<i>'Professor Twigg-Flesner has assembled a talented and multinational team of scholars to work on this project and they have delivered a terrific book. It is comprehensive and ambitious, sensitive to the context in which the EU's involvement in consumer and contact law has developed over time, and moreover the book is not only a state of the art description of the law, it is also reform-minded and forward-looking.'</i>

- Stephen Weatherill, University of Oxford, UK,

<i>‘Researchers and scholars will appreciate that this insightful volume is sensitive to the context in which the EU’s involvement in Consumer and Contract Law has developed over time, and it provides the reader with a very comprehensive analysis in describing and discussing the state of the law from various perspectives and approaches. More importantly, the volume contains some ‘food for thought’ because it not only contains a state-of-the art description of the law, but it also looks ahead. So it fits perfectly into the series of research handbooks on European Law. This legal literary genre the Research Handbook is very significant for researchers given that it analyses the latest thinking, research and practice across the field of European Law. In particular, this ambitious volume focuses on those emerging areas that deserve special attention in the field.’</i>

- European Review of Private Law,

The Research Handbook on EU Consumer and Contract Law takes stock of the evolution of this fascinating area of private law to date and identifies key themes for the future development of the law and research agendas. This major Handbook brings together contributions by leading academics from across the EU on the latest developments and controversies in these important areas of law. The Handbook is divided into three distinct and thematic parts: firstly, authors examine a range of cross-cutting issues relevant to both consumer and contract law. The second part discusses specific topics on EU consumer law, including the consumer image within EU law, information duties and unfair contract terms. The final part focuses on a number of important subjects which remain current in the development of EU contract law and presents a number of innovative solutions to the challenges presented in parts one and two. This timely and insightful Handbook will provide both a comprehensive survey of this area of law for the novice researcher and fresh food-for-thought for scholars who have been researching this area of law for many years.Contributors include: E.A. Amayuelas, H. Beale, J.M. Bech Serrat, C. Busch, R. Canavan, P. Cartwright, O.O. Cherednychenko, G. Comparato, G. Cordero-Moss, A. Cygan, L. Gillies, M. Graziadei, M.W. Hesselink, G. Howells, C. Mak, V. Mak, H.-W. Micklitz, B. Pozzo, P. Rott, J. Rutgers, J.M. Smits, Y. Svetiev, E.T.T. Tai, C. Twigg-Flesner, W.H. van Boom, J. Watson, F. Zoll
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The Research Handbook on EU Consumer and Contract Law takes stock of the evolution of this fascinating area of private law to date and identifies key themes for future development of the law and research agendas.
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Contents: Preface Introduction: EU consumer and contract law at a crossroads? Christian Twigg-Flesner PART I CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES 1. A step too far? Constitutional objections to harmonisation of EU consumer and contract law Adam Cygan 2. The regulatory character of European private law Guido Comparato, Hans-W Micklitz and Yane Svetiev 3. The problems associated with the implementation of directives into national legal systems – a few examples from the codified legal traditions Fryderyk Zoll 4. Fostering a European legal identity through contract and consumer law Michele Graziadei 5. The impact of fundamental rights Olha O. Cherednychenko 6. The challenges of a multi-lingual approach Barbara Pozzo 7. Recent developments in the approximation of EU private international laws: towards mutual trust, mutual recognition and enhancing social justice in civil and commercial matters Lorna E. Gillies 8. Free movement and contract law Chantal Mak PART II CONSUMER LAW 9. The consumer image within EU law Peter Cartwright 10. The future of pre-contractual information duties: from behavioural insights to big data Christoph Busch 11. Withdrawal rights Jonathon Watson 12. Contracts of sale Rick Canavan 13. Unfair contract terms Peter Rott 14. Financial services and consumer protection Vanessa Mak 15. Services, including services of general interest Eric Tjong Tjin Tai 16. Consumer travel law Josep Maria Bech Serrat 17. Unfair commercial practices Willem H. van Boom 18. Consumer law enforcement and access to justice Geraint Howells PART III CONTRACT LAW 19. The story of EU contract law– from 2001 to 2014 Hugh Beale 20. The idea of an optional contract code Esther Arroyo Amayuelas 21. Standard contract terms as an alternative to legislation Giuditta Cordero-Moss 22. Contract theory and EU contract law Martijn W. Hesselink 23. European contract law and social justice Jacobien W. Rutgers 24. The future of contract law in Europe Jan M. Smits Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781782547365
Publisert
2016-09-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
608

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Edited by Christian Twigg-Flesner, School of Law, University of Warwick, UK