TY  - BOOK
AU  - Markesinis,Basil S.
AU  - Unberath,Hannes
AU  - Johnston,Angus C.
TI  - The German Law of Contract: A Comparative Treatise
SN  - 9781847312013
AV  - KK1640.M37 2006 
U1  - 346 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
KW  - Contracts -- Germany
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Foreword by Lord Bingham -- Foreword by President Hirsch -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Table of Contents -- Common-Law Cases -- Table of German Abbreviations -- 1.  Introduction -- 1. PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS -- 2. THE GENESIS OF THE CODE -- 3. THE CONTRAST WITH THE FRENCH CIVIL CODE -- 4. THE REGULATORY TECHNIQUE OF THE GERMAN CIVIL CODE -- 5. CONTRACT AS PART OF THE LAW OF OBLIGATIONS -- 6. THE CONSTITUTIONALISATION OF PRIVATE LAW -- 7. FREEDOM OF CONTRACT -- 2.  The Formation of a Contract -- 1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS -- 2. THE OFFER (ANTRAG, ANGEBOT) -- 3. THE ACCEPTANCE (ANNAHME) -- 4. FORM AND EVIDENCE OF SERIOUSNESS -- 5. CULPA IN CONTRAHENDO: FAULT IN CONTRACTING -- 6. AGENCY -- 3.  The Content of a Contract -- 1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS -- 2. THE PRINCIPLE OF GOOD FAITH -- 3. THE SOURCES OF CONTRACTUAL TERMS:INTERPRETATION AND BEYOND -- 4. SPECIFIC TYPES OF CONTRACT -- 5. STANDARD TERMS AND EXCLUSION CLAUSES -- 4.  Relaxations to Contractual Privity -- 1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS -- 2. CONTRACTS IN FAVOUR OF THIRD PARTIES (VERTRÄGE ZUGUNSTEN DRITTER) -- 3. CONTRACTS WITH PROTECTIVE EFFECTS TOWARDS THIRD PARTIES -- 4. SCHADENSVERLAGERUNG AND TRANSFERRED LOSS -- 5.  Validity -- 1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS -- 2. CAPACITY -- 3. ILLEGALITY -- 4. PUBLIC POLICY (SITTENWIDRIGKEIT) -- 6.  Setting the Contract Aside -- 1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS -- 2. CONSUMER RIGHTS -- 3. MISTAKE -- 4. DECEPTION AND OTHER FORMS OF 'MISREPRESENTATION' -- 5. COERCION -- 7.  The Doctrine of the Foundation of the Transaction -- 1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS -- 2. THEORETICAL EXPLANATIONS -- 3. THE INITIAL APPROACH AND THE PRESENT POSITION OF THE BGB -- 4. THE CAUSE OF THE REVOLUTION -- 5. ADJUSTING PERFORMANCE AND COUNTER-PERFORMANCE: A CLOSER LOOK -- 6. FRUSTRATION OF PURPOSE -- 7. COMMON MISTAKE -- 8.  The Performance of a Contract; 1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS -- 2. PLEA OF UNPERFORMED CONTRACT (EINREDE DES NICHTERFÜLLTEN VERTRAGES) -- 3. TIME AND PLACE OF PERFORMANCE -- 4. PERFORMANCE THROUGH THIRD PARTIES -- 5. SET-OFF (AUFRECHNUNG) -- 9.  Breach of Contract: General Principles -- 1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS -- 2. THE REFORMED SYSTEM OF REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT -- 3. ENFORCED PERFORMANCE -- 4. TERMINATION -- 5. DAMAGES -- 6. PRESCRIPTION -- 10.  Breach of Contract-Specific Contracts -- 1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS -- 2. SALE OF GOODS -- 3. CONTRACT FOR WORK -- 4. CONTRACT OF SERVICES -- 5. CONTRACT OF RENT -- Appendix I: Cases -- Appendix II: The German Civil Code Extracts -- Index
N2  - This book, radically recast, enlarged, and re-written now details and explains for the first time the amendments to the German Code
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