
- •Foreword by Lord Bingham
- •Foreword by President Hirsch
- •Preface to the Second Edition
- •Table of Contents
- •Common-Law Cases
- •Table of German Abbreviations
- •1. Introduction
- •1. PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS
- •2. THE GENESIS OF THE CODE
- •6. THE CONSTITUTIONALISATION OF PRIVATE LAW
- •7. FREEDOM OF CONTRACT
- •2. The Formation of a Contract
- •1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- •2. THE OFFER (ANTRAG, ANGEBOT)
- •3. THE ACCEPTANCE (ANNAHME)
- •4. FORM AND EVIDENCE OF SERIOUSNESS
- •5. CULPA IN CONTRAHENDO: FAULT IN CONTRACTING
- •6. AGENCY
- •3. The Content of a Contract
- •1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- •2. THE PRINCIPLE OF GOOD FAITH
- •4. SPECIFIC TYPES OF CONTRACT
- •5. STANDARD TERMS AND EXCLUSION CLAUSES
- •4. Relaxations to Contractual Privity
- •1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- •2. CONTRACTS IN FAVOUR OF THIRD PARTIES (VERTRÄGE ZUGUNSTEN DRITTER)
- •3. CONTRACTS WITH PROTECTIVE EFFECTS TOWARDS THIRD PARTIES
- •4. SCHADENSVERLAGERUNG AND TRANSFERRED LOSS
- •5. Validity
- •1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- •2. CAPACITY
- •3. ILLEGALITY
- •6. Setting the Contract Aside
- •1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- •2. CONSUMER RIGHTS
- •3. MISTAKE
- •4. DECEPTION AND OTHER FORMS OF ‘MISREPRESENTATION’
- •5. COERCION
- •1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- •2. THEORETICAL EXPLANATIONS
- •4. THE CAUSE OF THE REVOLUTION
- •5. ADJUSTING PERFORMANCE AND COUNTER-PERFORMANCE: A CLOSER LOOK
- •6. FRUSTRATION OF PURPOSE
- •7. COMMON MISTAKE
- •8. The Performance of a Contract
- •1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- •3. TIME AND PLACE OF PERFORMANCE
- •4. PERFORMANCE THROUGH THIRD PARTIES
- •5. SET-OFF (AUFRECHNUNG)
- •9. Breach of Contract: General Principles
- •1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- •3. ENFORCED PERFORMANCE
- •4. TERMINATION
- •5. DAMAGES
- •6. PRESCRIPTION
- •1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- •2. SALE OF GOODS
- •3. CONTRACT FOR WORK
- •4. CONTRACT OF SERVICES
- •5. CONTRACT OF RENT
- •Appendix I: Cases
- •Index

Table of Contents
Foreword by Lord Bingham |
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Foreword by President Hirsch |
vii |
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Preface to the Second Edition |
ix |
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Chapter 1 |
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Introduction |
1 |
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1. |
PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS |
2 |
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2. |
THE GENESIS OF THE CODE |
6 |
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(a) |
The Tortured Path to Unity |
6 |
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(b) |
The Triumph of the Learned Man |
12 |
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(c) |
European Contract Law? |
14 |
3. |
THE CONTRAST WITH THE FRENCH CIVIL CODE |
16 |
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4. |
THE REGULATORY TECHNIQUE OF THE GERMAN CIVIL CODE |
19 |
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5. |
CONTRACT AS PART OF THE LAW OF OBLIGATIONS |
25 |
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(a) |
Preliminary Observations |
25 |
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(b) |
The Different Meanings of ‘Contract’ |
25 |
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(c) |
The Principles of Separation and Abstraction |
27 |
6. |
THE CONSTITUTIONALISATION OF PRIVATE LAW |
37 |
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7. |
FREEDOM OF CONTRACT |
43 |
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(a) |
Preliminary Observations |
44 |
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(b) |
The Initial Position |
45 |
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(c) |
Modern Constraints |
46 |
Chapter 2 |
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The Formation of a Contract |
55 |
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1. |
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS |
55 |
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2. |
THE OFFER (Antrag, Angebot) |
56 |
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(a) |
General Observations |
57 |
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(b) |
Necessary Content of an Offer |
59 |
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(c) |
Offer and Invitation to Treat |
62 |
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(d) |
The Duration of the Offer |
63 |
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(e) |
The Irrevocability of the Offer |
64 |
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(f) |
The Rationale of the German Approach |
65 |
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(g) |
Communication of the Offer |
67 |
3. |
THE ACCEPTANCE (Annahme) |
70 |
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(a) |
Free |
70 |
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(b) |
Unreserved Acceptance; Dissent |
71 |
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(c) |
Communication of the Acceptance |
73 |
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(d) |
Waiver of Notification of Acceptance; Silence and Letters of Confirmation |
75 |
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(e) |
Pre-contracts; Option Contracts; and Letters of Intention |
78 |
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(f) |
The Battle of the Forms |
79 |

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4. FORM AND EVIDENCE OF SERIOUSNESS |
81 |
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(a) |
Formalities |
81 |
(b) |
Evidence of Seriousness |
86 |
5. CULPA IN CONTRAHENDO: FAULT IN CONTRACTING |
91 |
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(a) |
General Observations |
92 |
(b) |
Situations Covered |
97 |
(c) |
Failed Contracts |
99 |
(d) |
Negligent Misrepresentation |
103 |
(e) |
Liability of Intermediaries |
103 |
6. AGENCY |
109 |
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(a) |
General Observations |
109 |
(b) |
The Giving of Authority—Bevollmächtigung |
112 |
(c) |
The Extent of the Authority |
113 |
(d) |
Lack of Authority |
114 |
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(i) Ratification |
115 |
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(ii) The Liability of the Falsus Procurator |
115 |
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(iii) Exceptional Rules |
116 |
(e) |
Termination of Authority |
116 |
(f) |
The Commission Agent |
117 |
Chapter 3 |
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The Content of a Contract |
119 |
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1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS |
119 |
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2. THE PRINCIPLE OF GOOD FAITH |
119 |
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(a) |
Preliminary Observations |
120 |
(b) |
Abuse of Rights |
123 |
(c) |
Implying Collateral Obligations |
125 |
(d) |
Policing the Contract |
130 |
3. THE SOURCES OF CONTRACTUAL TERMS: INTERPRETATION |
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AND BEYOND |
133 |
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(a) |
General Observations |
133 |
(b) |
Comparative Observations |
135 |
(c) |
Express Terms, Terms implied in Fact and in Law |
138 |
(d) |
‘Completive’ Interpretation (ergänzende Vertragsauslegung) |
140 |
(e) |
Default Rules and Terms implied in Law |
141 |
4. SPECIFIC TYPES OF CONTRACT |
144 |
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(a) |
Preliminary Observations |
144 |
(b) |
Contract of Sale |
147 |
(c) |
Donation |
148 |
(d) |
Contract of Rent |
149 |
(e) |
Lending |
151 |
(f) |
Loan and other Forms of Credit |
151 |
(g) |
Contracts for Services |
153 |
(h) |
Contract for Work |
155 |
(i) |
Travel Contract |
157 |
(j) |
Mandate and the Management of Affairs for Others |
158 |
(k) |
Surety |
160 |
(l) |
Mixed and New Types of Contract |
162 |

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5. |
STANDARD TERMS AND EXCLUSION CLAUSES |
163 |
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(a) Preliminary Observations |
164 |
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(b) Structure and Scope of Application |
170 |
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(c) Standard Terms, their Incorporation and Construction |
171 |
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(d) Assessing the Fairness of Standard Terms |
175 |
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(e) Consequences of Invalidity |
179 |
Chapter 4 |
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Relaxations to Contractual Privity |
181 |
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1. |
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS |
181 |
2. |
CONTRACTS IN FAVOUR OF THIRD PARTIES (Verträge zugunsten |
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Dritter) |
186 |
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(a) Typical Factual Situations where such Contracts are Discovered |
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by the Courts |
187 |
(i)Retirement Benefits and Widows’ Pensions under Private Law
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Agreements |
188 |
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(ii) Parents Contracting with Physicians for the Treatment of their |
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Child |
189 |
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(iii) Savings Accounts: Third Parties as Account Holders |
190 |
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(iv) Carriage of Persons in Connection with the Services of Travel |
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Agencies |
193 |
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(v) |
Insurance Contracts Stipulating Performance to a Third Party |
194 |
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(vi) |
Carriage of Goods where the Consignee is Treated as a Third Party |
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Beneficiary |
196 |
(b) How is the Right Acquired? |
197 |
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(c) When does the Third Party’s Right Vest? |
199 |
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(d) Defences against the Beneficiary |
201 |
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(e) Unjust Enrichment of the Beneficiary |
203 |
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3. CONTRACTS WITH PROTECTIVE EFFECTS TOWARDS THIRD |
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PARTIES |
204 |
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(a) |
Preliminary Observations |
204 |
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(b) Cases involving Personal Injury or Physical Damage |
204 |
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(c) |
Economic Loss Cases |
208 |
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(d) Summary and Comparative Epilogue |
214 |
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4. SCHADENSVERLAGERUNG AND TRANSFERRED LOSS |
216 |
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(a) |
Preliminary Observations |
217 |
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(b) |
Theoretical Basis |
218 |
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(c) |
Risk Cases |
220 |
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(c) |
Indirect Representation |
223 |
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(d) Taking Care of Another’s Goods |
224 |
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Chapter 5 |
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Validity |
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227 |
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1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS |
227 |
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2. CAPACITY |
229 |
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(a) |
Preliminary Observations |
229 |
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(b) |
Age-related distinctions–Minors |
230 |
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(c) Individual Lack of Capacity |
238 |

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3. |
ILLEGALITY |
240 |
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(a) |
Preliminary Observations |
240 |
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(b) |
Statutory Prohibition–General Principles |
242 |
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(c) Statutory Prohibition–Fields of Application |
245 |
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4. |
PUBLIC POLICY (Sittenwidrigkeit) |
247 |
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(a) |
Preliminary Observations |
248 |
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(b) Usury (Wucher) |
250 |
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(c) Contracts Contrary to bonos mores |
253 |
(i)Contracts Violating the Interest of One of the Parties to the Contract 254
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(ii) Contracts Violating the Interests of the Community at Large |
260 |
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(iii) Contracts Violating the Interests of a Third Party |
261 |
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Chapter 6 |
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Setting the Contract Aside |
263 |
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1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS |
263 |
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2. CONSUMER RIGHTS |
264 |
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(a) |
Preliminary Observations |
265 |
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(b) |
Right of Cancellation (Widerrufsrecht) |
270 |
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(c) |
Scope of Application |
273 |
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3. MISTAKE |
276 |
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(a) |
Preliminary Observations |
277 |
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(b) |
The Distinction between Declaration Mistakes and Errors in the Motivation |
282 |
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(c) |
Right to Rescind |
286 |
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(d) |
Declaration Mistakes |
291 |
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(i) |
‘Expression’ and ‘Meaning’ Mistake |
291 |
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(ii) |
Transmission Mistake |
292 |
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(iii) Causality |
292 |
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(iv) |
Intention to Create Legal Relations? |
293 |
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(v) |
‘Calculation Error’ |
294 |
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(vi) |
Mistakes of Law |
295 |
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(vii) Electronic Declarations of Will |
297 |
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(e) |
Mistake as to the Quality of the Subject-matter or the Person |
297 |
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(f) |
Common Error |
301 |
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4. DECEPTION AND OTHER FORMS OF ‘MISREPRESENTATION’ |
302 |
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(a) |
Preliminary Observations |
302 |
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(b) |
Deception |
303 |
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(c) |
Duties to Inform (Aufklärungspflichten) |
306 |
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(d) |
Other Forms of ‘Misrepresentation’ |
311 |
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5. COERCION |
314 |
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(a) |
Preliminary Observations |
314 |
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(b) |
Elements of Coercion |
315 |
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(c) |
Illegitimacy of Threats in Particular |
316 |
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Chapter 7 |
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The Doctrine of the Foundation of the Transaction |
319 |
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1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS |
319 |
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2. THEORETICAL EXPLANATIONS |
320 |

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3. |
THE INITIAL APPROACH AND THE PRESENT POSITION OF |
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THE BGB |
323 |
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4. |
THE CAUSE OF THE REVOLUTION |
326 |
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5. |
ADJUSTING PERFORMANCE AND COUNTERPERFORMANCE: |
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A CLOSER LOOK |
336 |
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6. |
FRUSTRATION OF PURPOSE |
342 |
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7. |
COMMON MISTAKE |
346 |
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Chapter 8 |
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The Performance of a Contract |
349 |
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1. |
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS |
349 |
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2. |
PLEA OF UNPERFORMED CONTRACT (Einrede des nichterfüllten |
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Vertrages) |
349 |
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(a) |
Classification of Contracts |
349 |
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(b) Plea of Unperformed Contract (Einrede des nicht erfüllten Vertrages) |
351 |
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(c) General Right of Retention (allgemeines Zurückbehaltungsrecht) |
354 |
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3. |
TIME AND PLACE OF PERFORMANCE |
355 |
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(a) |
Time of Performance |
355 |
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(b) |
Place of Performance |
357 |
4. |
PERFORMANCE THROUGH THIRD PARTIES |
361 |
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(a) |
Preliminary Observations |
362 |
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(b) Vicarious Performance: Sub-contracting and Substitution |
362 |
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(c) Sub-contracting in the Building Industry |
364 |
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(d) Payment of Another’s Debt |
366 |
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5. |
SET-OFF (Aufrechnung) |
373 |
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(a) |
Preliminary Observations |
374 |
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(b) |
Mutuality of Claims |
375 |
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(c) Claims of the Same Kind |
376 |
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(d) Validity, Maturity and Enforceability of the Claim Set Off |
376 |
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(e) Existence of the Claim of the Other Party |
377 |
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Chapter 9 |
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Breach of Contract: General Principles |
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1. |
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS |
379 |
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2. |
THE REFORMED SYSTEM OF REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF |
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CONTRACT |
381 |
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(a) History of the Reform and Main Objectives |
382 |
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(b) Outline of the Reform |
386 |
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3. |
ENFORCED PERFORMANCE |
392 |
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(a) |
Preliminary Observations |
392 |
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(b) The Primary Duty of Performance |
399 |
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(c) Requesting Performance—Relation to Secondary Rights |
400 |
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(d) |
Methods of Enforcement |
403 |
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(e) Limits of Enforced Performance: Impossibility |
406 |
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(i) Impossibility in the Sense of § 275 I BGB |
408 |
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(ii) Consequences of Impossibility for the Counter-performance |
409 |
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(iii) Excursus: Delay of the Creditor |
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(iv) |
Impossibility in the Sense of § 275 II BGB |
413 |
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(v) |
Impossibility in the Sense of § 275 III BGB |
418 |
4. TERMINATION |
419 |
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(a) |
Preliminary Observations |
419 |
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(b) |
Duties of Performance (Leistungspflichten) |
421 |
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(i) |
Late Performance |
426 |
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(ii) |
Non-conforming Performance |
427 |
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(iii) |
Partial Failure of Performance |
428 |
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(iv) |
Performance being impossible |
429 |
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(v) |
Anticipatory Breach |
430 |
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(vi) |
Exclusion of the Right of Termination |
431 |
(c) |
Duties of Protection (Schutzpflichten) |
432 |
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(d) |
Consequences of Termination (Rücktritt) |
432 |
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(e) |
Continuing Contracts (Dauerschuldverhältnisse) |
436 |
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5. DAMAGES |
437 |
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(a) |
Preliminary Observations |
438 |
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(b) |
The‘Fault Principle’ |
444 |
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(i) |
Elements of Fault |
446 |
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(ii) |
Raising the Standard of Care |
447 |
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(iii) |
Alleviating the Standard of Care |
450 |
(c) |
Damages instead of Performance – Late Performance (§ 281 BGB) |
451 |
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(i) |
The ‘ultimate’ Failure of Performance |
452 |
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(ii) |
Damages instead of the ‘Whole’ Performance |
454 |
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(iii) |
Effect on Counter-performance |
454 |
(d) |
Damages instead of Performance–Impossibility (§ 283 and § 311a II |
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BGB) |
455 |
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(i) |
Subsequent Impossibility |
456 |
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(ii) |
Initial Impossibility |
456 |
(e) |
Damages instead of Performance–Protective Duties (§ 282 BGB) |
459 |
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(f) |
Recovery of Wasted Expenditure (§ 284 BGB) |
460 |
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(i) |
Reliance or Expectation? |
461 |
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(ii) |
Conditions of Recovery |
463 |
(g) |
Damages for Delay (§ 280 II BGB) |
464 |
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(i) |
Delay of Performance (Verzug) |
464 |
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(ii) |
Consequences of Delay |
466 |
(h) |
Damages alongside Performance, ‘Simple’ Damages (§ 280 I 1 BGB) |
469 |
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(i) |
Theoretical Explanations |
469 |
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(ii) |
Expectation Interest (Erfüllungsinteresse) |
470 |
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(iii) |
Interest in the Integrity (Integritätsinteresse) |
471 |
(i) |
Limiting Damages |
471 |
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(j) |
Mitigation and Contributory Negligence |
475 |
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(k) |
Assessment of Damages |
479 |
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(i) |
Expectation Interest |
479 |
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(ii) |
Personal Injury |
482 |
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(iii) |
Damage to Property |
483 |
6. PRESCRIPTION |
486 |
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(a) |
Preliminary Observation |
487 |

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(b) |
Periods of Limitation |
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489 |
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(c) |
Suspension, Restart and Effects of Prescription |
490 |
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Chapter 10 |
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Breach of Contract-Specific Contracts |
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493 |
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1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS |
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493 |
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2. SALE OF GOODS |
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494 |
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(a) |
Preliminary Observations |
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495 |
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(b) |
Application of General Contract Principles to Breach of a Contract of Sale 496 |
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(c) |
Defining Conformity |
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499 |
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(d) |
Enforced Performance |
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502 |
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(e) |
Termination |
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508 |
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(f) |
Price Reduction |
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509 |
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(g) |
Damages |
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510 |
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(h) |
Relationship between Primary and Secondary Rights |
513 |
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(i) |
Consumer Sales |
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515 |
3. CONTRACT FOR WORK |
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520 |
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(a) |
Preliminary Observations |
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521 |
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(b) |
Application of General Contract Principles to Breach of a |
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Contract for Work |
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522 |
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(c) |
Defining Conformity |
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524 |
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(d) |
Enforced Performance |
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524 |
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(e) |
Recovery of Cost of Reinstatement |
526 |
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(f) |
Termination and Price Reduction |
526 |
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(g) |
Damages |
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527 |
4. CONTRACT OF SERVICES |
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528 |
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(a) |
Preliminary Observations |
|
528 |
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(b) |
Enforced Performance |
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529 |
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(c) |
Termination |
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530 |
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(d) |
Damages |
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531 |
5. CONTRACT OF RENT |
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533 |
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(a) |
Preliminary Observations |
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533 |
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(b) |
Application of General Principles to Breach of a Contract of Rent |
534 |
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(c) |
Enforced Performance |
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538 |
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(d) |
Termination by Notice and Price Reduction |
539 |
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(e) |
Damages for Non-conforming Performance |
539 |
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Appendix I Cases |
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541 |
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Chapter 2 |
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1 |
RGZ 124, 81 |
Tony Weir |
541 |
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2 OLG Hamm NJW 1976, 1212 |
Tony Weir |
542 |
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3 |
BGHZ 41, 271 |
Tony Weir |
544 |
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4 BGH NJW 2002, 363 |
Raymond Youngs |
547 |
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5 |
RGZ 105, 256 |
Tony Weir |
550 |
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6 |
RGZ 144, 289 |
Tony Weir |
553 |
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7 BAG NJW 1963, 554 |
Tony Weir |
555 |
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8 |
RGZ 125, 68 |
Tony Weir |
557 |

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9 |
BGHZ 67, 275 |
Tony Weir |
558 |
10 |
RGZ 50, 191 |
Tony Weir |
561 |
11 |
BGH NJW 1976, 801 |
Irene Snook |
563 |
12 |
RGZ 104, 265 |
Carola Pfau |
565 |
13 |
BGH NJW 1957, 1105 |
Tony Weir |
567 |
14 |
BGH NJW 1965, 387 |
Tony Weir |
570 |
15 |
BGH NJW 1965, 965 |
Tony Weir |
571 |
16 |
OLG Köln RBRK 1980, 270 |
Tony Weir |
574 |
17 |
BGHZ 54, 236 |
Tony Weir |
579 |
18 |
BGH NJW 1974, 991 |
Tony Weir |
581 |
19 |
BGH NJW 1985, 1838 |
Irene Snook |
583 |
20 |
BGH NJW 1996, 1467 |
Raymond Youngs |
587 |
21 |
RGZ 117, 121 |
Kurt Lipstein |
591 |
22 |
BGHZ 48, 396 |
Kurt Lipstein |
593 |
23 |
BGH NJW 1972, 1189 |
Irene Snook |
595 |
24 |
BGHZ 21, 102 |
Raymond Youngs |
597 |
25 |
RGZ 78, 239 |
Raymond Youngs |
600 |
26 |
BGHZ 66, 51 |
Kurt Lipstein |
601 |
27 |
BGH NJW 1987, 639 |
Raymond Youngs |
605 |
28 |
BGHZ 6, 330 |
Irene Snook |
607 |
29 |
BGH NJW 1975, 1774 |
Kurt Lipstein |
609 |
30 |
BGH NJW 1996, 1884 |
Raymond Youngs |
610 |
31 |
BGHZ 56, 81 |
Raymond Youngs |
613 |
32 |
BGH NJW-RR 1991, 1241 |
Raymond Youngs |
615 |
33 |
BGHZ 36, 30 |
Tony Weir |
617 |
34 |
BGHZ 5, 111 |
Irene Snook |
620 |
35 |
BGH NJW 1999, 2883 |
Raymond Youngs |
623 |
Chapter 3 |
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|
|
36 |
RGZ 131, 274 |
Kurt Lipstein |
625 |
37 |
BGHZ 21, 66 |
Kurt Lipstein |
627 |
38 |
BGHZ 43, 289 |
Kurt Lipstein |
629 |
39 |
BGHZ 90, 198 |
Raymond Youngs |
631 |
40 |
RGZ 101, 47 |
Irene Snook |
632 |
41 |
RGZ 108, 1 |
Kurt Lipstein |
635 |
42 |
BAG NZA 1994, 1080 |
Raymond Youngs |
639 |
43 |
BGHZ 91, 324 |
Raymond Youngs |
642 |
44 |
RGZ 99, 147 |
Raymond Youngs |
647 |
45 |
BGH NJW 1999, 3704 |
Raymond Youngs |
648 |
46 |
RGZ 117, 176 |
Kurt Lipstein |
649 |
47 |
RGZ 161, 330 |
Kurt Lipstein |
651 |
48 |
BGHZ 23, 282 |
Kurt Lipstein |
656 |
49 |
BGH NJW-RR 1987, 144 |
Raymond Youngs |
658 |
50 |
BGHZ 130, 19 |
Raymond Youngs |
659 |
Chapter 4 |
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|
51 |
BAG NJW 1967, 173 |
Irene Snook |
664 |

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52 |
BGHZ 2, 94 |
Tony Weir |
665 |
53 |
BGHZ 46, 198 |
Irene Snook |
667 |
54 |
RGZ 106, 1 |
Irene Snook |
669 |
55 |
BGHZ 41, 95 |
Tony Weir |
672 |
56 |
BGHZ 52, 194 |
Irene Snook |
673 |
57 |
BGHZ 93, 271 |
Irene Snook |
678 |
58 |
RGZ 51, 403 |
Irene Snook |
682 |
59 |
BGHZ 61, 227 |
Tony Weir |
683 |
60 |
BGHZ 70, 327 |
Tony Weir |
687 |
61 |
RGZ 102, 65 |
Tony Weir |
689 |
62 |
BGHZ 58, 184 |
Tony Weir |
691 |
63 |
BGHZ 33, 247 |
Tony Weir |
694 |
64 |
RGZ 91, 21 |
Tony Weir |
696 |
65 |
OLG Düsseldorf NJW 1975, 596 |
Tony Weir |
699 |
66 |
BGHZ 1, 383 |
Tony Weir |
700 |
67 |
BGH NJW 1977, 2073 |
Tony Weir |
702 |
68 |
BGH NJW 1964, 33 |
Tony Weir |
704 |
69 |
RGZ 102, 232 |
Tony Weir |
708 |
70 |
BGH NJW 1968, 1929 |
Tony Weir |
710 |
71 |
BGHZ 40, 91 |
Tony Weir |
714 |
72 |
BGH NJW 1977, 2208 |
Tony Weir |
719 |
73 |
BGHZ 49, 357 |
Tony Weir |
722 |
74 |
BGH NJW 1969, 789 |
Tony Weir |
723 |
Chapter 5 |
|
|
|
75 |
BGHZ 78, 28 |
Raymond Youngs |
726 |
76 |
BGHZ 111, 308 |
Raymond Youngs |
728 |
77 |
BGHZ 88, 240 = NJW 1984, 230 |
Raymond Youngs |
731 |
78 |
BVerfG NJW 2004, 2008 |
Raymond Youngs |
734 |
79 |
BGH NJW 2003, 1860 |
Raymond Youngs |
739 |
80 |
BGHZ 111, 336 |
Raymond Youngs |
742 |
81 |
BVerfG NJW 1994, 36 |
Raymond Youngs |
744 |
82 |
BGH NJW 2002, 2228 |
Raymond Youngs |
751 |
83 |
BGH NJW 2004, 930 |
Raymond Youngs |
755 |
Chapter 6 |
|
|
|
84 |
BAG NZA 2004, 597 |
Raymond Youngs |
764 |
85 |
LG Hanau NJW 1979, 721 |
Raymond Youngs |
770 |
86 |
BGH NJW 1995, 190 |
Raymond Youngs |
771 |
87 |
BGH NJW 2002, 2312 |
Raymond Youngs |
774 |
88 |
OLG Hamm NJW 1993, 2321 |
Raymond Youngs |
776 |
89 |
BGH NJW 1988, 2597 |
Raymond Youngs |
777 |
90 |
BAG NZA 2003, 848 |
Raymond Youngs |
780 |
91 |
BGH NJW-RR 1996, 429 |
Raymond Youngs |
782 |
92 |
BGH LM § 123 BGB Nr. 52 |
Raymond Youngs |
784 |
93 |
BGHZ 69, 53 |
Irene Snook |
786 |
94 |
BAG NJW 1999, 2059 |
Raymond Youngs |
788 |

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Chapter 7 |
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95 |
RGZ 86, 397 |
Kurt Lipstein |
792 |
96 |
RGZ 100, 129 |
Kurt Lipstein |
793 |
97 |
RGZ 103, 328 |
Kurt Lipstein |
797 |
98 |
RGZ 105, 406 |
Kurt Lipstein |
800 |
99 |
RGZ 107, 78 |
Kurt Lipstein |
801 |
100 |
OLG Bremen NJW 1953, 1393 |
Kurt Lipstein |
804 |
101 |
BGH MDR 1953, 282 |
Kurt Lipstein |
805 |
102 |
BGH NJW 1959, 2203 |
Kurt Lipstein |
808 |
103 |
BGHZ 37, 44 |
Kurt Lipstein |
812 |
104 |
BGHZ 61, 31 |
Kurt Lipstein |
814 |
105 |
BGH NJW 1976, 565 |
Kurt Lipstein |
818 |
106 |
BGH NJW 1984, 1746 |
Kurt Lipstein |
821 |
107 |
BGH NJW 1993, 259 |
Kurt Lipstein |
824 |
Chapters 8–10 |
|
|
|
108 |
BGH NJW 1982, 2494 |
Irene Snook |
827 |
109 |
BGH NJW 2003, 3341 |
Raymond Youngs |
829 |
110 |
RGZ 87, 64 |
Tony Weir |
832 |
111 |
BGHZ 75, 221 |
Irene Snook |
832 |
112 |
BGHZ 113, 62 |
Irene Snook |
837 |
113 |
BGHZ 24, 97 |
Tony Weir |
839 |
114 |
BGH NJW 1971, 421 |
Tony Weir |
841 |
115 |
BGH NJW 1972, 1045 |
Tony Weir |
842 |
116 |
BGH NJW 1968, 2238 |
Carola Pfau |
844 |
117 |
BGHZ 8, 239 |
Carola Pfau |
848 |
118 |
BGHZ 49, 56 |
Tony Weir |
850 |
119 |
BGHZ 30, 29 |
Irene Snook |
854 |
120 |
BGH NJW 2004, 2299 |
Raymond Youngs |
857 |
121 |
BGH NJW 1963, 804 |
Tony Weir |
861 |
Appendix II German Civil Code—Extracts |
865 |