The Enforceability of Promises in European Contract Law (Paperback)

Civil law and common law systems are held to enforce promises differently: civil law, in principle, will enforce any promise, while common law will enforce only those with 'consideration'. In that respect, modern civil law supposedly differs from the Roman law from which it descended, where a promise was enforced depending on the type of contract the parties had made. This 2001 volume is concerned with the extent to which these characterizations are true, and how these and other differences affect the enforceability of promises. Beginning with a concise history of these distinctions, the volume then considers how twelve European legal systems would deal with fifteen concrete situations. Finally, a comparative section considers why legal systems enforce certain promises and not others, and what promises should be enforced. This is the second completed project of The Common Core of European Private Law launched at the University of Trento.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The Common Core of European Private Law
Release date:	April 2009
First published:	April 2009
Editors:	James Gordley
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	516
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-10868-3
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Foundations of law > Common law Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Private, property, family law > Contract law Promotions
LSN:	0-521-10868-3
Barcode:	9780521108683

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