Precontractual Liability in European Private Law

Klappentext This volume outlines European perspectives on the liability which may follow a break-off of precontractual negotiations. Zusammenfassung This volume examines the liability which one negotiating party may incur to another following the break-off of negotiations for a contract which occurs before the contract is concluded. The study is conducted through analysis of thirteen cases from the perspectives of sixteen national European legal systems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Introduction John Cartwright and Martijn Hesselink; Part II. Case Studies: 1. Case 1: Negotiations for premises for a bookshop; 2. Case 2: Negotiations for renewal of a lease; 3. Case 3: Mistake about ownership of land to be sold; 4. Case 4: An architect's preparatory work for a contract which does not materialise; parallel negotiations; 5. Case 5: A broken engagement; 6. Case 6: An express lock-out agreement; 7. Case 7: The breakdown of merger negotiations; 8. Case 8: A shopping centre without a tenant; 9. Case 9: Breakdown of negotiations to build a house for a friend; 10. Case 10: Public bidding; 11. Case 11: A contract for the sale of a house which fails for lack of formality; 12. Case 12: Confidential design information given during negotiations; 13. Case 13: Misrepresentation or silence about a harvester's capacity; Part III: From the common law to the civil law: the experience of Israel Nili Cohen; Part IV. A Law and Economics Perspective on Precontractual Liability Eleonora Melato and Francesco Parisi; Part V. Conclusions John Cartwright and Martijn Hesselink.

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• Authors: John Cartwright, John Hesselink Cartwright
• Assisted by: John Cartwright (Editor), Martijn Willem Hesselink (Editor), Hesselink Martijn (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.02.2011
• EAN: 9780521183949
• ISBN: 978-0-521-18394-9
• No. of pages: 536
• Series: Common Core of European Privat; The Common Core of European Private Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / International, contract law, EU (European Union), EU & European institutions, Laws Of Specific Jurisdictions