The European civil code : the way forward / Hugh Collins.
2008
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The European civil code : the way forward / Hugh Collins.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Description
1 online resource (xix, 267 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series
Cambridge studies in European law and policy.
Formatted Contents Note
Civil society and political union
The acquis communautaire in private law
The hidden code
Private law and the economic constitution
Cultural diversity and European identity
Respecting legal diversity
Multi-level private law
Strengthening convergence
Exploring the European social model.
The acquis communautaire in private law
The hidden code
Private law and the economic constitution
Cultural diversity and European identity
Respecting legal diversity
Multi-level private law
Strengthening convergence
Exploring the European social model.
Summary
Hugh Collins argues that the European Union should develop a civil code to provide uniform rules for contracts, property rights and protection against civil wrongs, thus drawing together the differing national traditions with respect to the detailed regulation of civil society. The benefits of such a code would lie not so much in facilitating cross border trade, but in establishing foundations for a denser network of transnational relations of civil society, which in turn would help to overcome the present popular resistance to effective and functional political institutions at a European level. These principled foundations for a more inclusive and less balkanised civil society in Europe also provide elements of a required European social model that offers necessary safeguards for consumers, workers and disadvantaged groups against the pressures of market forces in an increasingly global economic system.
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Cambridge Core.
Language
English
ISBN
9780511620010 ebook
9780521885805 (hardback)
9780521713375 (paperback)
9780521885805 (hardback)
9780521713375 (paperback)
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