The German law of contract : a comparative treatise

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The German law of contract : a comparative treatise

Sir Basil Markesinis, Hannes Unberath, Angus Johnston ; forewords by Lord Bingham and Günter Hirsch

Hart, 2006

2nd ed

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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The German law of torts

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"Second edition. entirely revised and update"--Cover

"This book, along with its companion volume The German law of torts."--P. x

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hbk ISBN 9781841134710

Description

Recently the contract section of the German Code was radically amended after one hundred years of un-altered existence. "The German Law of Contract", radically recast, enlarged, and re-written, now details and explains for the first time these changes for the benefit of Anglophone lawyers. Along with its companion work, 'The German Law of Torts", the two volumes provide, in a total of some 2,000 pages, one of the fullest accounts of the German Law of Obligations available in the English (or German) language. One hundred and twenty translated contract decisions make this work a unique source-book for students, practitioners, judges and academics wishing to have access to prime sources. Through its method of presentation of German law, the book also represents an original contribution to the art of comparison. An additional feature of the Contract volume is the way in which it reveals the growing impact which European Directives are having on the traditional, liberal, contract model, thereby bringing German and English law closer to each other, especially in the area of consumer protection. The book will be of use to law students reading contracts and comparative law, practitioners, judges and businessmen.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9781841134727

Description

Recently the contract section of the German Civil Code was amended after one hundred years of un-altered existence. The German Law of Contract, radically recast, enlarged, and re-written since its first edition, now details and explains for the first time these changes for the benefit of Anglophone lawyers. One hundred and twenty translated contract decisions also make this work a unique source-book for students, academics, and practitioners. Along with its companion volume, The German Law of Torts, the two volumes provide one of the fullest accounts of the German Law of Obligations available in the English language. Through its method of presentation of German law, the book represents an original contribution to the art of comparison. An additional feature of the Contract volume is the way in which it reveals the growing impact which European Directives are having upon the traditional, liberal, contract model, thereby bringing German and English law closer to each other, especially in the area of consumer protection.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. The Formation of a Contract 3. The Content of a Contract 4. Relaxations to Contractual Privity 5. Validity 6. Setting the Contract Aside 7. The Doctrine of the Foundation of the Transaction 8. The Performance of a Contract 9. Breach of Contract: General Principles 10. Breach of Contract-Specific Contracts

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Details

  • NCID
    BA76259874
  • ISBN
    • 9781841134710
    • 9781841134727
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford
  • Pages/Volumes
    liv, 979 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Subject Headings
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