TY - BOOK AU - Kadner Graziano,Thomas TI - Comparative contract law: cases, materials and exercises SN - 9781788975469 AV - KJE1640 .K33 2019 U1 - 346.402 23 PY - 2019/// CY - Cheltenham, UK PB - Edward Elgar Publishing KW - Europa KW - gnd KW - Contracts KW - European Union countries KW - fast KW - Rechtsvergleich KW - Vertragsrecht KW - Contrats KW - Pays de l'Union européenne KW - ram KW - Law KW - ukslc N1 - Preface Part A Introduction 1. Contract Law in the 21st century -- the purpose of this book 2. A case-oriented and multilateral approach to the teaching, studying and learning of comparative law -- the approach used in this book 3. Is it legitimate and beneficial for judges to compare? 4. An introduction to the Principles of Contract Law: the needs to which they respond and the purposes for which they are designed I. Formation of contracts 5. Case study 1: Offer or invitation to treat (Invtio ad offerendum) 6. Case study 2: Conditions for the formation of a contract - agreement or more? (cause and consideration) 7. Case study 3: Obligation to maintain an offer or freedom to revoke it 8. Case study 4: Modification of contracts - the free will of the parties or limits on the freedom to contract (consideration revisited) 9. Case study 5: The battle of forms II. Performance of contracts 10. Case study 6: Right to receive performance of a contract or just a right to receive damages 11. Case study 7: Damages and the role of the fault of the seller in the event of delivery of goods not in conformity with the contract 12. Case study 8: Change of circumstances 13. Case study 9: Contracts and the transfer of ownership in movable property III. The law applicable to cross-border contracts and the future of European contract law 14. Case study 10: The law applicable to cross-border contracts (introduction) 15. Case study 11: The future of European contract law Index N2 - Promoting a {u2018}learning-by-doing{u2019} approach to comparative contract law and comparative methodology, this updated second edition of Comparative Contract Law updates the first true student reader on the subject. Bringing together extracts from legislation and court practice this textbook lets students experience comparative law in action, and presents a unique guide to European and International contract law ER -