly, it analyses the current European rules of private international law on the basis of which jurisdiction and applicable law are developed. In this respect, the book concludes that the vast majority of these European rules are “smart contract-proof”.Table of Contents1 Introduction.- 2 Technology.- 3 Formation of contracts.- 4 Interpretation and balance of power.- 5 Vitiating factors.- 6 Private International law.- 7 Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a comprehensive introduction to French contract law with a focus on the role of consent and the evolution of consensualism, considering its immediate historical sources. The book provides a clear, in-depth, and analytical discussion of the contingency of consensualism and how the development of consensual ideas across time and transnational geographical settings has specifically underpinned modern French contract law, which has inspired other legal systems and continues to do so. It also challenges the macro-narratives of European legal history and redefines consensualism so that it may be properly understood, addressing its manifest contemporary misinterpretations. Thorough, engaging, well-structured and inventive, there is no other English-language scholarly work that offers a similar analysis.“This monograph makes an evident contribution to the field by offering an original interpretation of several provisions in the Code Civil which relate to the law of contract. The author demonstrates an impressive grasp of Latin, French and English sources as well as knowledge of Roman law, legal history, and contemporary French law. It is well-referenced and offers an extensive bibliography”. – Dr Stephen Bogle, Senior Lecturer in Private Law, University of Glasgow, UK“The author brings a critical perspective to bear throughout the monograph and develops a clear and quite sophisticated position on the interaction between consensualism and formalism in Roman and French law and the intervening European ius commune”. – Prof Hector MacQueen, Emeritus Professor of Private Law, University of Edinburgh, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction.- PART I. IDEA AND ROLE OF CONSENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TAXONOMY OF CONTRACT IN ANCIENT LAW.- Roman law.- Mos gallicus and iuris Franco-Gallici.- Modern law.- RECEPTION, RELEVANCE, EVOLUTION, AND IMPLICATIONS IN THE CIVIL CODE OF FRANCE: DE LEGE LATA.- Article 1108 et seq. and the specification of the consensual doctrine.- PART III. RETHINKING THE FRENCH PERSPECTIVES ON CONSENSUALISM: DE LEGE FERENDA.- Articles 1109 and 1172, and the classification of contracts: Problems and perspective.- Reconsidering consensualism and the role of consent in contract.- Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisWelche Rechtsfolgen lösen die Vertragsaufhebung und die Unmöglichkeit der Rückgabe der empfangenen Leistung im UN-Kaufrecht aus? Michael Sonnentag trifft die Abgrenzung der Verantwortungsbereiche des Verkäufers und des Käufers für die Unmöglichkeit der Rückgabe der Ware in unversehrtem Zustand aufgrund einer Interessenabwägung. Maßgebende Kriterien für diese Abwägung sind die Verantwortlichkeit für die Vertragsaufhebung, das Interesse des Käufers am Gebrauch der Ware, die Sachherrschaft über die Ware sowie das Interesse des Rückgewährgläubigers am Rückerhalt der erbrachten Leistung in unversehrtem Zustand oder zumindest dem Werte nach. Michael Sonnentag beschränkt sich nicht auf die Klärung der Probleme im geltenden Recht, sondern unterbreitet auch Vorschläge zur Lösung dieser Fragen in einem künftigen europäischen Vertragsrecht.

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Book SynopsisNach klassischer vertragstheoretischer Vorstellung sind es allein die Vertragsparteien, die sämtliche Vertragsinhalte festlegen. Dies alles soll zudem im kurzen Augenblick des Vertragsschlusses geschehen. Tatsächlich organisiert unser Vertragsrecht jedoch eine personell wie zeitlich sorgsam verteilte Entscheidungsfindung, die einem konkreten Anliegen dient: Jede Partei soll nur so weit rechtlich belastet werden, wie dies deren eigenen Zielen dient (Rechtfertigungsprinzip). Markus Rehberg illustriert dies anhand klassischer Fallgruppen wie Drohung, Irrtum, Eigenschaften, Stellvertretung, Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen, Werbung, dispositives Recht oder Leistungsstörungen. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit widmet er dabei der so fruchtbaren Diskussion des 19. Jahrhunderts sowie wichtigen internationalen Stimmen.

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Book SynopsisAbsurde Verträge sind Verträge über offensichtlich unmögliche Leistungen. Sie zeichnen sich durch ein gewisses Maß an Lächerlichkeit sowie die Nutzlosigkeit der Leistungshandlung für den erhofften Leistungserfolg aus. Betroffen sind neben esoterischen und übersinnlichen Leistungen vor allem Heilbehandlungen, die Erkenntnissen der Medizin offenkundig widersprechen. Ungewöhnliche Leistungsversprechen wie die Aktivierung positiver Energien oder wissenschaftlich nicht nachweisbare Wirkstoffe erfordern eine neuartige, tiefgehende Abmessung der Reichweite und Anwendbarkeit des § 275 Abs. 1 BGB unter Einbeziehung der Wissenschaftstheorie. Über die Rechtswissenschaft hinaus reicht die gesellschaftliche Frage, welche Toleranz Leistungsangebote genießen sollten, die auf eigenwilligen Weltanschauungen beruhen und teilweise direkt mit wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen kollidieren. Diese und andere Faktoren, wie etwa der Placebo-Effekt, die Würde der Rechtsordnung oder der vermeintliche Kauf einer realen Chance, sind in der rechtsfortbildenden Lösung wertungsmäßig zu berücksichtigen.

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Book SynopsisHugo Grotius is of particular importance in the history of continental European contract law. It stands on the threshold between the medieval or late scholastic and the natural law contract doctrines of the 17th and 18th centuries. Grotius was one of the first to construct a differentiated contract doctrine emancipated from the system of Roman contract types. In doing so, he made a significant contribution to the freedom of form and type of modern contract law. The present study traces how Grotius understanding of contract developed from his early writings to the most recent revisions of De Iure Belli ac Pacis. A particular focus is on the arguments used by Grotius to justify the general effectiveness and legal binding nature of contractual agreements and how these arguments continue to develop across works.

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