ïJan Smits has long been one of the most interesting and original authors on European
private law theory. Now he offers his views on legal scholarship, and they are as original as …

Originally, contract law was considered to be immune from the effect of fundamental rights,
the function of which was limited to individual defenses against the vigilant eye of the state …

Critical yet accessible, this book provides an overview of the current debates about the
'Europeanization'of contract law. Charting the extent to which English contract law has been …

European Consumer Access to Justice Revisited takes into account both procedural and
substantive law questions in order to give the term'access to justice'an enhanced meaning …

The emergence of a pan-European contract law is one of the most significant legal
developments in Europe today. The Emergence of EU Contract Law: Exploring …

The article examines the 'Principles of the Existing EC Contract Law'(Acquis Principles)
published by the European Research Group on the Existing EC Contract Law (Acquis …

The emergence of EU Private Law as an independent legal discipline is one of the most
significant developments in European legal scholarship in recent times. In this 2010 …

While the internationalisation of society has stimulated the emergence of common legal
frameworks to coordinate transnational social relations, private law itself is firmly rooted in …

Abstract The Common European Sales Law (CESL) is the European Commission's most
recent policy initiative for European contract law. It aims to address the problem that …

This comparative study of European and Chinese contract law opens a clear and practical
way to identify and understand the differences between the two legal regimes. The author …