Research Catalog

Title

The enforceability of promises in European contract law / edited by James Gordley.

Publication

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

Gordley, James.

Description

xxxiii, 478 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"Civil law and common law systems are held to enforce promises differently: civil law, in principle, will enforce any promise, while common law will enforce only those with 'consideration'. In that respect, modern civil law supposedly differs from the Roman law from which it descended, where a promise was enforced depending on the type of contract the parties had made. This volume is concerned with the extent to which these characterizations are true, and how these and other differences affect the enforceability of promises."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; [17]. Common core of European private law project

Uniform Title

• Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ; 17.
• Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996). Common core of European law project.

Subject

• Contracts > Europe
• Promise (Law) > Europe
• Contrats
• Application des lois
• Analyse comparative
• Contracts
• Promise (Law)
• Durchsetzung
• Vertrag
• Vertragsrecht
• Overeenkomstenrecht
• Europees recht
• Unificatie
• Europe
• Europäische Union

Note

• Includes list of "Abbreviations"--P. xxiii-xxxiii.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

1. Some perennial problems -- 2. Contemporary solutions -- Case 1. promises of gifts -- Case 2. promises of compensation for services rendered without charge -- Case 3. promises to pay debts not legally due -- Case 4. a promise to come to dinner -- Case 5. promises to store goods without charge -- Case 6. promises to do a favour -- Case 7. promises to loan goods without charge -- Case 8. a requirements contract -- Case 9. promises to pay more than was agreed I -- Case 10. promises to pay more than was agreed II -- Case 11. promises to do more than was agreed; promises to waive a condition -- Case 12. promises to take less than was agreed -- Case 13. options given without charge -- Case 14. promises of rewards -- Case 15. promises of commissions -- 3. Comparisons.

ISBN

• 0521790212
• 9780521790215

LCCN

00045552

OCLC

• ocm44972132
• 44972132
• SCSB-8887423

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library