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The German Law of Contract
By
Basil S. Markesinis, Hannes Unberath, Angus Johnst
Description
Recently the
contract section of the German Civil Code was amended after one
hundred years of un-altered existence. The German Law of Contract,
radically recast, enlarged, and re-written since its first edition,
now details and explains for the first time these changes for the
benefit of Anglophone lawyers. One hundred and twenty translated
contract decisions also make this work a unique source-book for
students, academics, and practitioners. Along with its companion
volume, The German Law of Torts, the two volumes provide one of the
fullest accounts of the German Law of Obligations available in the
English language. Through its method of presentation of German law,
the book represents an original contribution to the art of
comparison. An additional feature of the Contract volume is the way
in which it reveals the growing impact which European Directives are
having upon the traditional, liberal, contract model, thereby
bringing German and English law closer to each other, especially in
the area of consumer protection.
Sir Basil
Markesinis QC, LL.D. (Cantab.), DCL (Oxon.), FBA holds honorary
doctorates from the Universities of Paris (Sorbonne), Munich, and
Ghent and has been repeatedly decorated by the Presidents of France,
Germany, Italy and Greece for his services to European law and
integration.
Hannes Unberath,
D.Phil. (Oxon.), M.Jur. (Oxon.), is Professor of Law at the
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
Angus Johnston is
University Lecturer in Law at the University of Cambridge and
Director of Studies in Law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
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