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It has been well over a decade since Fundamentals of European Civil Law was first published and this new edition details the extensive changes which have occurred since. Significant developments have affected the European legal order at national as well as supra-national levels. At a national level, especially the law of obligations has been the subject of thorough official review in both France and Germany. Obligations, whether in tort or contract, constitute a core part of the grand civil codes of nineteenth century Europe. In Germany the Act on the Modernisation of the Law of Obligations (Gesetz zur Modernisierung des Schuldrechts) came into effect on 1 January 2002. The Act has been hailed as the most sweeping reform of the German civil code to date. In France a similar project to rejuvenate the law of obligations has resulted in the so-called Avant-projet Catala, which was submitted to the government in 2005. At the level of the European Community, the formal adoption of a aaC--Euconstitution for EuropeaaC--a failed. Even so, the Treaties of Amsterdam, Nice and Lisbon all represent major amendments to the Treaty of Rome. Together they have expanded the subject matter of European law and revamped the institutional set-up of the European Union. Consumer protection (including general product safety), in particular, has become a major pre-occupation of the contemporary European legislature. Vranken accommodates all of these and other changes preserving where possible, the format of the book. Thus the civil law is discussed in a manner accessible to a common law audience.
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This book is a concise and lucid introduction to civil law systems of Europe. ... This work is a valuable contribution to the field of comparative law. Recent advances in global interconnectedness mean we can no longer be provincial in our outlook. This book should be read by those wanting a general introduction to the civil law systems of Europe, and anyone wishing to expand their horizons of knowledge. - Bill Swannie, InPrint (LIJ), March 2011 Reviews of previous edition: The author has written from the perspective of a common lawyer trying to understand Europe and its civil law. He has training, academic and teaching experience in both systems. The chapters summarising substantive civil law are set out under their familiar common law classifications... ...there is enough [exposition of each major area of civil law] to enable you to see how the area works, what the major principles do, and how they apply in practice. ... [Buy] this book if you are a law student studying a comparative law course, a practitioner dealing with a European country, or just a lawyer trying to get a handle on the other major western legal system. - Law Institute Journal (Vic), November 1997 "This is a compendious and easily read book. Its size is deceptive relative to its content. It is very tightly presented and provides a good introductory text for a number of purposes. It discusses the central topics of comparative law and provides a basic introduction to the courts, profession, the codes and the methods of interpretation of the main systems of continental Europe. In addition, it provides a basic introduction to the law of contract, the law of tort, labour law, and commercial and company law in the French and German legal systems, as well as within the context of the European Union. - Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, July 1997 [T]he book is valuable for more than one reason. Firstly, it deals with a subject which is unfamiliar to lawyers trained in the common law and it is instructive to see how the civil law and the common law find different answers to the same problems. Secondly, the book provides guidance for practitioners who have clients who are entering into dealings with parties domiciled in the areas governed by the civil law and European Community Law. - Law Letter (Law Society of Tasmania), December 1997
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- PublisherFederation Pr
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1862877564
- ISBN 13 9781862877566
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number2
- Number of pages314
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