Precontractual liability in European private law / edited by John Cartwright and Martijn Hesselink.
2008
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Title
Precontractual liability in European private law / edited by John Cartwright and Martijn Hesselink.
Imprint
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Description
1 online resource (xxvi, 509 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series
Common core of European private law.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Introduction / John Cartwright and Martijn Hesselink
2. Case studies: Negotiations for premises for a bookshop
Negotiations for renewal of a lease
Mistake about ownership of land to be sold
An architect's prepatory work for a contract which does not materialize: parallel negotiations
A broken engagement
An express lock-out agreement
Breakdown of merger negotiations
A shopping centre without a tenant
Breakdown of negotiations to build a house for a friend
Public bidding
A contract for the sale of a house which fails for lack of formality
Confidential design information given during negotiations
Misrepresentation or silence about a harvester's capacity
3. From the comon law to the civil law: the experience of Israel / Nili Cohen
4. A law and economics perspective on precontractual liability / Eleonora Melato and Francesco Parisi
5. Conclusions / John Cartwright and Martijn Hesselink.
2. Case studies: Negotiations for premises for a bookshop
Negotiations for renewal of a lease
Mistake about ownership of land to be sold
An architect's prepatory work for a contract which does not materialize: parallel negotiations
A broken engagement
An express lock-out agreement
Breakdown of merger negotiations
A shopping centre without a tenant
Breakdown of negotiations to build a house for a friend
Public bidding
A contract for the sale of a house which fails for lack of formality
Confidential design information given during negotiations
Misrepresentation or silence about a harvester's capacity
3. From the comon law to the civil law: the experience of Israel / Nili Cohen
4. A law and economics perspective on precontractual liability / Eleonora Melato and Francesco Parisi
5. Conclusions / John Cartwright and Martijn Hesselink.
Summary
This volume analyses thirteen cases, from the perspective of sixteen national European legal systems, in order to explore the legal nature of the precontractual phase and the liability which may follow a break-off of precontractual negotiations. The precontractual phase is difficult to characterise and analyse in either legal or practical terms. The negotiating parties have begun their journey together, but they are not yet in the relationship ́ђأ the contract ́ђأ which is their aim. The negotiations may fail after a lengthy period in which either party may have incurred significant expenses and invested time and effort. The break-off of the negotiations may come as a shock to one party where the negotiations were far advanced, or at least where there was nothing to suggest that they were not likely to lead to their fruition in the contract. The disappointed party is therefore likely to seek a remedy.
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Cambridge Core.
Language
English
ISBN
9780511575679 ebook
9780521516013 (hardback)
9780521183949 (paperback)
9780521516013 (hardback)
9780521183949 (paperback)
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