General clauses and standards in European contract law : comparative law, EC law and contract law codification /

General clauses and standards in European contract law : comparative law, EC law and contract law codification /

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Imprint:The Hague : Kluwer Law International ; Frederick, MD : Sold and distributed in North, Central, and South America by Aspen, c2006.
Description:xiv, 218 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Private law in European context series ; v. 6
Subject:
Contracts -- European Union countries.
Contracts -- European Union countries -- Codification.
Contracts.
Europe -- European Union countries.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5928205
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ISBN:9041124322 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. General Standards and Principles, Clauses Generales and Generalklauseln in European Contract Law - A Survey
  • I. The Overall Design of the Inquiry
  • 1. The Concept of General Clauses and Standards
  • 2. Why General Clauses and Standards Matter in a - Multi-Level - European Contract Law
  • 3. Integration of the Different Perspectives and Levels in this Inquiry on General Clauses and Standards in European Contract Law
  • II. The Comparative Law Survey (Part 1)
  • III. The EC Contract Law Context (Part 2)
  • IV. Fundamental Considerations and the European Codification Dimension (Part 3)
  • V. Some Concluding Remarks
  • Part 1. Comparative Law
  • Chapter 2. Theorie et Pratique de la Clause Generale en Droit Francais Et Dans Les Autres Systemes Juridiques Romanistes
  • I. Existe-t-il, dans les differents systemes de droit romaniste, des 'clauses generales'?
  • 1. La clause generale en Allemagne
  • 2. Equivalents des clauses generales
  • II. Les pouvoirs d'intervention juge dans le contrat
  • 1. Le role du juge dans les systemes de droit
  • 2. Les raisons de l'utilisation des clauses generales dans le champs contractuel
  • Chapter 3. The Functions of General Clauses, Exemplified by Regarding Germanic Laws and Dutch Law
  • I. Concretization of Contractual Obligations
  • II. Gap Filling
  • 1. Creation of New Obligations and Burdens
  • 2. Controlling of Contractual Agreements
  • 3. Creation of New Remedies
  • 4. Limiting Rights
  • III. Values and Standards
  • 1. Generalization of Values and Standards
  • 2. Concrete Values and Standards
  • a. Constitutional values and standards
  • b. Values and standards in other rules and provisions of private law
  • c. Common convictions
  • Chapter 4. Theory and Practice of the 'General Clause' in English Law: General Norms and the Structuring of Judicial Discretion
  • I. 'General Clauses' and the Normative Layers of English Law
  • II. 'General Norms' in English Law: Three Types of Examples
  • 1. The Language of Principle
  • 2. 'Roving' Corrective Techniques
  • 3. Use of Open-Textured Concepts (With Particular Reference to Reasonableness)
  • III. Conclusion
  • Part 2. The EC Contract Law Context
  • Chapter 5. Shifting Power from Legislations to Judges and from the Central Level to the National Level
  • Chapter 6. Les clauses generales dans le droit du travail europeen - Les regles internes et leur impact dans le droit communautaire
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Clauses generales de portee generale en droit du travail
  • 1. Notion de salarie: travail subordonne
  • a. Droits internes
  • b. Droit communautaire
  • 2. Principe de faveur
  • a. Droits internes
  • b. Droit communautaire
  • 3. Principes nationaux - Exemples
  • a. Allemagne
  • b. Angleterre
  • c. Autres pays
  • III. Regles generales
  • 1. Obligation de travailler
  • a. Droits internes
  • b. Clause de type 'systeme mobile'
  • 2. Prohibitions de discrimination et regle d'egalite
  • a. Observations generales et prohibitions de discrimination
  • b. Regle d'egalite
  • 3. Obligations accessoires
  • a. Allemagne et Angleterre
  • b. France et Italie
  • 4. Protection de la sante
  • 5. Limites au licenciement
  • 6. Autres clauses generales du droit communautaire
  • 7. Clauses generales du droit commun
  • IV. Reflexion
  • Chapter 7. Social Rights, General Clauses, and the Acquis Communautaire
  • I. General Clauses in the Common Law
  • 1. Three Types of General Clause
  • 2. Analogies in Common Law systems
  • 3. Evolving Trends in the Common Law
  • II. General Clauses in European Social Policy
  • 1. Mandatory Standards with Procedural Derogations
  • 2. Typologies and European Regulatory Legislation
  • 3. Principles Subject to a Proportionality Qualification
  • III. The Scope of the Acquis Communautaire in General Contract Law
  • IV. General Clauses in European Private Law
  • Chapter 8. The General Clause or Standard in EC Contract Law Directives - A Survey on Some Important Legal Measures and Aspects in EC Law
  • I. The Examples: Abuse of Rights, Good Faith and Punctilio of an Honour the Most Sensitive
  • 1. Abuse of Rights, as in the Unfair Contract Terms Directive
  • 2. Good Faith, as in the Commercial Agents Directive
  • 3. High Standard of Duty of Care and Honesty or Loyalty (Punctilio of an Honour the Most Sensitive), as in Investment Services
  • II. The Functions of General Clauses or Standards in EC Contract Law
  • 1. Limiting Rights, Filling Gaps, Creating New Remedies
  • 2. Minimum Clauses, Categorization and Mandatory Principles Subject to Structured Derogation
  • III. General Clause or Standard in EC Directives - A Dual Shift of Power?
  • 1. A Shift of Power from Legislature to the Courts?
  • 2. A Shift of Power from National Law to EC Law?
  • IV. Structuring the General Clause or Standard and Systemizing the Level of Protection
  • 1. Adding the Criteria of How to Structure the General Clause and Standard
  • 2. Establishing an Order of the Different Levels of Protection Guaranteed by General Clauses and Standards
  • Part 3. Fundamental Considerations and the European Codification Dimension
  • Chapter 9. L'analyse economique de la clause generale
  • I. L'exigence de bonne foi au regard de l'analyse economique du droit des contrats
  • 1. L'exigence de bonne foi au regard de l'analyse economique des regles regissant les contrats
  • 2. L'exigence de bonne foi au regard de l'analyse economique du systeme juridique regissant les contrats
  • II. L'exigence de bonne foi au regard de l'analyse economique des pratiques contractuelles
  • 1. La confiance et le calcul rationnel
  • 2. La confiance et le contrat
  • Chapter 10. Le devoir de se comporter de bonne foi dans les contrats de consommation
  • I. La bonne foi du professionnel qui contracte avec un consommateur
  • 1. La bonne foi du professionnel, idee sous-jacente du droit de la consommation
  • 2. La bonne foi du professionnel, specialement visee par le droit des clauses abusives
  • II. La bonne foi du consommateur qui contracte avec un professionnel
  • 1. La bonne foi du consommateur, specialement visee en cas de surendettement
  • 2. La bonne foi du consommateur, exigence plus generale
  • III. Conclusion
  • Chapter 11. The Duty to Deal Fairly in Commercial Contracts
  • I. Introductory Remarks: Setting the Scene
  • II. A Closer Look at the Businesses View of General Clauses: between Fair and Certain
  • III. Final Remarks: Falling of the Curtain?
  • Chapter 12. General Clauses and Specific Rules in the Principles of European Contract Law: The 'Good Faith' Clause
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Roles and Meanings of Good Faith
  • III. Role and Meaning of Good Faith and Fair Dealing in PECL
  • IV. The Role of Good Faith and Fair Dealing in PECL
  • 1. An Underlying Principle
  • 2. Source of New Norms?
  • 3. An Overarching Control Mechanism?
  • 4. Excluder or Source of Positive Duties?
  • 5. Not to Act Unreasonably or to Act Reasonably?
  • V. Conclusion

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