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Zusatztext This is an academic book about practical contractual issues throughout Europe. It is thought-provoking...Those with an interest in contract law from a theoretical perspective will find this a most absorbing book. Informationen zum Autor Hein Kötz is Director of the Max-Planck Institute of International and Comparative Law in Hamburg and a Professor at the University of Hamburg. He is sometime Goodhart Professor of Law at Cambridge University and occasional professor at many Universities! including Chicago and Tel Aviv.Tony Weir is a Fellow of Trinity College and Reader in Law in the University of Cambridge. He has translated a large number of legal texts into English to considerable acclaim. Klappentext Broad in scope! this first volume of two examines the various contract rules of several different European jurisdictions! including the most important civilian systems as well as English common law! and attempts to articulate general principles that are shared by all of these. While this first volume analyzes the general principles of European contract law! the second will examine the specifics of various rules. Together! these volumes will be invaluable to scholars and practitioners in Europe and beyond. Zusammenfassung This is the first volume of two on European Contract Law. The book is wide in scope examining the contract rules of several different European jurisdictions! including the most important civilian systems and English common law! and attempting to articulate general principles that are common to all of them.
