- •Contents
- •Preface
- •Contributors
- •Abbreviations
- •General abbreviations
- •Introduction and Conclusions
- •Case studies: abbreviations by country
- •Austria
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •From the common law to the civil law: the experience of Israel
- •Note on translations of foreign language statutory provisions
- •1 Introduction
- •A. The Common Core Project
- •b. Method
- •2. Methodological criticism
- •a. Functionalism
- •b. Neutrality, scientific method and the politics of comparative law
- •B. The precontractual liability project
- •1. General
- •2. The questionnaire
- •a. Precontractual liability
- •b. Legal formants
- •3. The cases
- •4. The national reports
- •2 Case studies
- •Case 1: Negotiations for premises for a bookshop
- •Case 1
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •Case 2: Negotiations for renewal of a lease
- •Case 2
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •Case 3: Mistake about ownership of land to be sold
- •Case 3
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •Case 4
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •Case 5: A broken engagement
- •Case 5
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •Case 6: An express lock-out agreement
- •Case 6
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •Case 7: Breakdown of merger negotiations
- •Case 7
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •Case 8: A shopping centre without a tenant
- •Case 8
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •Case 9: Breakdown of negotiations to build a house for a friend
- •Case 9
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •Case 10: Public bidding
- •Case 10
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •Case 11
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •Case 12: Confidential design information given during negotiations
- •Case 12
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •Case 13
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •3 From the common law to the civil law: the experience of Israel
- •The dilemma
- •Israeli law under the common law: no rule of precontractual liability
- •Section 12 of the Contracts Law
- •Rule of precontractual liability
- •Civil law impact
- •Section 12 and other grounds of precontractual liability
- •Nature of liability under section 12
- •Evaluation of section 12
- •Analysis of cases
- •Case 1 Negotiations for premises for a bookshop
- •Case 2 Negotiations for renewal of a lease
- •Case 3 Mistake about ownership of land to be sold
- •Case 5 A broken engagement
- •Case 6 An express lock-out agreement
- •Case 7 Breakdown of merger negotiations
- •Case 8 A shopping centre without a tenant
- •Case 9 Breakdown of negotiations to build a house for a friend
- •Case 10 Public bidding
- •Case 11 A contract for the sale of a house which fails for the lack of formality
- •Case 12 Confidential design information given during negotiations
- •From a standard to rules: two categories of bad faith
- •Misrepresentation
- •Broken promises and frustrated expectations
- •Was there a price to be paid for the move?
- •4 A law and economics perspective on precontractual liability
- •The problem
- •Law and economics models of precontractual liability
- •An economic perspective on eight hypothetical cases
- •Case 1 Negotiations for premises for a bookshop
- •Case 2 Negotiations for renewal of a lease
- •Case 3 Mistake about ownership of land to be sold
- •Case 5 A broken engagement
- •Case 6 An express lock-out agreement
- •Case 8 A shopping centre without a tenant
- •Conclusion
- •5 Conclusions
- •The problem of precontractual liability
- •Peculiarity of the precontractual phase
- •Imposing liability in the precontractual phase: balancing the arguments
- •The negotiations: a legally significant relationship?
- •Expectation, reliance and shifting the economic risk of the negotiations
- •Placing the liability: contract, tort or tertium quid?
- •Two (extreme?) illustrations: English law and Dutch law
- •English law: the most restrictive?
- •Dutch law: the most expansive?
- •The range of solutions: similarity and difference in particular cases
- •Similarities of result?
- •Differences of result
- •Drawing together the threads
- •Different techniques in dealing with the precontractual phase
- •Influence of other legal practices and policies
- •Commercial context and risk allocation
- •Superficiality of similarity and difference in results
- •A common core?
- •Bibliography
- •1. General bibliography, introduction and conclusions
- •2. Case studies: bibliography by country
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •3. From the common law to the civil law: the experience of Israel
- •Index
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